Biennale di Venezia 2003

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The 50th Biennale di Venezia took place from June 15 to November 2, 2003 and had the main theme "Dreams and Conflicts - The Dictatorship of the Viewer". Under the artistic direction of Francesco Bonami , who was born in Florence and lives in the USA , the exhibition comprised ten partial exhibitions in the Arsenale and the Giardini. The partial exhibitions were conceived and designed by different curators, including two exhibitions by Bonami himself. The Biennale was actually supposed to tie in with Documenta 11 by Okwui Enwezor and also be regarded as trend-setting. Francesco Bonami wanted to get rid of the dusty image of the previous biennials by announcing a generation change into the new millennium.

The Biennale di Venezia 2003 is one of 54 art biennials, international art exhibitions (as of 2014) that have taken place in Venice every two years since 1895.

Italian pavilion: "Delays and Revolutions"

With the topic and title: “Delays and Revolutions”, in German Delays and Revolutions, writes in the catalog Daniel Birnbaum , who is jointly responsible for this exhibition alongside Francesco Bonami: “Too early, too late. The temporality of art is never linear. It is characterized by repetition and syncopation, detours and delays. ”The exhibition finds good evidence of this, but it is sometimes completely wrong. One of the works that corresponded particularly well to the theme and completely submitted to the context of the exhibition was the video installation entitled: "Opposing Mirrors" by Dan Graham . Another important feature of the exhibition was the document with the work title: “L'immagine non riporta la didascalia”, by the Italian artist Massimo Grimaldi, on the outer wall of the main pavilion. The textual content of the work of art begins with the sentences “Art survives as a caricature. Its charm lies in its insignificance. ”And ends with:“ Art is not about the possibility of human expression, but about their conditioning. ”

Artists: Maurizio Cattelan , Massimo Grimaldi , Sam Durant , David Hammons , Lucy McKenzie , Carmit Gil , Rivane Neuenschwander , Thomas Bayrle , Cady Noland , Felix Gmelin , Juan Pedro Fabra , Efrat Shvly , Jennifer Pastor , Dan Graham , Damien Hirst , Sarah Lucas , Johnas Dahlberg , Rudolf Stingl , Kevin Hanley , Din Q. Le , Ceal Floyer , Shirana Shabazi , Piotr Janas , Glenn Brown , David Roth , Aaron Fendt , Carol Rama , Matthew Barney , Carsten Höller , Peter Fischli and David Weiss , Kerry James Marshall , Ian Kiar , Amit Goren , Tobias Rehberger , Giuseppe Gabellone , Tacita Dean , Charles Ray , Berlinde De Bruyckere , Ellen Gallagher , Gabriel Orozco , Helen Mirra , Richard Prince , Rirkrit Tiravanija , Andy Warhol , Robert Gober

Giardini

Exhibition theme “The Zone”, curated by Francesco Bonami

Artists: Micol Assael , Patrick Tuttofuoco , Gruppo A 12 , Diego Perrone , Anna de Manincor , Alessandra Ariatti

Arsenals

Exhibition theme “Clandestine”, curated by Francesco Bonami

The exhibition could not be entered through the usual main entrance; visitors to the Arsenale were led into the exhibition rooms through a side entrance. The reasons for such a detour can only be guessed at. One of the first works in this part of the exhibition was the lettering by Sam Durant with the text, "See you next August in Chicago". A direct reference to the other individual works, which are presented in almost closed rooms, is not necessarily given. A central highlight has been dispensed with and the impression is created that the context of this exhibition is deliberately distributed among the individual works shown. The interactive video installation with the work title: "Villar" by Eva Koch can unfold well through the additional walls in other rooms and shows the family history of Cristobalina from different perspectives, which extends over large parts of Europe and ends in a common European dramaturgy. The “secretly hidden” (clandestine) of the exhibition certainly relates to the large number of works hidden in intentionally nested rooms, which provided an essential aspect of this partial exhibition.

Artists and their works in the Arsenale: Sam Durant , Jaan Toomik , Amelie von Wulffen , Thompson Cheyney , Eva Koch , Colin Darke , Aida Ruilova , Liu Zheng , Enrico David , Magnus von Plessens , Doron Solomons , Sizuka Yakomizo , Laura Maria May , Hanna Greely , Mircea Cantor , Harkan Gursoytrak , Flavio Favelli , Nobuko Tsuchiya , Paulina Olowska , Monika Sonowska , Avner Ben Gal , Michael Helfman , Tatian Trouve , Dana Schutz , Ghazel , Bojan Sarcevic , Dryden Goodwin , Jorge Queiroz , Andreas Dem , Anushka Kalenowska , Etti Abergel , Francisco Tropa

Exhibition theme: Fault Lines - Art from Africa: “Fault Lines”, curated by Gilan Tawadros

When a tectonic plate moves, one can closely observe the fault lines of a rift. "Fault Lines" is the name of the 2003 Biennale, the show curated by Gilan Tawadros on "Contemporary African Art and Shifting Landscapes".

