Commissioner and Curator for Architecture Binnale 2012 Announced
24.02.2012Culture Ireland, in partnership with the Arts Council, announces the appointment of the team who to represent Ireland at the Architecture Biennale in Venice.
Read moreIreland will present a new installation by the artist Corban Walker at the 54th International Art Exhibition/La Biennale di Venezia.
of de Blacam and Meagher, Ireland’s exhibition at the 12th International Architecture Exhibition/La Biennale di Venezia, has returned to Ireland and is currently on national tour.
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Brief for Curator for 13th Architecture Biennale Venice 2012
15.12.2011Working on behalf of Culture Ireland and the Arts Council, the Commissioner and Curator will together deliver Ireland’s national representation at the event.
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Sarah Browne, Gareth Kennedy, Kennedy Browne
2009
Ireland’s presentation at the 53rd Exhibition sought to foreground two artists (but three practices) Sarah Browne, Gareth Kennedy and Kennedy Browne, who operated without commercial gallery representation. The engagement of / with people formed a central element of their practice, and art is at the core. The technically accomplished and visually engaging artworks they produced existed as the gravitational centre for explorations around identity, labour, craft, design, globalisation, economics, language, architecture, beauty, money, value and being human.
About Ireland at Venice
The Venice Biennale has for over a century been one of the most prestigious cultural institutions in the world. Established in 1895, when the first International Art Exhibition was organised, the Biennale now has an attendance of over 400,000 visitors. In the 1930's, new festivals were born: Music, Cinema and Theatre [the Venice Film Festival in 1932 was the first film festival ever organised]. In 1980, the first Architecture Exhibition took place and in 1999 Dance made its debut at the Venice Biennale.