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press release
Whilst awaiting a reform of the Organisation, the Biennale's Administrative Board was renewed. University professor in the history and criticism of cinema, Lino Miccichè, was President, with Gianfranco Pontel as Secretary general. The 47th Art Exhibition, curated by Germano Celant, revolved around the exhibition "Futuro, Presente, Passato" (Future, Present, Past), in which three generations of artists between 1967 and 1997 met 'virtually'. In total, the Exhibition hosted 58 participating countries. Golden Lions to Marina Abramovic and Gerhard Richter.
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47th International Art Exhibition
"Futuro, Presente, Passato" (Future, Present, Past)
Kurator: Germano Celant mit Antonella Soldaini, Nancy Spector, Vicente Todoli, Giorgi Verzotti
country pavilions
(artists / curators)
Ägypten
Al-Ghoul Ahmed
/ Abdel-Hafeez Farghali
Argentinien
Daniel Garcia, Gustavo Lopez Armentia, Ana Eckell
/ Jorge Glusberg
Armenien
Sonia Balassanian, Atom Egoyan, Arman Grigorian, Azat Sarkissian, Stepan Veranian
/ Grigorian Anelkan
Belgien
Thierry de Cordier
/ Catherine De Zegher
Brasilien
Waltercio Caldas, Jac Leirner
/ Paulo Herkenhoff
China
Chen Yifei, Sun Weimin, Wan Jiyuan, Ghao Ge, Hu Jiancheng, Wenig Yuping, Shen Ling, Hong Ling, Liu Gang, Yuan Yunsheng, Xie Dongming, Liu Xiaodong, Yu Hong
/ Sun Weimin, Giovanni Iovane
Dänemark
Kirsten Ortwed
/ Lene Burkardt
Deutschland
Gerhard Merz, Katharina Sieverding
/ Gudrun Inboden
Estland
Siim-Tanel Annus, Raoul Kurvitz, Jaan Toomik
/ Tamara Luuk
Frankreich
Fabrice Hybert
/ Guy Tortosa
Griechenland
Dimitri Aithinos, Stephen Antonakos, Alexandros Psychoulis, Thanassis Totsikas
/ Efi Strousa
Großbritannien
Rachel Whiteread
/ Andrea Rose
Irland
Jaki Irvine, Alastair Mac Lennan
/ Fiach Mac Conghail
Israel
Yossi Berger, Sigalit Landau, Miriam Cabessa
/ Sara Breitberg-Semel
Japan
Rei Naito
/ Fumjo Nanjo
Jugoslawien
Vojo Stanic
/ Branislav Sekulic
Kanada
Rodney Graham
/ Loretta Yarlow
Korea
Hyung-woo Lee, Ik-joong Kang
/ Kwang-su Oh
Kroatien
Dalibor Martinis
/ Berislav Valusek
Lettland
Lolita Timofeeva, Enzo Rossi-Roiss
Luxemburg
Luc Wolff
/ Lucien Kayser
Mazedonien
Aneta Svetieva
/ Dragan Bosnakoski, Enzo di Martino, Paolo De Grandis
Niederlande
Aernout Mik, Willem Oorebeek
/ Leontine Coelewij Arno Van Roosmalen
Nordische Länder
Mark Dion, Henrik Hakansson, Mriko Mori, Sven Phalsson, Marianna Uutinen
/ Timo Valjakka, Marith Hope, Mikael Adsenius
Polen
Zofia Kulik
/ Jan Stanislaw Wojciechowski, Anda Rottenberg
Portugal
Juliao Sarmento
/ Alexandre Melo
Österreich
Die Wiener Gruppe (Friedrich Achleitner, Hans Carl Artmann, Konrad Bayer, Gerhard Rühm, Oswald Wiener)
/ Peter Weibel
Rumänien
Ion Bitzan, Teodor Graur, Ion Grigorescu, Iosif Kiraly, Gheorghe Rasovszky, Sorin Vreme
/ Dan Haulica
Russland
Maxim Kantor
/ Yuri Nikich
Slovakei
Ondrei Rudavsky
/ Maria Horvathova
Slovenien
Joze Barsi
/ Zdenka Badovinac
Spanien
Joan Brossa, Carmen Calvo
/ Victoria Combalia
Schweiz
Helmut Federle, Urs Frei
/ Urs Staub
Taiwan
Chen Chien-pei, Lee Ming-tse, Wang Jun-Jieh, Wu Tien-chang, Yo Jui-chung
/ Lin Mun-Lee
Tschechien
Ivan Kafka
/ Olga Mala
Ungarn
Roza El-Hassan, Judit Hersko, Eva Köves
/ Katalin Neray
Uruguay
Nelson Ramos
/ Clever Lara
USA
Robert Colescott
/ Miriam Roberts
Venezuela
Robert Obregon, Rolando Pena
/ Carlos Silva
Zypern
Nikos Charalambidis, Savvas Christodoublides, Lefteris Olympios, Theodoulus
/ Eleni Nikita