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international exhibition
the 49th of art will open to the
public on 10 June 2001.
a new challenge, a new charge of vital energy
for this “new Biennale” that is undergoing continual
expansion and transformation.
t he i nternational e xhibition of a rt of 2001
takes the form of a Platea dell’umanita, Plateau
of Mankind, Plateau der Menschheit, Plateau de
l’humanité - a vantage-point from which to see
and to be seen; the visiting public is not only the
spectator but also a leading participant in an ample
space that affords an encounter between public,
artists and their works.
with aperto 80 the doors of the Biennale were
for the first time thrown open to the up-and-coming
generations and to the new artistic languages they BiennAle
were using; then came daPeRtutto, which abolished 49. biennale di Venezia
all distinction between established and young artists,
with no one style taking precedence over another.
now, the journey through the arts undertaken by
harald szeemann, the director of the Visual arts
section of the Biennale di Venezia, passes into
another fruitful stage, emerging onto a Plateau of
Mankind from which it is possible for the gaze to
reach beyond its own limits.
“the Plateau of Mankind is not a theme as such
but rather a declaration of responsibility -to history,
to the events of the present day. it opens up a
dimension...” artists look at the world and address
the world, searching out and recounting all the
multiple dimensions of contemporary humanity. the
Plateau of Mankind serves to observe and capture
the feelings and stories that are narrated in and
through the works of young artists; there are social
problems, environmental themes, the rhythms of
everyday life, new technology and the world wide
web of information, work and sport, happiness
and tragedy.

on a single large upland (Plateau), from where
one can look out to view humankind, young artists
f r o m a l l o v e r t h e w o r l d o f f e r t h e i r a c c o u n t o f
the present day; whilst alongside them look out
The international Art Show – La Exposición Internacional de Arte
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