Venice, 23rd March 2009 (press release)
The 53rd International Art Exhibition, entitled Fare Mondi // Making Worlds // Bantin Duniyan // 制造世界 // Weltenmachen // Construire des Mondes // Fazer Mundos…, directed by Daniel Birnbaum (pictured), organized by La Biennale di Venezia chaired by Paolo Baratta, will open to the public from Sunday June, 7th to Sunday November, 22nd 2009 in the Giardini (50,000 sq.m.) and the Arsenale (38,000 sq.m.) as well as in various other locations around the city. The press preview will take place on June 4th, 5th, and 6th 2009.
The Director of the 53rd Exhibition, Daniel Birnbaum, has been Rector of the Staedelschule Frankfurt/Main and its Kunsthalle Portikus since 2001. Fare Mondi // Making Worlds, presented in the renewed Palazzo delle Esposizioni in the Giardini and in the Arsenale, is a single, large exhibition that articulates different themes woven into one whole. It is not divided into sections. Considering collectives, it comprises works by over 90 artists from all over the world and includes many new works and on-site commissions in all disciplines.
“The title of the exhibition, Fare Mondi // Making Worlds,” says Director Daniel Birnbaum, “expresses my wish to emphasize the process of creation. A work of art represents a vision of the world and if taken seriously it can be seen as a way of making a world. The strength of the vision is not dependent on the kind or complexity of the tools brought into play. Hence all forms of artistic expression are present: installation art, video and film, sculpture, performance, painting and drawing, and a live parade. Taking 'worldmaking' as a starting point, also allows the exhibition to highlight the fundamental importance of certain key artists for the creativity of successive generations, just as much as exploring new spaces for art to unfold outside the institutional context and beyond the expectations of the art market. Fare Mondi // Making Worlds is an exhibition driven by the aspiration to explore worlds around us as well as worlds ahead. It is about possible new beginnings—this is what I would like to share with the visitors of the Biennale.”
For the direction of the exhibition Daniel Birnbaum is supported by Jochen Volz, artistic organization. Additional advice is provided by an international team of correspondents consisting of Savita Apte, Tom Eccles, Hu Fang, and Maria Finders.
On the occasion of the 53rd International Art Exhibition – the Venice Biennale Foundation inaugurates a number of important structural and organisational developments:
At the Arsenale, the Italian Pavilion has been enlarged from 800 to 1,800 square meters, now opening out to the Giardino delle Vergini and adjacent to a new public entrance. Here a newly constructed bridge links the far side of the Arsenale to the Sestiere di Castello. This renewed Italian Pavilion will be reserved for exhibitions organised by the Italian Ministry for Cultural Affairs. The Italian participation at the 53rd International Art Exhibition is curated by Beatrice Buscaroli and Luca Beatrice. Furthermore, the Arsenale’s exhibition spaces have been extended by developing a larger part of the Giardino delle Vergini (Garden of the Virgins), now measuring 6,000 square meters and offering an enchanting new exhibition space for the main exhibition.
In the Giardini, the historic Italian Pavilion has been renamed Palazzo delle Esposizioni della Biennale and extensively transformed, now providing a permanent exhibition and multi-functional venue opened to the public throughout the year. The transformed Palazzo delle Esposizioni includes a newly refurbished wing housing the library of the Historic Archives of Contemporary Arts (ASAC), made available again to the public after ten years of closure. The Archive comprises documents, books, catalogues and periodicals, freely consultable by researchers and exhibition visitors. Apart from exhibition spaces, the Palazzo delle Esposizioni also comprises a new bookstore, a new café and new spaces for educational activities, respectively designed by three artists participating in the main exhibition. The Palazzo delle Esposizioni will therefore become an important platform for the Foundation’s permanent activities and a point of reference for the other Pavilions in the Giardini.
Ca’ Giustinian, the beautiful 15th century palace on the Canale Grande near San Marco and the traditional site of the Foundation’s headquarters, will reopen in June after several years of renovation. Apart from housing the offices of the Biennale, it will then also become an “open house” for the general public, among others boosting a café on the Grand Canal.
The Awards and Opening Ceremony of the 53rd International Art Exhibition will take place on Saturday, June 6th in the Giardini. Following Director’s suggestion, the President and the Board of the Foundation are this year awarding two Golden Lions for Lifetime Achievement , one to Yoko Ono and one to John Baldessari.
The other Golden Lion Awards – the Golden Lion for Best National Participation of the 53rd International Art Exhibition; the Golden Lion for the Best Artist of the exhibition Fare Mondi // Making Worlds; and the Silver Lion for a Promising Young Artist of the exhibition Fare Mondi // Making Worlds – will be selected by an International Jury chaired by Angela Vettese (Italy), and comprising Jack Bankowsky (USA), Homi K. Bhabha (India), Sarat Maharaj (South Africa), and Julia Voss (Germany).
The National Participations of the 53rd International Art Exhibition, presented in the historical Pavilions in the Giardini, in selected areas of the Arsenale and in numerous venues throughout the city, are this year amounting to the record number of 77 Nations participating, including first-time participations of Montenegro, Principality of Monaco, Republic of Gabon, Union of Comoros, and United Arab Emirates.
