Venezuelan pavilion

The Venezuelan Pavilion

The Venezuelan pavilion houses Venezuela's national representation during the Venice Biennale arts festivals. It is located in the Giardini della Biennale.

Background

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Organization and building

The Biennale began in 1895. When it resumed after a break caused by World War II, Venezuela was invited to participate. The government of Marcos Pérez Jiménez agreed to fund a national pavilion, the first for a Latin American country. Designed by the Italian architect Carlo Scarpa, it was built between 1953 and 1956.

Representation by year

Art

• 1954 — Armando Reverón
• 1956 — Mateo Manaure
• 1958 — Régulo Pérez
• 1960 — Hector Poleo
• 1962 — Oswaldo Vigas
• 1964 — Jesús Rafael Soto
• 1970 — Carlos Cruz-Diez
• 1978 — Luisa Richter
• 1976 — Alirio Rodríguez
• 1980 — Oswaldo Subero
• 1988 — Jacobo Borges
• 1990 — Julio Pacheco Rivas
• 1995 — Meyer Vaisman
• 1999 — Victor Lucena
• 2005 — Santiago Pol (Commissioner: Vivian Rivas Gingerich)
• 2007 — Antonio Briceño, Vincent & Feria (Commissioner: Zuleiva Vivas)
• 2009 — Claudio Perna, Antonieta Sosa, Alejandro Otero
• 2011 — Francisco Bassim, Clemencia Labin, Yoshi (Curator: Luis Hurtado)
• 2013 — Colectivo de Artistas Urbanos Venezolanos (Curator: Juan Calzadilla)
• 2015 — Argelia Bravo, Félix Molina (Flix) (Curator: Oscar Sotillo Meneses)
• 2017 — Juan Calzadilla

Bibliography

• Russeth, Andrew (April 17, 2019). "The Venice Biennale: Everything You Could Ever Want to Know". ARTnews. Retrieved April 22, 2019.
• Volpi, Cristiana (2013). "Venezuela". In Re Rebaudengo, Adele (ed.). Pavilions and Garden of Venice Biennale. Rome: Contrasto. p. 186. ISBN 978-88-6965-440-4.

Further reading

• "In Pictures: Modernist Architecture at the Venice Biennale". Frieze. Retrieved May 12, 2019.
• Guerrero, Inti (May 18, 2015). "Field Trip Latin American Pavilions At The56th Venice Biennale". ArtAsiaPacific. Retrieved May 12, 2019.
• Halperin, Julia (May 8, 2019). "Enduring a Political Crisis at Home, Venezuela Postpones the Opening of Its Pavilion at the Venice Biennale". Artnet News. Retrieved May 12, 2019.
• Higgins, Charlotte (May 9, 2019). "Venezuelan upheaval delays pavilion at Venice Biennale". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077.