Artists in the Arsenale: Moshekwa Langa , Frank Bowling , Rotimi Fani-Kay-Ode , Hassan Fathy , Samita Benjahia , Laylah Ali , Kader Attia , Wael Shawky , Sabah Naim , Zarina Bhimji , Salem Mekuria , Noataz Nasr , Clifford Charles

Exhibition theme: Individual Systems - "Individual Systems", curated by Igor Zabel.

The exhibition “Individual Systems” curated by Igor Zabel within the 50th Venice Biennale on the topic “Dreams and Conflicts: The Dictatorship of the Viewer” is an attempt to answer this question about “politically active art”. For Igor Zabel, the answer lies clearly in an autonomous art or in an artistic autonomy, which, however, takes a reflective, critical position on the world around it through an inherent self-reference and external reference (Luhmann). For “Individual Systems” 15 artistic positions were put together that deal with the concept of the system.

Artists in the Arsenale: Simon Starling , Miladen Stilinovic , Josef Dabernig , Andre Schilling , Viktor Alimpiev , Marko Peljhan , Roman Opalka , Florian Pumhösl , Luisa Lambri , Pavel Mrkus , Miriam Eisach , Yuri Leiderman , Nahum Tevet , Andrei Monastirski , artist group IRWIN

Exhibition theme: Zone of Urgency - “Zone of Urgency”, curated by Hou Hanru

The issue of urgency is derived directly from urban space by Hou Hanru , urbanization and the expansion of urban space require quick answers that should not be left to the political level alone. Global competition, economy would always have priority in this case, but answers that are only immanent in art would also not be a sufficient solution.

Artists in the Arsenale: Sora Kim & Gimhongsoh , Surasi Kusolwong , Alfredo Juan Aquilizan & Maria Isabel Aquilizan , Heri Dono , Adel Abdessened , Gu Dexin , Shulea Cheang , Huang Yong Ping , Atelier Bow-Wow & Momoya Kaijima , Wong Hoycheong , Joo Jae- Hwan , Jun Nguyen-Hatsushiba , Yan Pei-Ming , Tadaso Takamine

Exhibition theme: The Structure of Survival - “The Structure of Survival”, curated by Carlos Basualdo

Basualdo's main theme is the phenomenon of the crisis of an unpredictable situation based on social relationships. The curator's intention is not necessarily and exclusively on socially engaged art that produces measurable results of an imminent change. Rather, it is about the autonomy of the subject. A small highlight are undoubtedly the works of Helio Oiticica, which can be found a little apart in an inconspicuous hall.

Artists in the Arsenale: Rachel Harrison , Pedro Reyes , Robert Smithson , Paola di Bello & Armin Linke , Olumuyiwa Olamide Osifuye , Jeebesh Bagchi , Monica Narula , Carolina Caycedo Sanchez , Hélio Oiticica , Koo Jeong-A , Ferunda Gomes , Yona Friedman , Alexandre da Cunha , Dolores Zinny / Juan Maidagan , Gertrud Goldschmidt , Mikael Levin , Meyer Vaisman , Marcos Reis Peixoto , Antonio Ole , Jose Antonio Herandez-Dietz , Özge Acykkol , Andreas Siekmann , Alice Creisher

Exhibition theme: Contemporary Arab Representations - “Contemporary Arab Representations”, curated by Catherine David

The exhibition is reduced to a total of six projections which are reflected on four screens, a book on the subject and a book corner. The curator understands this presentation less as an outright “exhibition”, but more as a project of projects to which the participating authors have contributed various works. The media reduction is very intentional and in a special way also justified because the exhibition project is reflected in it.

Artists in the Arsenale: The Atlas Group / Walid Raad , Taysir Batnij i , Tony Chakar , Bilal Khbeiz , Randa Shaath , Paola Yacoub / Michel Lasserre

Exhibition theme: “Utopia Station”, curated by Molly Nesbit, Hans Ulrich Obrist and Rirkrit Tiravanija

The French artist group “Amicale de Temoins” initiated in the garden of the Utopia Station, in a corner of the Arsenale, barking dogs, which is supposed to represent an invasion of reality into utopia. Similar to the last Documenta (11), this project has also been moved to the last position on the exhibition route in order to avoid major irritations for the audience. Christoph Schlingensief's 'Church of Fear', an ironic ray of light in the Utopia garden, shows the audience a small wooden church with the “representative idea”, which already had Jesus Christ carry the cross.

