The 59th Venice Biennale is almost upon us, and after the last two years, \u2018much anticipated\u2019 doesn\u2019t seem to quite cut it. Soon, the labyrinthine waterways will be teeming with art-hungry crowds as the global art world descends once again for the world\u2019s most prestigious art event\u00a0(23 April \u2013 27...
Com o coração saindo pela boca [With the heart coming out of the mouth]
draws on the multitude of Brazilian expressions and idioms that reference the human body to express feelings and behaviours. Visitors can expect photographic impressions, sculptures – some interactive – and a video piece engaging with themes surrounding pop culture, nostalgia, eroticism and political criticism. Artworks © Simone Leigh. Courtesy the artist and Matthew Marks Gallery.
Set to be one of this year’s headliners, sculptor Simone Leigh’s Venice exhibition will explore and elevate ideas about history, race, gender, labour, and monuments, reclaiming powerful narratives for Black women, staged ahead of a major solo show at the ICA Boston in 2023. As Jill Medvedow, ICA Ellen Matilda Poss director and co-commissioner for the US Pavilion, said: ‘The scale and magnificence of Leigh’s art demands visibility and power; it is probing, timely, and urgent.’ , 2022.
Located in the Arsenale for the first time, the Icelandic Pavilion will host a multi-faceted composition created by Sigurður Guðjónsson, who is known for orchestrating an organic yet highly-technical synergy between visuals, audio and space. The artist’s exhibition promises a synaesthetic experience to stretch the senses, revealing ’the richness and elegance of matter’ according to project curator, and curator of CERN, Mónica Bello.
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