Serbian pavilion
The Serbian pavilion houses Serbia's national representation during the Venice Biennale arts festivals.
Background
The Venice Biennale is an international art biennial exhibition held in Venice, Italy. Often described as "the Olympics of the art world", participation in the Biennale is a prestigious event for contemporary artists. The festival has become a constellation of shows: a central exhibition curated by that year's artistic director, national pavilions hosted by individual nations, and independent exhibitions throughout Venice. The Biennale parent organization also hosts regular festivals in other arts: architecture, dance, film, music, and theater.[1]
Outside of the central, international exhibition, individual nations produce their own shows, known as pavilions, as their national representation. Nations that own their pavilion buildings, such as the 30 housed on the Giardini, are responsible for their own upkeep and construction costs as well. Nations without dedicated buildings create pavilions in venues throughout the city.[1]
Organization and building
The pavilion was designed by Brenno Del Giudice in 1932 and built by 1938 as part of a complex on the Giardini's Sant'Elena Island. The buildings, originally allocated to Sweden and Greece, were respectively transferred to Yugoslavia and Romania. Yugoslavia was later renamed Serbia.[2]
Representation by year
Art
- 2012 — Marija Mikovic, Marija Strajnic, Olga Lazarevic, Janko Tadic, Nebojsa Stevanovic, Milos Zivkovic, Aleksandar Ristovic, Nikola Andonov, Milan Dragic and Marko Marovic [3]
- 2015 — Ivan Grubanov (Curator: Lidija Merenik)[4]
- 2017 — Milena Dragicevic, Vladislav Scepanovic and Dragan Zdravkovic (Curator: Nikola Suica) [5][6]
- 2022 — Vladimir Nikolic (Curator: Biljana Ciric)[7]
References
- Russeth 2019.
- Volpi 2013.
- "Venice Biennale 2012: Serbian Pavilion". August 9, 2012.
- Alex Greenberger (January 5, 2015), Ivan Grubanov to Represent Serbia at This Year's Venice Biennale ARTnews.
- "Venice Biennale 2017 Archive".
- "Serbien".
- José da Silva (17 December 2021), Venice Biennale 2022: all the national pavilions, artists and curators The Art Newspaper.
Bibliography
- Russeth, Andrew (April 17, 2019). "The Venice Biennale: Everything You Could Ever Want to Know". ARTnews. Retrieved April 22, 2019.
- Volpi, Cristiana (2013). "Serbia". In Re Rebaudengo, Adele (ed.). Pavilions and Garden of Venice Biennale. Rome: Contrasto. p. 176. ISBN 978-88-6965-440-4.
Further reading
- Greenberger, Alex (January 5, 2015). "Ivan Grubanov to Represent Serbia at This Year's Venice Biennale". ARTnews. Retrieved May 12, 2019.
- Mairs, Jessica (June 1, 2016). "Serbian Pavilion models interior on the bright blue hull of a boat". Dezeen. Retrieved May 12, 2019.
- "Serbian Pavilion at the 56th Venice Biennale". Artsy. May 4, 2015. Retrieved May 12, 2019.
- "Serbian Pavilion – 55th Biennale di Venezia. June 1st – November 24th 2013". Artsy. May 24, 2013. Retrieved May 12, 2019.