Artists and their works in the Arsenale: Angela Bulloch , Ingar Dragset / Michael Elmgreen , Liam Gillick , Hans Peter Feldmann , Agnès Varda , Michelangelo Pistoletto , Pash Buzari / Olafur Eliasson , Manfred Pernice / Sean Snyder , Yoko Ono , Tacita Dean , Atelier van Lieshout , Franz West , Leif Elggren , Tobias Rehberger , Christoph Schlingensief , Alicia Framis

Exhibition theme: "The Everyday Altered", curated by Gabriel Orozco

An everyday life of sensations shows itself as a paradoxical something that finds itself again beyond what is visible. When we call something a “work of art” it is nothing more than a comprehensive, sometimes complex configuration of signs. Every single observer is able to combine these signs in his own way. Each combination can mean something different, and yet there are similarities and parallels. A sense that can in no way be separated from what is felt.

Artists in the Arsenale: Damián Ortega , Jean Luc Moulene , Abraham Cruzvillegas , Fernando Ortega , Daniel Guzman

The country pavilions

Egypt: Giardini country contribution

Armenia: Country Pavilion

Australia: country contribution

Belgium: pavilion

Brazil: country pavilion

Danish pavilion

German pavilion

Estonia: Country Pavilion

France: country contribution

Georgia: Giardini country contribution

Greece: Giardini country contribution

Great Britain: Country Pavilion

Iran: country pavilion

Iceland: Giardini country contribution

Israel: Giardini country contribution

Japan: country contribution

Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro), country pavilion

Canada: Country Pavilion

Croatia: country contribution

Luxembourg: Country Pavilion

Macedonia / Cyprus: country pavilion

New Zealand: Country Pavilion

Netherlands: country pavilion

Nordic countries: country pavilions

Austria: pavilion

Poland: national contributions

Portugal: country pavilion

Russia: country pavilion

Swiss pavilion

Singapore: country contributions

Slovenia / Romania: country contributions

Spain: country contributions

South Korea: Country Pavilion

Czech and Slovak Republic: national pavilion

Turkey: Country Pavilion

Ukraine: country contribution

Hungary: country pavilion

Uruguay: Country Pavilion

USA: Pavilion / country contribution

Venezuela: country contribution

The curators

Carlos Basualdo, who was born in Argentina, is chief curator at the Wexner Center for the Arts in Columbus / Ohio and co-curator of the Documenta 11, directed by Okwui Enwezor. a. the major retrospective of the Brazilian artist Hélio Oiticica . At the Venice Biennale 2003 he was responsible for the exhibition “La struttura della crisi - The structure of survival”. Gilane Tawadros has been director of the IVA in London since 1994, curated a. a. "Fault Lines", which was produced by the "Forum for African Arts" and presented at the 2003 Biennale. Catherine David , director of the " Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art " in Rotterdam, 1997, she headed the Documenta X . At the 2003 Biennale she was responsible for the “Contemporary Arab Presentations” project, which dealt with the reality of the Middle East. Hou Hanru curated “ZOU Zone of Urgency” at the Arsenal for the Venice Biennale 2003.

