Indian-British artist Anish Kappor’s raising smoke installation Ascension was shown at the dome of the basilica di San Giorgio during the 54th Venice Art Biennale.
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“Track and Field” by Jennifer Allora and Guillermo Calzadilla features an inverted 52-ton tank and a treadmill. The installation is temporarily on show outside the United States of America Pavilion at Venice Biennale 2011. The connotations to war, heroism, competition and endurance are obvious. 
A short film by Argentinian director Charly Nijensohn. Thirty years ago, the Brazilian government authorized the construction of the Balbina Hydroelectric Dam, in the heart of the Amazonia region, with the aim to provide energy to the city of Manaus. 
Filmed in her Berlin studio, Ethiopian artist Julie Mehretu discusses the ups and downs of her daily studio practice. Mehretu is shown working on the painting “Middle Grey” (2007-2009), one work in a suite of seven paintings commissioned by the Deutsche Guggenheim as part of the exhibition “Julie Mehretu: Grey Area.” 
William Kentridge describes Johannesburg, South Africa, providing a social and historical context for his animated films, including “Johannesburg, 2nd Greatest City after Paris” (1989). 
Soviet-born, Austrian-raised Peter Weibel is an enigmatic artist working in a variety of formats. He was one of the pioneers of media art. Endless Sandwich is a 1969 closed circuit video experiment. 
For Butterfly, British installation artist Wilson bought a scrapped Cessna light aircraft, reassembled it, stripped its identifying paintwork from its aluminium body then crushed it into a rough ball. 
Critically-acclaimed British installation artist Richard Wilson conceived this site-specific piece which magically alters the façade of an industrial building as part of the 2007 Liverpool Biennial. Wilson cut an 8-metre diameter disc from the walls and windows of the building, and attached it to a motor which literally turns this section of the building inside out, in a cycle lasting just over two minutes. Interior view of the piece. 
Critically-acclaimed British installation artist Richard Wilson conceived this site-specific piece which magically alters the façade of an industrial building as part of the 2007 Liverpool Biennale. Wilson cut an 8-metre diameter disc from the walls and windows of the building, and attached it to a motor which literally turns this section of the building inside out, in a cycle lasting just over two minutes. Exterior view of the piece. 
A panoramic view at the Giardini pavilions of the 54th Venice Art Biennale (June-November 2011) which is about to finish. |
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