Curator Ralph Rugoff has announced the artists who will feature in the 58th edition of the Venice Biennale, which will take place 11 May to 24 November 2019.
The International Exhibition, which this year is titled ‘May You Live In Interesting Times’, will feature 79 artists in total with Rugoff describing their work as reflecting “upon precarious aspects of existence today, including different threats to key traditions, institutions and relationships of the ‘post-war order’”.
Rugoff, who is director of London’s Hayward Gallery, explained that the exhibition will be presented as ‘Proposition A’ in the city’s Arsenale and ‘Proposition B’ in the main pavilion of the Giardini site. Each space will have the same artist list, but will include different groups of work.
Rugoff said: “I’d like to think that there will be visitors – who don’t really like to read wall texts – that might go to the two exhibitions and think they are seeing work by totally different artists.”
Compared to recent biennales, the exhibition features fewer artists – Christine Macel’s 2017 exhibition included 120 artists while Okwui Enwezor’s 2015 edition had 138. Also in contrast to previous editions, the participating artists are all still living and working.
The British or UK-based artists featured in the list are Michael Armitage, Ed Atkins, Jesse Darling, Anthea Hamilton, and Christian Marclay. Other artists include this year’s Artes Mundi Prize winner Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Lawrence Abu Hamdan, Zanele Muholi, and Hito Steyerl.
The full artist list is:
1. Lawrence Abu Hamdan
b. 1985 Jordan, lives and works in Beirut
Read our 2017 Q&A with the artist here
2. Njideka Akunyili Crosby
b. 1983 Nigeria, lives and works in Los Angeles
3. Halil Altındere
b. 1971 Turkey, lives and works in Istanbul
4. Michael Armitage
b. 1984 Kenya, lives and works in London and Nairobi
Read our 2017 Q&A with the artist here
5. Korakrit Arunanondchai
b. 1986 Thailand, lives and works in New York and Bangkok
for the work in Arsenale, in collaboration with
Alex Gvojic
b.1984 USA, lives and works in New York
6. Ed Atkins
b. 1982 United Kingdom, lives and works in Berlin and Copenhagen
7. Tarek Atoui
b. 1980 Lebanon, lives and works in Paris
8. Darren Bader
b. 1978 USA, lives and works in New York City and elsewhere
9. Nairy Baghramian
b.1971 Iran, lives and works in Berlin
10. Neïl Beloufa
b. 1985 France, lives and works in Paris
11. Alexandra Bircken
b. Germany, lives and works in Berlin
12. Carol Bove
b. 1971 Switzerland, lives and works in New York
13. Christoph Büchel
b. 1966 Switzerland, lives and works in Reykjavik and Basel
14. Ludovica Carbotta
b. 1982 Italy, lives and works in Barcelona
15. Antoine Catala
b. 1975 France, lives and works in New York
16. Ian Cheng
b. 1984 USA, lives and works in New York
17. George Condo
b. 1957 USA, lives and works in New York
18. Alex Da Corte
b. 1980 USA, lives and works in Philadelphia
19. Jesse Darling
b. United Kingdom, lives and works in London and Berlin
20. Stan Douglas
b. 1960 Canada, lives and works in Vancouver
21. Jimmie Durham
b. 1940 USA, lives and works in Berlin
22. Nicole Eisenman
b. 1965 France, lives and works in New York
23. Haris Epaminonda
b. 1980 Republic of Cyprus, lives and works in Berlin
24. Lara Favaretto
b. 1973 Italy, lives and works in Turin
25. Cyprien Gaillard
b. 1980 France, lives and works in Berlin
26. Gauri Gill
b. 1970 India, lives and works in New Delhi
27. Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster
b. 1965 France, lives and works in Paris
28. Shilpa Gupta
b. 1976 India, lives and works in Mumbai
29. Soham Gupta
b. 1988 India, lives and works in Kolkata
30. Martine Gutierrez
b. 1989 USA, lives and works in New York
31. Rula Halawani
b. 1964 Palestine, lives and works in Jerusalem
