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245 0 _aPersonne et les autres- Belgian Pavilion guidebook
_b: 56th International Art Exhibition- La Biennale di Venezia 2015
_c/ Curator & Editor: Katerina Gregos
260 _bMousse Publishing;
_c2015
300 _a28p;
_c17x11cm
490 _aLa Biennale di Venezia
_v#56
520 _aThe Belgian Pavilion at the 56th Venice Biennale presents the work of Belgian artist Vincent Meessen together with international guest artists. Meessen’s proposal Personne et les autres breaks the tradition of Belgium’s representation in Venice to date, which has mostly featured solo or duo exhibitions of Belgian artists. It challenges the notion of the ‘national representation’ by moving away from the traditional format of a solo show and opening up to include multiple positions and viewpoints. Working in close collaboration, Meessen and curator Katerina Gregos have developed an international, thematic group exhibition, which is grounded in research-based practices. The title of the exhibition, Personne et les autres, is borrowed from a lost play by André Frankin, a Belgian art critic affiliated with the Lettrist and Situationist Internationals. The exhibition takes the history of the Pavilion and the international context of the Biennale as its point of departure; the Belgian Pavilion itself was the first foreign Pavilion to be built in the Giardini in Venice. This was during the reign of King Leopold II, a year before Congo Free State (Léopold II’s private property, claimed during the imperial powers’ ‘Scramble for Africa’ in the late nineteenth century) was handed over to the Belgian State. ​ The exhibition explores the consequences of political, historical, cultural and artistic interaction between Europe and Africa during the time of colonial modernity, and in its aftermath.
546 _aEnglish
650 _aN4390-5098 Visual Arts- Exhibitions
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650 _aPavilion catalog
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651 _aBelgium
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700 _aAbonnenc, Mathieu Kleyebe
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700 _aAkhoj, Kasper
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700 _aBaloji, Sammy
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700 _aBeckett, James
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700 _aBenassi, Elisabetta
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700 _aBernier, Patrick
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700 _aGuimmaraes, Tamar
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700 _aJafri, Maryam
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700 _aMartin, Olive
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700 _aPendleton, Adam
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710 _aMeessen, Vincent
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