The main reward 53rd International Biennale of Contemporary Art has received the American pavilion, which includes works of famous artist Bruce Naumann kontseptualista (Bruce Nauman).

7 June in Venice opened the 53rd International Biennial of Contemporary Art. A day before presentation of prizes took place. The most important award Biennale - «Golden Lion» - has received the U.S. pavilion, where the patriarch of the conceptualists Bruce Naumann (Bruce Nauman).

67-year-old Naumann was famous because of its neon installation and performance with the wax figures. His exhibition at the Venice Biennale is called «Topological gardens». It can be seen both new and «classic» works (including the famous neon sculpture «The artist helps the world by revealing mystic truths»). The jury chose to «Topological gardens» is largely due to the fact that the exhibition curator Carlos Basualdo (Carlos Basualdo) has decided to expand the geography Biennale - creations Naumann exhibited not only in the American pavilion, but in buildings of two Venetian universities.

This year, obviously there is the desire of the jury note of those who submitted their art to «innovative» premises. The best artist has been recognized 43-year-old German Reberger Tobias (Tobias Rehberger), apply for a cafeteria Palace Exhibition (formerly the Italian pavilion). His reward is also called «Golden Lion».

Honorary «Golden lion» received outstanding artists -kontseptualisty Yoko Ono (Yoko Ono) and John Baldessari . According to the Biennale curator Daniel Birnbaum (Daniel Birnbaum), they «have transformed our understanding of art and its relationship with the world in which we live».

«Silver Lion», which is awarded to promising artists, get Swede Yurberg Natalie (Nathalie Djurberg). Yurberg an incredibly bloody Plasticine animation. Her installation, called «Experimentet.», Consists of sculptures of fantastic flowers and videos, where the clay men torn between their own limbs Brutal or any strange lumps. The famous performance artist Marina Abramovich, (Marina Abramovic) said that «Experimentet.» - One of the best works, you see it at the exhibition.

no specific mention of the jury awarded the project Scandinavian storyteller Michael Elmgrina (Michael Elmgreen) and Ingar Dragseta (Ingar Dragset), whose submission Drama Queens once told us . For the Venice Biennale Elmgrin and Dragset staged an exhibition «Collectors». They turned two pavilions for exhibitions of Denmark, Finland, Sweden and Norway, in the «conceptual home», decorated with works by Maurizio Kattelana (Maurizio Cattelan), By Terence (Terence Koh), Wolfgang Tillmansa (Wolfgang Tillmans) and other artists. The exhibition tells the story of an imaginary person - the family of collectors of contemporary art and their depraved neighbor Mr. B.

The Venice Biennale, called «Creation of the Worlds» , will run until 22 November. It involved 77 countries. About the artists submitting their works in the Russian pavilion, you can read here .

Material prepared Yulia Maksimova, AI

Source: blogs.wsj.com , artinvestment.ru