literature

  • Kunstforum International, vol. 166 50th Venice Biennale.
  • Artforum, November 2007 IN PRINT, KG 20; 122; 59.
  • Universes in Universe: Venice Biennale - 50th International Art Exhibition.
  • Biennale di Venezia (officially Italian: L'Esposizione Internazionale d'Arte, La Biennale di Venezia)
  • Catalog of works: La Biennale di Venezia 2003 .
  • Hatje Cantz Published by The Nordic Pavilion at the Venice Biennial 2003.
  • Venice 2003: ISBN 3-88375-704-7 Candida Höfer, Martin Kippenberger ; DNB German National Library.
  • Biennale 2003 overview (magazine archive: art Magazin).
  • Fault Lines: Contemporary African Art and Shifting Landscape. Sarah Campbell, Gilane Tawadros (eds.).
  • Monograph / Candida Höfer. With a text by Michael Krüger . ISBN 3-8296-0023-2 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The 50th Biennale di Venezia took place from June 15 to November 2, 2003 ( Universes in Universe )
  2. ^ A Review of the 50th Venice Biennale. By Else Jespersen Dreams and Conflicts . The Dictatorship of the Viewer.
  3. ^ Generation change in the new millennium (Kunstforum International: Vol. 166 50th Venice Biennale).
  4. ^ Youtube: Video of the exhibition Venice Biennale 2003 (Selected Works).
  5. ^ Dan Graham, "Time Delay Room", 1974: Media Art Network.
  6. ↑ Press release: The 50th International Art Exhibition of the Biennale di Venezia 2003 ( art-in.de )
  7. ↑ La Biennale di Venezia - Recent Years (2001-2013)
  8. ↑ VILLAR by Eva Koch - video installation: Spanish Civil War in the 1930s
  9. ↑ Kunstforum International, Vol. 166 50th Venice Biennale ( Memento of the original from January 9, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.kunstforum.de
  10. ↑ art Magazin: Biennale 2003 the overview (Issue archive: art-magazin.de ( Memento of the original from January 23, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to instructions and then remove this notice. ). @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.art-magazin.de
  11. ↑ Sarah Campbell, Gilane Tawadros (ed.), Fault Lines: Contemporary African Art and Shifting Landscape .
  12. ^ German National Library: The autonomy of the subject - an educational problem , humanity and morality, a tense relationship / Gerhard Velthaus
  13. ^ Australian Pavilion: 50th Venice Biennale 2003 , Cardoso.
  14. ↑ SMAK Biennale di Venezia - Pavilion of Belgium in Venice ( Memento of the original from February 23, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.smak.be
  15. ↑ Sylvie Eyberg works from found images, which she photographs, and prints in subtle ranges of gray and, for Venice, red. ( Memento of the original from February 23, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.bleuacier.com
  16. ↑ Venice Biennale 2003 - Valérie Mannaerts: An Exhibition - Another Exhibition
  17. ↑ Some Pavilions in the Giardini: A Review of the 50th Venice Biennale by Else Jespersen.
  18. ^ Brazil - national presentation , 50th Venice Biennale 2003
  19. ↑ Beatriz Milhazes: Venice Biennale 2003.
  20. ^ Olafur Eliasson: Minding the world , Hatje Cantz Verlag (contemporary art).
  21. ↑ 50 Venice Biennials or the World as a Pavilion by Petra Kipphoff, Zeit Online.
  22. ↑ Germany sends works by Hoefer and Kippenberger to Venice ( Spiegel Online ).
  23. ↑ Julian Heynen, new Biennale Commissioner 2003 ( Frankfurter Allgemeine ).
  24. ↑ In the pavilion: Candida Höfer and Kippenberger ( FAZ )
  25. ^ Kunstforum International, Volume 166, 2003, p. 272, Michael Hübl: Estland, John Smith (Marko Mäetamm and Kaido Ole).
  26. ^ French Pavilion to Debate Modernism's Successes and Failures .
  27. ^ View of the Georgian Pavilion , built as a parasitic extension of a building in the Arsenale.
  28. ↑ Greece at the Biennale: Amazingly, nothing to buy
  29. ↑ Installation Within Reach by Chris Ofili, British Pavilion ( Memento of the original from February 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Venice Biennale, 2003. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / venicebiennale.britishcouncil.org
  30. ↑ Iran Country Pavilion 2003 Biennale : Behrooz Daresh.
  31. ↑ Iceland - Icelandic Pavilion ( Memento of the original from February 4, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. : "This pavilion is closed due to the opening." @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.frieze.com
  32. ^ Israel exhibit Venice Biennale 2003 : Youtube Biennale Video.
  33. ↑ Japan Pavilion - title of the presentation: Heterotopias (Other Space).
  34. ↑ Jana Sterbak wants to represent Canada at the 2003 Venice Biennale.
  35. ↑ THE VENICE BIENNALE PROJECTS 1988-2011
  36. ^ New Zealand Pavilion Venice Biennale
  37. ^ Netherlands - national presentation , 50th Venice Biennale 2003
  38. ^ The Nordic Pavilion at the Venice Biennial 2003
  39. ↑ Austria and the Venice Biennale 1895–2011
  40. ^ Roman Opalka: 50th Venice Biennale 2003 Venice Biennale
  41. ^ Pavilion of Portugal at the Venice Art Biennale .
  42. ^ Russian pavilion at the Venice Biennale .
  43. ^ The Swiss contributions to the Venice Biennale.
  44. ↑ Pavilion Singapore / Biennale Arte 2003 / La Biennale di Venezia
  45. ^ Pavilion of Slovenia : La Biennale di Venezia
  46. ↑ 50th Venice Biennale 2003 , when he had the main entrance of the Spanish pavilion walled up ...
  47. ^ Title of the presentation of South Korea: Landscape of Differences .
  48. ↑ 50 Venice Biennials or the World as a Pavilion
  49. ↑ The Turkish Pavilion at the Venice Biennale .
  50. ^ Art - The Art Magazine Biennale 2003 Venice: Ukraine .
  51. ^ Hungarian national pavilion at the 2003 Venice Biennale.
  52. ^ National Pavilion: Uruguay - Universes in Universe.
  53. ^ The US Pavilion at the Venice Biennale : Guggenheim Collection.
  54. ↑ Venezuela at the Venice Biennale