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BIENNALE VENEZIA
50TH INTERNATIONAL ART EXHIBITION 2003
Dreams and Conflicts - The Dictatorship of the Viewer
Paul Seawright Wales celebrated Egyptian architect Hassan Fathy, it is the negotiation between
Shimabuku Japan tradition and modernity within a defiantly nationalist idiom that is articulated
through his vision of an ‘architecture for the poor.’ Mirroring more or less the
Efrat Shvily Israel
trajectory of modern Egypt, Fathy’s architecture moves ‘from colonization
Andreas Siekmann, Alice Creischer
to independence to development and its aftermath entangled with grand
Germany /Argentina dreams of regional pre-eminence’.
Andreas Slominski Germany By contrast, Wael Shawky’s contemporary asphalt city is a hybrid metropolis,
Patti Smith USA part-rural, part-urban, constructed out of the ‘blackest, most unyielding
Robert Smithson USA residues of petroleum. An ironic commentary on the contradictory effects of
Doron Solomons Israel modernization on contemporary Egyptian society, this dystopian city is the
by-product of mass migration and globalization. Kader Attia’s intimate portraits
Yutaka Sone Japan
of transvestites and transsexuals give physical form to the experiences of
Monika Sonowska Poland
Algerian migrants and sans papiers who live their lives on the periphery of
Nancy Spero, Leon Golub USA France’s capital city, both literally and metaphorically. Excluded and alienated
Simon Starling Scotland from both Algeria and France, the figures who populate Attia’s work represent
Michael Stevenson New Zealand the lived experience of globalization and its disaffected and disenfranchised
Mladen Stilinovic Croatia
Rudolf Stingel Italy
Superflex Denmark
Tadaso Takamine Japan
Javier Téllez Venezuela
Nahum Tevet Israel
Lincoln Tobier, Simon Leung USA
Jaan Toomik Esthonia
Rosemarie Trockel Germany
Tatian Trouvé France
Tsang Tsou-choi China
Nobuko Tsuchiya Japan
Patrick Tuttofuoco Italy
Uglycute Sweden
Markus Degerman, Andreas Nobel,
Jonas Nobel, Fredrik Stenberg
Piotr Uklanski Poland
Meyer Vaisman Venezuela
Agnes Varda Belgium
Anton Vidokle Russia
Luca Vitone Italy
Lawrence Weiner USA
Eyal Weizman Israel
Pae White USA
Steven Willats UK
Cereith Wyn Evans UK
Amelie von Wulffen Germany
Shizuka Yokomizo UK
Carey Young Zambia
Zerynthia Italy
Mario Pieroni, Dora Stiefelmeier in
collaboration with Mario Merz and
Franz West Ben Gal
Liu Zheng China Salt Mine
Acrylic on canvas,
Yang Zhengzhou China
150 x 220 cm.
Andrea Zittel USA
2003
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