T
he 52nd Venice Biennale Think with the Senses - Feel with the Mind. Art in the Present Tense in 2007, opened with a preview to the press. Felix Gonzalez-Torres is the artist representing the US.
The US Pavilion, entitled America, was organized this year by the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum of New York. Commissioner Nancy Spector presented the US artist during the press conference, where other authorities such as William Mack and Tomas Krens of Solomon Guggenheim NY spoke as well.
The Department of State was represented by Alina Romanowski, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, Office of Professional and Cultural Exchanges, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. Ms. Romanowski spoke about the Department of State’s commitment to and funding of the US presence at the Biennale.
The US artist at the 52nd Biennale was praised and appreciated by those attending the press conference, despite the downpour of rain.
Alina Romanowski and Tomas Krens speaking at the press conference.
In its 120-year history, the Biennale has advanced art discourse by presenting such notables as Winslow Homer, Ed Ruscha, Fred Wilson, Bill Viola, Louise Bourgeois and Jasper Jones, among other renowned international artists such as Gustav Klimt and Pablo Picasso. Recent editions have drawn several hundred thousand people to the Venice exhibit spaces overlooking the lagoon. The 52nd Edition is open to the public for a five month period, from June 10th until November the 21st. Each edition is unique and reflects the choices of the curator of the overall exhibition. This year the job has fallen to American curator and critic Robert Storr, currently Dean of the Yale School of Art and former Museum of Modern Art in New York painting and sculpture curator. He is among only a handful of non-Italians to be given this honor.
An International Herald Tribune article describing Felix Torres Gonalez’ work at the Biennale is also available at www.iht.com.
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Top detail of the first installation at the entrance.
Bottom detail of the first installation at the entrance.
Untitled. An endless supply of liquorice. Visitors help themselves
and the piece is replenished daily.
Detail of the endless liquorice.
Marble installations at the entrance of the US Pavilion where the press conference
took place during a thunderstorm, transforming the marble sculptures into unexpected
and beautiful fountains.
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