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The Australia Council for the Arts announced the seven Australian artists selected to exhibit in the official curated program of the 2015 Venice Biennale.
Daniel Boyd, Emily Floyd, Marco Fusinato, Newell Harry, Sonia Leber and David Chesworth and the late Emily Kame Kngwarreye have each been chosen by internationally acclaimed curator and art critic Okwui Enwezor for the Biennale’s headline International Art Exhibition, All the World’s Futures.
Enwezor announced the inclusion of these artists in the central exhibition at the first official press conference of the 56th Venice Biennale today. The inclusion of these artists in the central exhibition, along with other exhibitions showing at the Biennale, means a record number of over 40 Australian artists will be showing works at this year’s Biennale.
“This is an incredible result, one that raises Australia’s international profile and demonstrates the quality of work coming from our visual arts sector. This international recognition highlights the global interest in Australian art, and marks an impressive year for Australian visual art and artists” said Mr Tony Grybowski, Chief Executive of the Australia Council for the Arts.
Australian Commissioner Simon Mordant AM said “the Venice Biennale is the most prestigious event for contemporary visual arts globally. The 56th Venice Biennale is an important milestone for Australia, with Fiona Hall’s exhibition ‘Wrong Way Time’ being the first exhibitionpresented in the new Australian Pavilion, opening not just a beautiful new building but a new chapter for Australian design and visual arts internationally.”
Australia’s presence at the Biennale will also extend to a further six venues around Venice including:
1. more than thirty Australian Indigenous artists will present works in the exhibition ‘COUNTRY’, an official collateral exhibition in partnership with the Gervasuti Foundation, curated by Chiara Massini.
2. six Australian artists have been invited to exhibit in the exhibition Personal Structures, a group exhibition presented by Global Art Affairs;
3. one Australian artist will present work in the group exhibition of glass works, titled Glasstress 2015 Gotiki, presented by The State Hermitage Museum and Berengo Studio; and
4. Fiona Hall’s exhibition Wrong Way Time, the first to be unveiled in the new Australian Pavilion in Venice’s historic Giardini.
2015 Venice Biennale
9 May to 22 November, 2015
Venice, Italy
Sonia Leber and David Chesworth, Zaum Tractor, 2013, video still, 2 channel HD video, 2 channel audio, 26 minutes
