Tomorrow, Saturday 20 April 2024, the 60th International Art Exhibition curated for the first time, by a South American curator and precisely by the Brazilian Adriano Pedrosa.
Lots of painting, lots of colour, lots of love, are the first sensations you feel when visiting the pavilions of this edition with the provocative title “Foreigners Everywhere” obviously not in the strict sense of the term, that is, of the illegal immigrants who land in our country every day, but also in the sense of private life, sexuality and interiority.
The event is inspired by a series of works by a French collective named after Claire Fontaine e based in Palermo which has been creating sculptures with neon lights bearing the phrase since 2004 “Foreigners Everywhere” in all the languages of the world. This expression was then taken from another Turin movement that fought against racism and xenophobia in Italy in the 2000s.
As always, the international exhibition develops between Central Pavilion in the Gardens and theArsenal in two separate paths: Contemporary Core And Historical Core.
There are 86 participating countries, including the Republic of Benin, Ethiopia, the Democratic Republic of Timor and the United Republic of Tanzania.
In the Contemporary Core we find four types of artist: that queeroften isolated and kept on the margins of society, the artist outsider unknown or forgotten by the masses, the self-taught or folk artist popular and finally the artist indigenous often not even recognized in his homeland.
In all there are 110 works. An interesting section is also part of this nucleus Disobedience Archivea project by Marco Scotini which since 2005 has been archiving videos concerning engaged and politically active art, often against power.
In the Historical Core of the Central Pavilion in the Gardens first section, we find i portraits and the works of 112 artists representing the human figure; in the second section there is a room of 34 painters dedicated to Abstractions non-traditional compared to European standards; in the third section are placed the Italian artists who moved abroad willy-nilly and who integrated with the cultures of other parts of the world. 40 artists are part of it.
Then there are at least 30 collateral events scattered throughout the city.
They were also delivered golden lions to the career of the Italian-Brazilian artist Anna Maria Maiolino it's at Nil Yalter Turkish artist living in Paris.
Arsenal
This year it was really crowded with a huge presence of visitors despite the high prices for travel and finding a place to sleep.
As soon as you arrive, the collective's installation of polyester bands is interesting Mataaho collective by title “Takapau”. The artist's works are very beautiful Marlene Gilson and the Bolivian photographer River Claure . Stop to see some videos among those proposed by the section Disobedience Archive it's definitely a must. Continuing you will encounter the large geographical maps of the Moroccan artist Bouchra Khalili who in the end, tracing eight escape routes from their own states by immigrants, creates eight silk-screen prints transforming those routes into constellations. Immediately afterwards you will arrive in space IItalians Everywherereserved for our fellow villagers who have lived abroad and among these, apart from many strangers, you will find the great Domenico Gnoli, Aligi Sassu, Tina Medotti and Umberto Giangrandi.
Continuing the route you will arrive in front of the works of the transdisciplinary artist The Chola Poblete which works with different tools and materials in the queer world, denouncing the marginalization of the Bolivian population living in Argentina.
In the adjacent room you can admire the video of the Mexican artist Ana Segovia which denounces the machismo that influences the film industry.
Continuing interesting is also the pictorial work of Salman Toor made almost completely in various shades of green, representing the threat and violence we are experiencing.
In the last room the video of the Filipino artist Joshua Serafin by title “Void”takes us into the future by addressing the relationship between religion and being queer.
Going out into the pavilions in front of the bar we find the applied arts one which offers the work of Beatriz Milhazes which uses fabrics and fabrics from all countries of the world. The exhibition is in collaboration with the Victoria and Albert Museum from London.
The pavilion is also very beautiful.United Arabia he was born in Benin who is participating for the first time.
I finally arrive at Italian Pavilion. Last year you will remember the fierce controversies surrounding the artist's work Gian Maria Tosatti.
His way of making art was contested. His work entitled “The Story of One Night and the Fate of Comets” Some critics didn't like it. His idea of rebuilding a factory that had been abandoned in the 1970s, complete with dust, caused a sensation. But this year several pavilions at Biennial Gardens evidently they were inspired by him, see that of Serbia and that of Germany. This year under the curatorship of Luca Cerizza you can always see the work of only one artist called Massimo Bartolini with Caterina Barbieri, Gavin Bryars And Kali Malone by title “Two here/To Hear.
The work consists of a sound journey where it is possible to listen to each other and listen to each other. Also in this case the public opinions were conflicting. Walking in a large hall filled with a huge structure of innocent tubes and accompanied by ascetic music is certainly a remarkable sensory experience. The arduous sentence is yours.
Biennial Gardens
This year too, huge queues accompanied these days of inaugurations. I wasn't able to see the pavilion.Egypt because they projected a long video and the queue was oceanic.
The one of the closed Russia and of Israel who decided this form of protest for the hostages that the Palestinian leader Hamas he hasn't released yet.
There were many protests by pro-Palestine organizations. One occurred in my presence during the presentation of the pavilion German which I thought was one of the best of the whole show. In fact, the work “Thresholds” the artists reflect on the concept of threshold between what has happened and what must happen.
The artist Yael Bartana in the first scenario it speaks to us of a catastrophic present while the other intervention of Ersan Mondtag he makes us relive the past in the house with his grandfather in East Germany. It was truly exciting to live her life with actors who moved in that humble house rebuilt for the occasion. It felt like entering a work of art in person Bill Viola. The only criticism is that despite the endless queues to enter the pavilion, few people managed to see and live this beautiful experience.
Don't miss the colourful American Pavilion which for the first time in history presents an Indian artist namely Jeffrey Gibson. His colorful work highlights the contradictions of the dominant culture that discriminates against indigenous and queer culture. His location is almost a Pride in the art world and obviously also in this case long waits to enter are extreme and exhausting.
Another interesting pavilion is that of Swiss where a Swiss-Brazilian artist, Warrior of Divine Love, he satirizes the market and the propaganda of the capitalist world. Don't miss his video entitled “Roma Talisman”, a fun parody of Rome in a queer key with a mockery of Meloni.
They are also worth a visit Spain, L'Holland, L'Englandthe France, the pavilion Venice with the works of the artists Pietro Ruffo And Giovanni Marella young Venetian artist, the latter who is exhibiting in a beautiful solo exhibition at the palace Merulana in Rome, the Serbia which proposes a variant Tosatti and theAustralia. Good vision.
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