The Venice Biennial - 51st International Art Exhibition

From June 12 to November 6, 2005, the 51st International Art Exhibition will explore the state of contemporary art from two points of view: a look at the relationship between the present and the most significant past; and a second look on the relationship between the present and the most innovative trends.

The two sections will be proposed in two separate spaces and will each be curated by one of the two Directors. María de Corral will be responsible for the exhibition offering a retrospective approach, to be held in the Italian Pavilion. Rosa Martínez will produce the exhibition dedicated to a greater extent to the latest forms, to be held in the Arsenale di Venezia.

Both will certainly make bold and trend-setting selections with an eye to creating exhibitions that the Biennale wishes to be strongly characterised.

The Experience of Art - Italian Pavilion
Curated by Maria de Corral

Selected artists

Eija-Liisa Ahtila
Born in Hameenlinna, Finland, 1959
Lives and works in Helsinki, Finland

Vasco Araújo
Born in Lisbon, Portugal, 1975
Lives and works in Lisbon, Portugal

Candice Breitz
Born in Johannesburg, South Africa, 1972
Lives and works in Berlin, Germany

Tania Bruguera
Born in Havana, Cuba, 1968
Lives and works in Havana, Cuba

Chen Chieh-jen
Born in Taipei, Taiwan, 1960
Lives and works in Taipei, Taiwan

José Damasceno
Born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1968
Lives and works in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Tacita Dean
Born in Canterbury, UK, 1965
Lives and works in London, UK, and in Berlin, Germany

Willie Doherty
Born in Derry, Northern Ireland, 1959
Lives and works in Derry, Northern Ireland

Stan Douglas
Born in Vancouver, B.C., Canada, 1960
Lives and works in Vancouver, B.C., Canada

Dan Graham
Born in Urbana, IL, USA, 1942
Lives and works in New York, NY, USA

William Kentridge
Born in Johannesburg, South Africa, 1955
Lives and works in Johannesburg, South Africa

Barbara Kruger
Born in Newark, NJ, USA, 1945
Lives and works in Los Angeles, CA and New York, NY, USA

Zwelethu Mthethwa
Born in Durban, Kwa-Zulu Natal, South Africa, 1960
Lives and works in Cape Town, South Africa

Bruce Nauman
Born in Fort Wayne, IN, USA, 1941
Lives and works in Galisteo, NM, USA

Perejaume
Born in Sant Pol de Mar, Barcelona, Spain, 1957
Lives and works in San Pol de Mar, Barcelona, Spain

Thomas Ruff
Born in Zell am Harmersbach, Germany, 1958
Lives and works in Düsseldorf, Germany

Francesco Vezzoli
Born in Brescia, Italy, 1971
Lives and works in Milan, Italy

Mark Wallinger
Born in Chigwell, UK, 1959
Lives and works in London, UK

Jun Yang
Born in Qingtian, China, 1975
Lives and works in Vienna, Austria



"Sempre un po' pi˘ lontano" - Arsenale
Curated by Rosa MartÌnez

Artists using photography or videoart

Jennifer Allora & Guillermo Calzadilla
Jennifer Allora, born in Philadelphia, USA, 1974
Guillermo Calzadilla, born in Havana, Cuba, 1972
Live and work in Puerto Rico

Blue Noses
Viacheslav Mizin
Born in Novosibirsk, Russia, 1962
Lives and works in Moscow and Novosibirsk, Russia
Alexander Shaburov
Born in Sverdlovsk, Russia, 1965
Lives and works in Moscow and Yekaterinburg, Russia

John Bock
Born in Itzehoe, Gribbohm, Germany, 1965
Lives and works in Berlin, Germany

Christoph Büchel & Gianni Motti
Christoph Büchel
Born in Basel, Switzerland, 1966
Lives and works in Basel
Gianni Motti
Born in Sondrio, Italy, 1958
Lives and works in Berlin, Germany and Geneva, Switzerland

Stephen Dean
Born in Paris, France, 1968
Lives and works in New York, NY, USA and Paris, France

Carlos Garaicoa
Born in Havana, Cuba, 1967
Lives and works in Havana

Cristina García Rodero
Born in Puertollano, Spain, 1949
Lives and works in Madrid, Spain

Subodh Gupta
Lives and works Khagoul, Bihar, India, 1964
Lives and works in New Delhi, India

Mona Hatoum
Born in Beirut, Lebanon, 1952
Lives and works in London, UK

Runa Islam
Born in Dhaka, Bangladesh, 1970
Lives and works in London, UK

Emily Jacir
Born in Bethlehem, Palestine, 1970
Lives and works in Ramallah, Palestine and New York, NY, USA

