La Biennale - Giardini

 

Entrance to the BIENNALE!

 

Swiss Pavilion - crazy que-tip things

 

Swiss Pavilion - lady mannequins with crystals growing out of them.

 

American Pavilion - USA runner on a treadmill, on a tank, that is upside down. The tracks of the tank moved as he ran. Noisy.

 

American Pavilion - Gloria statue laying in a tanning bed. It is dark because it is actually getting tanned for the entire length of the show (6 months).

 

Norwegian Pavilion - paintings, dead bird sculptures, trees growing inside and through the roof, and white floor canvas'. One of my favorites.  

 

Denmark Pavilion - Newsprint paper with faint print that reads, "One must be very careful with one's silence". Excellent piece that captured what it was trying to say visually and conceptually. 

 

 

Denmark Pavilion - "An American Index". Siberian tiger that has severe handicaps. White tigers like these don't exist in nature and have to be bread, often leading to mutations.

 

Denmark Pavilion - "An American Index". Thought you would like this one Dad. This is a photo of the fuel cells being stored at the Hanford site. Glowing in water from the amount of radiation.

 

Belgian Pavilion - painting of video highlights. Can you tell what was happening in the news that day?

 

Belgian Pavilion - video of the paintings being painted.

 

 Nathaniel Mellors - Bearded heads. These animatronic heads would argue with each other.

 

Jack Goldstien - Acrylic painting on canvas. I love these colors and the stencil work on this one is so intricate. 

 

DAS INSTITUT - Yellow screen. 

 

DAS INSTITUT - paintings on paper looking through blue screen.

 

Sigmar Polke - This dude is the man. Acrylic painting with multiple layers and lined textured surface. 

 

Sigmar Polke - Again, it is a shame that he passed away this last year. He was a truly great artist.

 

 Maurizio Cattelan - Stuffed pigeons throughout the show.

 

Guy De Cointet - Amazing graphic design piece. I would hang this on my wall.

 

Cyprien Gaillard - "Floods of the Old and the New World". Nice collage with old and new photos and beer labels from around the world.

 

R. H. Quaytman - Painting/Print. The top was painted in neon yellow and glowed onto the wall and lines of color in short segment on bottom.

 

R. H. Quaytman - Painting/Print. Same colored lines like the first one but this time arranged in a stacked diamond pattern.

 

Pipilotti Rist - Venice painting with video being projected over the top.

 

Seth Price - painting with ropes encased in acrylic. From a distance these looked like the rope was a photo but up close you could see all the texture and depth of the rope. 

 

Omer Fast - scene from "Everything is clearer from 5000 feet". Really great film. Another one of my favorites.

 

Bulgarian Pavilion - This room had speakers and a car. That red color was everywhere. Very strange opera was playing loudly. Very interesting take on a car crash.

 

Israeli Pavilion - Video of three naked women scraping  sand down the beach and the tide washing it away.

 

Japanese Pavilion - Sloped walls with mirrors with projected animation. Very surreal, almost traps you in this room. 

 

Korean Pavilion - Mannequins fighting. These things were about three times as tall as me, just to give you some perspective.

 

Korean Pavilion - Soldiers covered in flowers, walking through flowers. This does do the work justice but you will have to believe me that it was awesome.

 

Korean Pavilion - Mirrors with screens behind them that would break by what sounded like gun fire.