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Arcangelo Sassolino, Giuseppe Schembri Bonaci, Brian Schembri: Cunning diplomacy, Malta Pavilion
Artists Arcangelo Sassolino, Giuseppe Schembri Bonaci and Brian Schembri represent the Malta Pavilion at the 59th International Art Exhibition - La Biennale di Venezia through November 27.
April 23, 2022 - November 27, 2022
Artists Arcangelo Sassolino, Giuseppe Schembri Bonaci, and Brian Schembri represent Malta in “Cunning diplomacy” at the 59th International Art Exhibition - La Biennale di Venezia through November 27. Co-curated by Keith Sciberras and Jeffrey Uslip, the kinetic installation reimagines Caravaggio’s seminal altarpiece, The Beheading of St.John the Baptist. The artists bring modern viewers face to face with the tragic biblical narrative through a multidimensional expression of technology, art, and music, allowing for the reconciliation of past abuse and the reformation of humanist principles.
“What I am trying to capture is the change of state, that instant in which something is becoming something else, that energy and power that exist in the flash of absolute instability between the moments of equilibrium that are the before and the after…this is a work about continuous loss, about the impossibility of holding back, about the inexorable and unstoppable flow of all things. But it’s also about the fact that being is only revealed in vanishing, that light is an evanescent interval of darkness,” said Sassolino.
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Exhibitions
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Vladimir Nikolic: Walking with Water, Serbia Pavilion
The Ministry of Culture and Media of the Republic of Serbia presents Walking with Water, a solo exhibition of Vladimir Nikolic at the Serbia Pavilion.
Invitation of the Soft Machine and Her Angry Body Parts, Austria Pavilion
Jakob Lena Knebl and Ashley Hans Scheirl will represent the Austria Pavilion at the 59th Venice Biennale.
Maria Eichhorn: Relocating a Structure, Germany Pavilion
Artist Maria Eichhorn represents the Germany Pavilion at the 59th International Art Exhibition - La Biennale di Venezia through November 27.
Sonia Boyce: Feeling Her Way, Great Britain Pavilion
Artist Sonia Boyce represents the Great Britain Pavilion at the 59th International Art Exhibition - La Biennale di Venezia through November 27.
Acaye Kerunen and Collin Sekajugo: Radiance – They Dream in Time, Uganda Pavilion
Artists Acaye Kerunen and Collin Sekajugo represent Uganda’s inaugural pavilion at the 59th International Art Exhibition - La Biennale di Venezia through November 27.
Zineb Sedira: Dreams have no titles, France Pavilion
Artist Zineb Sedira represents France at the 59th International Art Exhibition - La Biennale di Venezia through November 27.
Rachel Lee Hovnanian: Angels Listening
CSDCA presents "Angels Listening," an intimate and immersive exhibition of the works of Rachel Lee Hovnanian curated by Annalisa Bugliani.
Malgorzata Mirga-Tas: Re-enchanting the world, Poland Pavilion
For the first time in the over-120-year history of the Venice Biennale, a Roma artist, Małgorzata Mirga-Tas, is representing a national pavilion.
Georg Baselitz: Archinto
Artist Georg Baselitz presents new paintings and sculptures alongside the Venice Art Biennale 2022, on view through November 27.
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