Hasted Kraeutler is pleased to announce Paolo Ventura's inclusion in the Venice Biennale 2011.
Paolo Ventura has been selected for the Italian national pavilion at the Arsenale by curator Vittorio Sgarbi. Photographs from the artist's Winter Stories series will be exhibited along with new photographs from his Venice series.
Paolo Ventura has had three exhibitions with the gallery, War Souvenir (2006), Winter Stories (2008) and Winter Stories (2009-2010). Hasted Kraeutler will exhibit his new body of work, Venice, in Fall 2011. Mr. Ventura's works have been acquired by prominent public collections including the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, Massachusetts, the Library of Congress in Washington D.C. and the Martin Margulies Collection in Miami, Florida. Two monographs of Paolo Ventura's work have been published: War Souvenir (Contrasto, 2006) and Winter Stories (Aperture and Contrasto, 2009).
The 54th International Art Exhibition, with the title of ILLUMInazioni – ILLUMInations, is directed by Bice Curiger (curator of the Zurich Kunsthaus, founder and editor-in-chief of Parkett Magazine, and publishing director of TATE ETC., a magazine published by Britain's Tate Museum). Organized by la Biennale di Venezia, under the presidency of Paolo Baratta, the exhibition will open on Friday, June 3rd, and will be accessible to the public from June 4th to November 27th 2011 in the Giardini and the Arsenale. The previews will take place on June 1st, 2nd and 3rd, 2011.
"La Biennale di Venezia is one of the world's most important forums for the dissemination and illumination of current developments in international art," Bice Curiger stated. She added, "The title of the 54th International Art Exhibition, ILLUMInations, literally draws attention to the importance of such endeavours in a globalized world. As the biggest and oldest Biennale [meaning, occuring every two years], la Biennale di Venezia has always been buoyed by an international spirit, and even more so now in an age in which artists themselves have become multifaceted, discerning migrants and cultural tourists".