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China: One Country, Three Pavilions
Every two years, the art world gets a vivid reminder of China's complex sovereignty issues and ongoing identity concerns—in the form of three separate pavilions at the Venice Biennale.
Going Underground in Venice: An Interview with Gilad Ratman
Gilad Ratman's video projects demand an extreme physicality from the friends and associates whom he enlists as participants. In Che Che the Gorgeous (2005), they lie on a cracked desert floor in what look like cocoons, singing and wailing, sounds that are then mixed in a home studio by a DJ. In Alligatoriver (2006), they undertake a noisy bacchanal in a supposedly alligator-infested river. Often his players act barely civilized, or borderline insane, with a propensity for wordless vocalizations, shaggy hair and unkempt couture.
Triumph of Life: An Interview with Marc Quinn
One of the most talked-about exhibitions during the opening days of the 55th Venice Biennale was British artist Marc Quinn's self-titled solo show at Venice's Giorgio Cini Foundation (through Sept. 29). The foundation is located on the small island where the facade of Palladio's iconic San Giorgio Maggiore church rises above the canal, providing a dramatic backdrop for Quinn's Breath (2012), a 36-foot-tall inflatable gray sculpture of an armless, nude, very pregnant woman sited on the plaza outside the church. Read More
Art Season in Tulsa: A Look at the New Philbrook Downtown
On June 13, the Philbrook Museum of Art, in Tulsa, Okla., will open Philbrook Downtown, a 30,000-square-foot, two-story satellite space in a brick warehouse in the Brady Arts District. Designed in a minimalist, white-cube style by Gluckman Mayner Architects, the New York-based firm responsible for the Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh, Penn., and numerous other art venues, the new galleries will be devoted to the display of modern, contemporary and Native American art, as well as research and programming. Read More
Venice Biennale, The Nationals: The Netherlands
For those who have the 55th Venice Biennale on their itineraries, we offer quick picks in the form of slide shows, appearing over the coming days, of one- and two-person shows at the national pavilions. With 88 countries participating, 10 for the first time, it's impossible to be comprehensive. So we aim to serve visitors with limited time, attending just the two main venues: Giardini and Arsenale. Wherever you wander in Venice, however, keep your eyes peeled for the red Biennale logo, signaling nationals tucked into churches and palazzi.
Photos by Paola Ferrario.
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Mixed Media. Courtesy Elizabeth Dee Gallery, New York, and the artist.
Extraction, the most recent series of mixed media collages
