At a time when Armenians remember the last century since the mass executions of its population at the hands of the Ottoman Empire (“Genocide”, say much of the world, except Turkey), the Venice Biennale awarded to Pavilion Armenia, inspired by the diaspora of his people, the Golden Lion on national interests. “In a year witnessing a significant milestone for the Armenian people, this pavilion reflects the strength of exchanges and cross-cultural confluences,” wrote the jury on the exposed Armenian participation on the island of St. Lazarus of the Armenians.
The prize of the biennial of contemporary art, assigned on the day of its opening on Saturday, also honored the American conceptual artist Adrian Piper. “Their presentations invite to commit ourselves to a personal responsibility performance for life,” said the jury in reference to installation The Probable Trust Registry: The Rules of The Game # 1-3, created by the artist based in Berlin.
The jury composed by American Naomi Beckwith, the Austrian Sabine Breitwieser, by the Italian Mario Codognato at Indian Ranjit Hoskote and the South Korean Yongwoo Lee, who, cites AFP, welcomed the “particularly sensitive” to the “geopolitical urgencies of our time” expressed by 136 artists present, still has awarded the South Korean Im Heung-Soon, who has patent Biennale Factory Complex , documentary video that focuses on the daily struggles of workers in Asia, with the Silver Lion for Best Young Artist.
At the other extreme age, the Ghanaian sculptor El Anatsui, born in 1944, received a Lion gold for his whole career. Another veteran, the American Joan Jonas, 79, “artist whose work and influence on art are huge,” argues the jury, received an honorable mention by the video installation They Come To Us Without a Word .
Distinguished with honorable mentions at the Biennale which runs until November 22 were the German Harun Farocki, Syrian and Algerian collective Abounaddara Massinissa Selmani.
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