Furthermore there is a record number of 38 Collateral Events, proposed by international organizations and institutions, which will organize their own exhibitions and initiatives in Venice during the occasion.
Inaugurating the renovated headquarters of the Biennale as yet another exhibition venue, The Vision Machine: Futurists in the Biennale will be presented at Ca’ Giustinian from June to November 2009. The exhibition explores the presence of Futurist artists, ideas and works in the Biennale. Curated by IUAV, International Semiotics Laboratory Venice, it is the result of a research undertaken at the Historic Archive of the Contemporary Arts (ASAC).
The two volume catalogue of the 53rd International Art Exhibition will be published by Marsilio.
Participating Artists:
Jumana Emil Abboud
Born in Shefa-Amer, Palestine, 1971
Lives and works in Jerusalem, Israel
Georges Adéagbo
Born in Cotonou, Benin, 1942
Lives and works in Cotonou, Benin
John Baldessari
Born in National City, USA, 1931
Lives and works in Santa Monica, USA
Rosa Barba
Born in Agrigento, Italy, 1972
Lives and works in Berlin, Germany
Massimo Bartolini
Born in Cecina, Italy, 1962
Lives and works in Cecina, Italy
Thomas Bayrle
Born in Berlin, Germany, 1937
Lives and works in Frankfurt, Germany
Simone Berti
Born in Adria, Italy, 1966
Lives and works in Milan and Berlin, Germany
Bestué /Vives
Born in Barcelona, Spain, 1980
Born in Barcelona, Spain, 1978
They live and work in Barcelona, Spain
Mike Bouchet
Born in Castro Valley, USA, 1970
Lives and works in Frankfurt, Germany
Ulla Von Brandenburg
Born in Karlsruhe, Germany, 1974
Lives and works in Paris, France
André Cadere
Warsaw, Poland, 1934 - Paris, France, 1978
Paul Chan
Born in Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 1973
Lives and works in New York, USA
Chen Zhen
Shanghai, China, 1955 – Paris, France, 2000
Nikhil Chopra
Born in Calcutta, India, 1974
Lives and works in Mumbai, India
Chu Yun
Born in Jiangxi, China, 1977
Lives and works in Beijing, China
Tony Conrad
Born in Concord, USA, 1940
Lives and works in Buffalo and New York, USA
Keren Cytter
Born in Tel Aviv, Israel, 1977
Lives and works in Berlin, Germany
Nathalie Djurberg
Born in Lysekil, Sweden, 1978
Lives and works in Berlin, Germany
Anju Dodiya
Born in Mumbai, India, 1964
Lives and works in Mumbai, India
Gino De Dominicis
Ancona, Italy, 1947 – Roma, Italy, 1998
Elena Elagina, Igor Makarevich
Born in Moscow,Russia, 1949
Born in Trialety, Georgia, 1943
They live and work in Moscow, Russia
Öyvind Fahlström
São Paulo, Brazil, 1928 – Stockholm, Sweden, 1976
Lara Favaretto
Born in Treviso, Italy, 1973
Lives and works in Turin, Italy
Hans-Peter Feldmann
Born in Düsseldorf, Germany, 1941
Lives and works in Düsseldorf, Germany
Spencer Finch
Born in New Haven, USA, 1962
Lives and works in New York, USA
Ceal Floyer
Born in Karachi, Pakistan, 1968
Lives and works in Berlin, Germany
William Forsythe
Born in New York, USA, 1949
Lives and works in Frankfurt, Germany
Yona Friedman
Born in Budapest, Hungary, 1923
Lives and works in Paris , France
Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster
Born in Strasbourg, France, 1965
Lives and works in Paris, France
Sheela Gowda
Born in Bhadravati, India, 1957
Lives and works in Bangalore, India
Tamara Grcic
Born in Munich, Germany, 1964
Lives and works in Frankfurt, Germany
GUTAI
Akira Kanayama
Nara, Japan, 1924 – Nara, Japan, 2005
Sadamasa Motonaga
Born in Iga, Japan, 1922
Lives and works in Takarazuka City, Japan
Saburo Murakami
Kobe, Japan, 1925 – Nishinomiya, Japan, 1996
Shozo Shimamoto
Born in Osaka, Japan, 1928
Lives and works in Kyoto, Japan
Kazuo Shiraga
Amagasaki, Japan, 1924 – Amagasaki, Japan, 2008
Atsuko Tanaka
Nara, Japan, 1932 – Nara, Japan, 2005
Tsuruko Yamazaki
Born in Ashiya, Japan, 1925
Lives and works in Ashiya, Japan
Jiro Yoshihara
Osaka, Japan, 1905 – Ashiya, Japan, 1972
Michio Yoshihara
Ashiya, Japan, 1933 – Ashiya, Japan, 1996
Guyton\Walker
Born in Indiana, USA, 1972
Born in Georgia, USA, 1969
They live and work in New York, USA
Gonkar Gyatso
Born in Lhasa, Tibet, 1961
Lives and works in London, Great Britain
Jan Håfström
Born in Stockholm, Sweden, 1937
Lives and works in Stockholm, Sweden
Anawana Haloba
Born in Livingstone, Zambia,1978
Lives and works in Oslo, Norway
Rachel Harrison
Born in New York, USA, 1966
Lives and works in New York, USA
Susan Hefuna
Born in Cairo, Egypt, 1962
Lives and works in Egypt and Germany
Carsten Höller
Born in Brussels, Belgium, 1961
Lives and works in Stockholm, Sweden
Huang Yong Ping
Born in Quanzhou, China, 1954
Lives and works in Paris, France
Joan Jonas
Born in New York, USA, 1965
Lives and works in New York, USA
Miranda July
Born in Barre, USA, 1974
Lives and works in Los Angeles, USA
Rachel Khedoori
Born in Sydney, Australia, 1964
Lives and works in Los Angeles, USA
Toba Khedoori
Born in Sydney, Australia, 1964
Lives and works in Los Angeles, USA
Koo Jeong A.
