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Main project of the 57th Venice Biennale “Viva Arte Viva” (curated by Christine Macel) Looking both at tradition and change, Irina Korina’s works are fictional journeys through the changing landscape of contemporary Russia.
Jun 23, 2017 · Taking a final step inside the Iraqi pavilion at Palazzo Cavalli-Franchetti, part of the official circuit of national pavilions, one feels ambivalence regarding history –– reunion and rupture, reverence and iconoclasm.
- Taus Makhacheva (b. 1983 in Moscow.) Dagestani artist Taus Makhacheva is presenting two seemingly different works at the Biennale’s exhibition, “Viva Arte Viva.”
- Irina Korina (b. 1977 in Moscow.) Irina Korina’s site-specific installation Good Intentions might take some effort to find in the dark halls of the Arsenale.
- Vadim Fiškin (b. 1965 in Penza.) Vadim Fiškin, who is presently based in Ljubljana after being invited there by the informal organization Neue Slovenische Kunst (NSK), was once referred to as “the most Russian among Westerners and the most Western among Russians.”
May 12, 2017 · Installation view of work by Irina Korina in “Viva Arte Viva” at the 57th Venice Biennale, 2017. Korina constructed a standalone room within the Arsenale out of corrugated aluminum and covered its interior, wall-to-wall, with exuberant kitsch.
- Irina Korina
- Taus Makhacheva
- Vadim Fishkin
Photo: Anton Denisov/RIA Novosti This 39-year-old artist is best known for creating large objects and installations made of found materials, including industrial waste and emblematic Russian objects, such as old factory flags from the Soviet period, children's toys, oilcloth with Russian patterns or the "skeletons" of children’s playgrounds from th...
Photo: Kandinsky Prize Like Korina, Makhacheva is one of the most well-known Russian artists on the international art scene. Her work has been exhibited in numerous spaces, including in Pinacoteca Nazionale di Bologna, Leipzig Museum GfZK and the Sharjah Biennale of Contemporary Art. Last spring at the Center Pompidou in Paris she exhibited an inst...
Photo: Pirje Mykkänen/Finnish National Gallery Fishkin was once referred to as “the most Russian among Westerners and the most Western among Russians.” He was born in Penza but lives and works in Ljubljana, Slovenia. He went there on the invitation of the informal organization Neue Slovenische Kunst, a virtual union of artists, musicians and artist...
The 57th Venice Biennale was an international contemporary art exhibition held between May and November 2017. The Venice Biennale takes place biennially in Venice, Italy.
13 May - 26 November 2017, Central International Exhibition, 57th Venice Biennale 2017, Arsenale and Central Pavilion, Giardini. Curator: Christine Macel.