32. Anthea Hamilton
b. 1978 United Kingdom, lives and works in London
33. Jeppe Hein
b. 1974 Denmark, lives and works in Berlin
34. Anthony Hernandez
b. 1947 USA, lives and works in Los Angeles and Idaho
35. Ryoji Ikeda
b. 1966 Japan, lives and works in Paris and Kyoto
36. Arthur Jafa
b. 1960 USA, lives and works in Los Angeles
37. Cameron Jamie
b. 1969 USA, lives in Paris, works in Paris and Cologne
38. Kahlil Joseph
b. 1981 USA, lives and works in Los Angeles
39. Zhanna Kadyrova
b. 1981 Ukraine, lives and works in Kyiv
40. Suki Seokyeong Kang
b. 1977 Republic of Korea, lives and works in Seoul
41. Mari Katayama
b. 1987 Japan, lives and works in Gunma
42. Lee Bul
b. 1964 Republic of Korea, lives and works in Seoul
43. Liu Wei
b. 1972 People’s Republic of China, lives and works in Beijing
44. Maria Loboda
b. 1979 Poland, lives and works in Berlin
45. Andreas Lolis
b. 1970 Albania, lives and works in Athens
46. Christian Marclay
b. 1955 USA, lives and works in London
47. Teresa Margolles
b. 1963 Mexico, lives and works in Mexico City and Madrid
48. Julie Mehretu
b. 1970 Ethiopia, lives and works in New York
49. Ad Minoliti
b. 1980 Argentina, lives and works in Buenos Aires
50. Jean-Luc Moulène
b. 1955 France, lives and works in Paris
51. Zanele Muholi
b. 1972 Republic of South Africa, lives and works in Johannesburg, Durban and Cape Town
Read our 2015 Q&A with the artist here
52. Jill Mulleady
b. 1980 Uruguay, lives and works in Los Angeles
53. Ulrike Müller
b. 1971 Austria, lives and works in New York
54. Nabuqi
b. 1984 People’s Republic of China, lives and works in Beijing
55. Otobong Nkanga
b. 1974 Nigeria, lives and works in Antwerp
56. Khyentse Norbu
b. 1961 Bhutan, Khyentse Norbu’s rigorous international teaching schedule requires continuous travel. He has residences in India and Bhutan
57. Frida Orupabo
b. 1986 Norway, lives and works in Oslo
58. Jon Rafman
b. 1981 Canada, lives and works in Montreal
59. Gabriel Rico
b. 1980 Mexico, lives and works in Guadalajara
60. Handiwirman Saputra
b. 1975 Indonesia, lives and works in Yogyakarta
61. Tomás Saraceno
b. 1973 Argentina, lives and works in Berlin
62. Augustas Serapinas
b. 1990 Lithuania, lives and works in Vilnius
63. Avery Singer
b. 1987 USA, lives and works in New York
64. Slavs and Tatars
founded 2006, based in Berlin
65. Michael E. Smith
b. 1977 USA, lives and works in Providence, Rhode Island
66. Hito Steyerl
b. 1966 Germany, lives and works in Berlin
67. Tavares Strachan
b. 1979 The Bahamas, lives and works in New York
68. Sun Yuan (b. 1972 People’s Republic of China) and Peng Yu (b. 1974 People’s Republic of China), both live and work in Beijing
69. Henry Taylor
b. 1958 USA, lives and works in Los Angeles
70. Rosemarie Trockel
b. 1952 Germany, lives and works in Cologne
71. Kaari Upson
b. 1972 USA, lives and works in Los Angeles
72. Andra Ursuţa
b. 1979 Romania, lives and works in New York
73. Danh Vo
b. 1975 Vietnam, lives and works in Mexico DF
74. Kemang Wa Lehulere
b. 1984 Republic of South Africa, lives and works in Cape Town
75. Apichatpong Weerasethakul
b. 1970 Thailand, lives and works in Chiang Mai
for the work in Arsenale, in collaboration with
Tsuyoshi Hisakado
b. 1981 Japan, lives and works in Kyoto
76. Margaret Wertheim and Christine Wertheim
b. 1958 Australia, both live and work in Los Angeles
77. Anicka Yi
b. 1971 Republic of Korea, lives and works in New York
78. Yin Xiuzhen
b. 1963 People’s Republic of China, lives and works in Beijing
79. Yu Ji
b. 1985 People’s Republic of China, lives and works in Shanghai and Vienna
Images:
1. Ralph Rugoff, Hayward Gallery director. Photo: © Marc Atkins. Courtesy; the Art Fund
2. Lawrence Abu Hamdan, Rubber Coated Steel, video still, 2016. Image copyright of the artist; courtesy of the artist
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