STEVE MCQUEEN REPRESENTS BRITAIN AT THE 2009 VENICE BIENNALE
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Steve McQueen is representing Britain at the 53rd Venice Biennale. McQueen presents a solo exhibition in the British Pavilion at the Biennale, which continues through the 22nd November.
Born in London in 1969, McQueen works predominantly in film and is considered one of Britain’s most influential artists. He was awarded the first ICA Futures Award in 1996, the Turner Prize in 1999 and an OBE in 2002. His work is represented in museum collections throughout the world and he has shown widely in important group and solo exhibitions. These include Documenta X and XI, the 50th and 52nd Venice Biennales, Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Museu Serralves, Oporto, Fondazione Prada, Milan, and the Renaissance Society, Chicago.
As Official War Artist to Iraq, commissioned by the Imperial War Museum in 2003, McQueen generated international media attention with one of his rare non-film works Queen and Country. His first feature film Hunger, commissioned by Channel 4/Film 4, won both the Camera d’Or and an International Film Critics Federation Prize at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival, in addition to the inaugural Sydney Film Prize, for best film at the Sydney Film Festival.
Steve McQueen is represented by Thomas Dane Gallery, London and Marian Goodman Gallery, New York and Paris. He lives and works in Amsterdam and London.
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THE UNITED KINGDOM AT THE VENICE BIENNALE 2009
GREAT BRITAIN / STEVE MCQUEEN - Steve McQueen’s exhibition follows a highly successful year for the artist in 2008, which included significant presentations of work at BALTIC in Gateshead and Marian Goodman Gallery in Paris.
British Pavilion, Giardini di Castello 30122 Vaporetto: Giardini
7 June – 22 November 2009
Opening hours: 10am – 6pm Tuesdays to Sundays. Closed Mondays.
WALES / JOHN CALE - Cale will present a new, specially commissioned audio-visual installation from Wales, curated by Bruce Haines and situated within the Capannone at the Ex-Birreria, a former brewery building on the traditional workers' island of Giudecca, home to three previous presentations from Wales at the Venice Biennale.
John Cale: Capannone 1, Ex-Birreria, Giudecca 8000 Vaporetto: Palanca
7 June – 22 November 2009
Opening hours: 7 June – 27 September, 11am – 7pm; 29 September – 22 November, 12 – 6pm. Closed Mondays. Free Entry.
www.walesvenicebiennale.org
SCOTLAND / MARTIN BOYCE - Acclaimed Scottish artist Martin Boyce will represent his country with a solo exhibition of new work, No Reflections curated by Dundee Contemporary Arts (DCA). The work will return to Scotland in December 2009 to be presented at a special exhibition at Dundee Contemporary Arts marking the culmination of the venue’s 10th Anniversary year.
Martin Boyce: No Reflections: Palazzo Pisani, Calle delle Erbe, Cannaregio (off Campo Santa Marina), 6103 Vaporetto: Rialto
7 June – 22 November 2009
Opening hours: 10am – 6pm. Closed Mondays. Free Entry.
www.scotlandandvenice.com
NORTHERN IRELAND / SUSAN MACWILLIAM – Video artist, Susan MacWilliam will present a solo exhibition entitled Remote Viewing, curated by Karen Downey. The exhibition will feature existing works alongside a major new work Flammerion.
Susan MacWilliam: Remote Viewing: Istituto Provinciale per L'Infanzia, Santa Maria della Pieta, Castello, 3703a, Vaporetto: San Zaccaria
7 June – 22 November 2009
Opening hours: Tuesday – Saturday, 10am-6pm; Sunday 1pm – 6pm. Free Entry.
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