In case you didn’t get enough of the Biennale through still images and my writing….
Here are two links to video footage of works I found interesting. It’s just like being there yourself. Enjoy!
Arsenale footage on You Tube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwAMBHk2vmg
Giardini footage on You Tube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSMCtcIYtwQ&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL

These shows are from late May and early June that I didn’t want to get lost in the immensity of the Venice information. Though they are no longer up I wanted to share the work with you.
Walking in to a group show at Yvon Lambert I was pleasantly surprised to find a work by Zilvinas [...]

I continue to be impressed by the programming at the Park Avenue Armory. I made it to see this show by the skin of my teeth on the last day, June 11th. Previously unfamiliar with the artist, I was mesmerized by the hypnotic imagery and sounds of his installation. An electronic composer and video artist, [...]

Hans-Peter Feldmann received the $100,000 2010 Biennal Hugo Boss honorarium for his outstanding contributions to the contemporary art world. The eighth artist to win the award, the 70-year-old Feldmann has bucked the art world system for years by refusing to sign works, creating unlimited editions, and stopping his creative output for a ten year period. Continuing [...]

No time like the present to go see something that has been on my list for quite some time, Kiki Smith and Deborah Gans’s window at the Eldridge Street Synagogue. The synagogue opened in 1887 when hundreds of Jewish immigrants flooded the Lower East Side of Manhattan. It was the first time in the US [...]

On a beautiful summer day in June I headed to Grayson Cox’s studio in Bushwick. Originally from Indiana, Grayson moved to New York for a summer residency at SVA about seven years ago. In college he studied Japanese woodblock prints and actually moved to Japan for two years. He also traveled to China, Germany, and [...]

The Padiglione Centrale is where a large portion of Bice Curiger’s curated show “Illuminations” can be found.
Upon entering the space, Gianni Colombo’s “Elastic Space” reminds me of Gormley’s recent “Breathing Room.” It is made of phosphorescent thread in rectangular forms. It glows in the pitch black room it is installed in and returns to the [...]

The Giardini

The British Pavilion got a lot of press for Mike Nelson’s work, “I, Imposter.” A recreation and expansion of the work he made for the 2003 Istanbul Biennial, Nelson transformed the pavilion into a maze of dilapidated rooms that transported the viewer. As one enters it feels like a real space, not an art [...]

The Arsenale
While the insanity of the Giardini occurred, I chose to begin my viewing at the Arsenale. This is where the large portion of the curated show by Bice Curiger is exhibited.
For the Biennale four artists were invited to create “para-pavilions” (Franz West, SongDong, Oscar Tuazon, and Monika Sosnowska.) These pavilions are large structures of [...]

Venice in Venice was the first show I saw this year at the Biennale. I actually went to a panel discussion with some of the artists: Peter Alexander, Billy Al Bengston, Ron Cooper and Laddie John Dill. The show was curated by Tim Nye and Jacqueline Miro and was put on by Foundation 20 21 [...]