Guerrilla Girls
Founded in New York, NY, USA, 1985

Kimsooja
Born in Taegu, Korea, 1957
Lives and works in New York, NY, USA

Oleg Kulik
Born in Kiev, Russia, 1961
Lives and works in Moscow, Russia

Mariko Mori
Born in Tokyo, Japan, 1967
Lives and works in New York, NY, USA and Tokyo, Japan

Nikos Navridis
Born in Athens, Greece, 1958
Lives and works in Athens

Rivane Neuenschwander
Born in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, 1967
Lives and works in Belo Horizonte

Jun Nguyen-Hatsushiba
Born in Tokyo, Japan, 1968
Lives and works in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Olaf Nicolai
Born in Halle/Saale, Germany, 1962
Lives and works in Berlin, Germany

Adrian Paci
Born in Shkoder , Albania, 1969
Lives and works in Milan, Italy

Bülent Sangar
Born in Eskisehir, Turkey, 1965
Lives and works in Istanbul, Turkey

Gregor Schneider
Born in Rheydt, Germany, 1969
Lives and works in Rheydt

Berni Searle
Born in Cape Town, South Africa, 1964
Lives and works in Cape Town

Santiago Sierra
Born in Madrid, Spain, 1966
Lives and works in Mexico City, Mexico

Shazia Sikander
Born in Lahore, Pakistan, 1969
Lives and works in New York, NY, USA

National Pavilions with Photography or Videoart

ALBANIA
Sislej Xhafa
Commissari: Andi Tepelena, Cecilia Tirelli. Sede: area esterna ai Giardini

AUSTRIA
Hans Schabus
Commissario: Max Hollein. Sede: Padiglione ai Giardini

BRASILE
(Chelpa Ferro,) Caio Reisewitz
Commissario: Manoel Francisco Pires da Costa. Curatore: Alfons Hug. Sede: Padiglione ai Giardini

DANIMARCA
Eva Koch, Joachim Koester, Peter Land, Ann Lislegaard, Gitte Villesen
Commissario: Danish Arts Council, Committee of International Visual Art
Curatore: Sanne Kofod Olsen. Curatore aggiunto: Jacob Fabricius. Sede: Padiglione ai Giardini

EGITTO
Ahmed Askalany, Sherif Mohamed El-Azma, (Adel Siwi)
Commissario: Sarwat El-Bahar. Sede: Padiglione ai Giardini

ESTONIA
Isolator
Mark Raidpere
Commissario: Sirje Helme. Curatore: Hanno Soans. Sede: Palazzo Malipero, San Marco 3079, San Samuele

FRANCIA
Annette Messager
Commissari: Suzanne PagÈ, BÈatrice Parent. Sede: Padiglione ai Giardini

GIAPPONE
Mother's 2000-2005 - Traces of the Future
Miyako Ishiuchi
Commissario: Michiko Kasahar Sede: Padiglione ai Giardini

GRAN BRETAGNA
Gilbert & George
Commissario: Andrea Rose. Curatore: Richard Riley. Commissario aggiunto: Brendan Griggs

INDIA
Nalini MALANI, Raqs Media Collective


ISLANDA
Versations/Tetralogia
GabrÌela FridriksdÛttir
Commissario: Laufey HelgadÛttir. Sede: Padiglione ai Giardini

ISRAELE
Guy Ben Ner
Commissario: Sergio Edelsztein. Sede: Padiglione ai Giardini

KOREA
Hein-Kuhn Oh, ...

LITUANIA
Celebrations of the Small and Personal in the Times of Bignes
Jonas Mekas
Commissari: Lolita Jablonskiene, Liutauras P
aibilskis. Sede: in via di definizione

OLANDA
Jeroen de Rijke e Willem de Rooij
Commissario: Martijn van Nieuwenhuyzen. Sede: Padiglione ai Giardini

POLONIA
Repetition
Artur Zmijewski
Commissario: Agnieszka Morawinska. Curatore: Joanna Mytkowska. Sede: Padiglione ai Giardini

PORTOGALLO
Intus
Helena Almeida
Commissario: Isabel Carlos. Sede: Scoletta dei Tiraoro e Battiloro, Santa Croce, 1980 (San Stae)

SPAGNA
Antoni Muntadas
Commissario: Bartomeu MarÏ. Sede: Padiglione ai Giardini

STATI UNITI D'AMERICA
Ed Ruscha
Commissario: Linda Norden. Commissario aggiunto: Donna De Salvo. Sede: Padiglione ai Giardini

SVIZZERA
Gianni Motti, Shahryar Nashat, Marco Poloni, Ingrid Wildi
Pipilotti Rist (Chiesa di San Stae)
Commissario: Urs Staub. Sede: Padiglione ai Giardini

PAESI NORDICI
FINLANDIA
Laura Horelli
NORVEGIA
Matias Faldbakken
SVEZIA
Miriam Baeckstroem, Carsten Hoeller

TAIWAN
Kuang-yu TSUI , Ichen KUO