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BIENNALE VENEZIA

50TH INTERNATIONAL ART EXHIBITION 2003

Dreams and Conflicts - The Dictatorship of the Viewer

Arata Isozaki Japan
Piotr Janas Poland and society. It is based on the notion that art is a form of knowledge
Janus Magazine Belgium and as such it creates the framework that helps us both understand
Jan Fabre and Hendrik Tratsaert and react to these circumstances. In the last two decades, recurrent
Koo Jeong-a Korea references to political, economic and social crisis in contemporary art
have increased exponentially. This is likely related to the contradictory
Zhu Jia China
results of globalization and corporate capitalism, and the consequent
Yan Lei and Fu Jie China
deterioration of the living conditions of developing world populations.
Sture Johannesson Sweden More and more, the rationality of the public sphere metamorphoses into
John M. Johansen USA ephemeral communal encounters and strategies of collective survival.
Jean-Paul Jungmann, Tamas Zanko This exhibition will thus attempt to reflect this process by including
France/Hungary the works of a number of contemporary artists from North and South
America, Africa, Europe and Asia, who have been working on the subject.
Ilya Kabakov Ukraine
Among the artists included in the exhibition are: Grupo de Arte Callejero
Gülsün Karamustafa Turkey
(Argentina) working in collaboration with Andreas Siekmann and Alice
Ian Kiar UK Creischer (Germany), Marepe (Brazil), Yona Friedman (Hungary-France),
Sora Kim and Gimhongsoh Korea Muyiwa Osifuye (Nigeria), Rachel Harrison (USA), Antonio Ole (Angola),
Eva Koch Denmark
Jakob Kolding Denmark
Július Koller Slovakia FAULT LINES
Rem Koolhaas Netherlands
Gabriel Kuri Mexico Curated by Gilane Tawadros
in collaboration with Forum for African Arts
Surasi Kusolwong Thailand
Kyupi-Kyupi Japan
Jim Lambie Scotland
Luisa Lambri Italy
Michel Lasserre and Paola Yacoub-
Lebanon /France
Yan Lei and Fu Jie China
Yuri Leiderman Russia
Kamin Lertchaiprasert Thailand
Mikael Levin USA /France
Erik van Lieshout Netherlands
Armin Linke Italy
Sarah Lucas UK
Anna De Manincor, ZimmerFrei Italy
Kerry James Marshall USA
Mareaperto Onlus Italy
Marepe (Marcos Reis Peixoto) Brazil
Bruce Mau Canada
Lucy McKenzie UK
Steve McQueen UK
Cildo Meireles Brazil
Jonas Mekas Lithuania
Annette Messager France
Gustav Metzger Germany
Helen Mirra USA
Andrei Monastirsky Russia
Marco Moretti (Brigata/FDT) Italy
Jean Luc Moulene France
Pavel Markus Czech Republic
Rabih Mrouè Lebanon
Deimantas Narkevicius Lithuania
Rivane Neuenschwander Brazil Frank Bowling
Who’s Afraid of Barnett Newman
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