Born in Seoul, Korea, 1967
Lives and works in Paris, France
Moshekwa Langa
Born in Bakenburg, South Africa, 1975
Lives and works in Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Arto Lindsay
Born in Richmond, USA, 1953
Lives and works in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
Renata Lucas
Born in Ribeirao Preto, Brazil, 1971
Lives and works in Sao Paulo, Brazil
Goshka Macuga
Born in Warsaw, Poland, 1967
Lives and works in London, Great Britain
Gordon Matta-Clark
New York, USA, 1943 – New York, USA, 1978
Cildo Meireles
Born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1948
Lives and works in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Aleksandra Mir
Born in Lubin, Poland, 1967
Lives and works in Palermo, Italy
Moscow Poetry Club
Yoko Ono
Born in Tokyo, Japan, 1933
Lives and works in New York, USA
Jorge Otero-Pailos
Born in Madrid, Spain, 1971
Lives and works in New York, USA
Blinky Palermo
Leipzig, Germany, 1943 - Kurumba, Maldives, 1977
Lygia Pape
Novo Friburgo, Brazil, 1927 – Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, 2004
Anna Parkina
Born in Moscow, Russia, 1979
Lives and works in Moscow, Russia
Philippe Parreno
Born in Oran, Algeria, 1964
Lives and works in Paris, France
Pavel Pepperstein
Born in Moscow, Russia, 1966
Lives and works in Moscow, Russia
Alessandro Pessoli
Born in Cervia, Italy, 1963
Lives and works in Milan, Italy
Falke Pisano
Born in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 1978
Lives and works in Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Michelangelo Pistoletto
Born in Biella, Italy, 1933
Lives and works in Biella, Italy
Att Poomtangon
Born in Bangkok, Thailand, 1973
Lives and works in Frankfurt and Chiangmai, Thailand
Marjetica Potrč
Born in Ljubljana, Slovenia, 1953
Lives and works in Ljubljana, Slovenia
Sara Ramo
Born in Madrid, Spain, 1975
Lives and works in Paris, France
Tobias Rehberger
Born in Esslingen, Germany, 1966
Lives and works in Frankfurt, Germany
Pietro Roccasalva
Born in Modica, Italy, 1970
Lives and works in Milan, Italy
Tomas Saraceno
Born in Tucuman, Argentina, 1973
Lives and works in Frankfurt, Germany
Amy Simon
Born in New York, USA, 1957
Lives and works in Stockholm and Tel Aviv, Israel
Simon Starling
Born in Epsom, Great Britain, 1967
Lives and works in Copenhagen and Berlin, Germany
Pascale Marthine Tayou
Born in Kamerun, Africa, 1967
Lives and works in Brussels, Belgium
Wolfgang Tillmans
Born in Remscheid, Germany, 1968
Lives and works in London, Great Britain
Rirkrit Tiravanija
Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1961
Lives and works in New York, USA
Grazia Toderi
Born in Padua, Italy, 1963
Lives and works in Milan, Italy
Madelon Vriesendorp
Born in Bilthoven, The Netherlands, 1945
Lives and works in London, Great Britain
Tian Tian Wang
Born in Qingdao, China, 1980
Lives and works in Berlin, Germany
Richard Wentworth
Born in Samoa, Oceania, 1947
Lives and works in London, Great Britain
Pae White
Born in Pasadena, USA, 1963
Lives and works in Los Angeles, USA
Cerith Wyn Evans & Florian Hecker
Born in Llanelli, Wales, 1958
Born in Augsburg, Germany, 1975
Lives and works in London, Great Britain
Lives and works in Vienna, Austria
Xu Tan
Born in Wuhan, China, 1957
Lives and works in Shanghai and Guangzhou, China
Haegue Yang
Born in Seoul, Korea, 1971
Lives and works in Berlin and Seoul, Korea
Héctor Zamora
Born in Mexico City, Mexico, 1974
Lives and works in São Paulo, Brazil
Anya Zholud
Born in Saint Petersburg, Russia, 1981
Lives and works in Moscow, Russia
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