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Dreams and Conflicts
The Dictatorship of the Viewer
The Biennale di Venezia presents the 50th International Art Exhibition directed
by Francesco Bonami. Dreams and Conflicts-The Viewer’s Dictatorship.
Arsenale The Biennale di Venezia’s 50th International Art Exhibition this year presents
Z.O.U. (Zone of Urgency) itself as an “exhibition of exhibitions”, laid out in the various spaces within
curated by Hou Hanru the Arsenale and in the Giardini della Biennale, including the national
participations in the Giardini pavilions, as well as in other locations in the
Individual Systems heart of Venice and elsewhere again.
Curated by Igor Zabel
Director Francesco Bonami wished his project to make the best use of the
The Structure of Survival singleness of the Biennale di Venezia’s exhibition structure in order to put
Curated by Carlos Basualdo together a major international survey that, like a “map”, would comprise
different areas (like islands in an archipelago), each with its own identity and
Utopia Station independence.
Curated by Molly Nesbit, Hans Ulrich Obrist The viewer-reader of this map will thus be able to explore the single artistic
and Rirkrit Tiravanija individualities and build up a personal itinerary through the various trends
or specific realities of contemporary art. If the idea of the large international
Conflict survey has always been conceived as a whole concept to be fragmented into
Curated by Catherine David
the visions of the individuals artists, Dreams and Conflicts wants art from
the autonomy of the different projects to seek in this complexity of ideas the
The Everyday Altered
Curated by Gabriel Orozco unity that defines the language of contemporary art today.
In the contemporary society the viewers with their presence and absence
Clandestines controls the success of every exhibition and cultural enterprise; in Dreams
Curated by Francesco Bonami and Conflicts they appear as one of the subjects that contribute to define the
structure of the show, the artist, the curator, the viewer .
Fault Lines Along with the artist, the beholder is one of the poles that connecting
Curated by Gilane Tawadros produce the spark that activate the art work successfully in the social and
in collaboration with Forum for African Arts cultural context.
The dream and the conflict, the total world opposed to its political and
geographical fragmentation, the national aspirations in contrast with the
Giardini della Biennale
Delays and Revolutions international achievements are all elements that will contribute to the
Padiglione Italia making of the Visual Arts Biennale.
Curated by Francesco Bonami and Daniel Dreams and Conflicts will be an exhibition focused at the same time on art
Birnbaum as a personal tool of a personal experience and conviviality. A show through
which is possible to have access to the complexity of a world made by groups
The Zone of individuals defined by multiple and diverse necessities.
Designed by A12 An exhibition constructed with multiple projects to test the strength of that
Curated by Massimiliano Gioni ideal community where the creative process of the contemporary artist
is active. Dreams and Conflicts will not be a show about political art but a
Museo Correr
Pittura / Painting: from reflection on the politics of art.
Rauschenberg to Murakami The experience of the viewer facing the unique vision of the artist. Two
1964-2003 contemporary subjects divided simply by a different gaze.
Curated by Francesco Bonami Francesco Bonami
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