Distortion at Venice Biennale

The 53rd International Art Exhibition, titled Making Worlds / Fare Mondi / Bantin Duniyan / 制造世界 / Weltenmachen / Construire des Mondes / Fazer Mundos…, directed by Daniel Birnbaum, will open to the public from June 7th to November 22nd 2009 in the Giardini and the Arsenale exhibition venues, as well as in various other locations around the city.
This year, James Putnam has curated ‘Distortion’, which features works by many Other Criteria associated artists – Mat Collishaw, John Isaacs, Alastair Mackie, Tim Noble & Sue Webster and Gavin Turk – and which stems from the use of distorting effects in painting, notably from the 16th century Venetian tradition.

June 1, 2009 by Ellie
John Isaacs, Glass Eye...Glass Soul, 2008, 195 x 50 x 50 cm, 24 carat gold plated bronze, stainless steel, marble, wood, oil paint, antique cabinet unknown contents Courtesy: the artist

John Isaacs, Glass Eye...Glass Soul, 2008, 195 x 50 x 50 cm, 24 carat gold plated bronze, stainless steel, marble, wood, oil paint, antique cabinet unknown contents Courtesy: the artist

John Isaacs, I used to think I could change the world but now I think it changed me (Leg), 2005, 30 x 30 x 60 cm, Nickel Silver Courtesy: Private collection & Aeroplastics Contemporary, Brussels

John Isaacs, I used to think I could change the world but now I think it changed me (Leg), 2005, 30 x 30 x 60 cm, Nickel Silver Courtesy: Private collection & Aeroplastics Contemporary, Brussels

Skin Flick, 2009, 154 cm x 76 cm x 7 cm, Wood, LCD screen, mini-mac, aluminium, Courtesy: the artist & Bugada & Cargnel (Cosmic Galerie) Paris

Skin Flick, 2009, 154 cm x 76 cm x 7 cm, Wood, LCD screen, mini-mac, aluminium, Courtesy: the artist & Bugada & Cargnel (Cosmic Galerie) Paris

Alastair Mackie, ‘Metamorphosis’, 2009, 67.5 x 34.5cm (glass), 4 mirrored bell jars, turned wooden bases, torchiere type stands, Courtesy: the artist & All Visual Arts, London

Alastair Mackie, ‘Metamorphosis’, 2009, 67.5 x 34.5cm (glass), 4 mirrored bell jars, turned wooden bases, torchiere type stands, Courtesy: the artist & All Visual Arts, London

Tim Noble & Sue Webster, ‘Metal Fucking Rats’ (version 1), 2006, 51.5 x 53 x 19.6 cm, Welded scrap metal, projector, Courtesy: the artists & Gagosian Gallery, London

Tim Noble & Sue Webster, ‘Metal Fucking Rats’ (version 1), 2006, 51.5 x 53 x 19.6 cm, Welded scrap metal, projector, Courtesy: the artists & Gagosian Gallery, London

Gavin Turk, 'Clay workshop, Venice Biennale' (04/06/09) - photos courtesy of James Putnam

Gavin Turk, 'Clay workshop, Venice Biennale' (04/06/09) - photos courtesy of James Putnam

Gavin Turk - 'Clay workshop, Venice Biennale' (04/06/09) - photos courtesy of James Putnam

Gavin Turk - 'Clay workshop, Venice Biennale' (04/06/09) - photos courtesy of James Putnam

Gavin Turk - 'Clay workshop, Venice Biennale' (04/06/09) - photos courtesy of James Putnam

Gavin Turk - 'Clay workshop, Venice Biennale' (04/06/09) - photos courtesy of James Putnam

2 Comments:

Posted by az man – Posted October 2, 2009 at 12:50 pm

there is no pictures of gavin turks work with the distorted heads which i found to be really intreging and was interesting in could you please put some up

Posted by robert – Posted November 15, 2009 at 6:57 pm

Three days of Venice Biennale marathon and Distortion really stands out in my mind as one of the more memorable experiences. Every meltdown has its rewards…

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  1. By Memories of Venezia 2 « Kaspars Groshevs on August 16, 2009 at 7:51 pm

    [...] window at Distortion place that also had the only awesome bar in the whole Venice as far as I know + some unknown asian [...]

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