For each Biennale International Art Festival The British Council commissions artists for the British Pavilion to celebrate the best emerging and established UK talent. Artists have included Barbara Hepworth, Henry Moore, Bridget Riley, Anish Kapoor, Mark Wallinger, Rachel Whiteread, Gilbert & George, and most recently Tracey Emin in 2007.
Representing the UK in 2009
Great Britain : Steve McQueenSteve McQueen has been one of the most prominent art figures of 2008/09. Queen and Country, the work McQueen created following his commission by the Imperial War Museum as war artist in Iraq in 2003, was aquired for the nation by The Art Fund was was seen in venues in London, Liverpool and Edinburgh during 2008 as part of a national tour. McQueens feature film Hunger, commisioned by Channel4/Film 4 was released in 2008 and has won an incredible 23 major international film awards.
The details of Steve McQueen's exhibition at the Venice Biennale will remain under wraps until the launch in June!
Location: British Pavilion, Giardini di Castello 30122
Vaporetto: Giardini
7 June - 22 November 2009
Wales: John CaleJohn Cale is a Welsh musician, composer, singer-songwriter and record producer who was a founding member of the rock & roll band The Velvet Underground. Cale will be presenting a new, specially commissioned audio-visual intallation from Wales. Known for his exploration of the phsiognomy of sound, Cale undertook a series of cathartic physical performances in Wales to create work that draws upon his lifelong concerns with the passing of time, the durational and the multidisciplinary nature of presentation.
Location: Capannone 1, Ex-Birreria, Giudecca 8000
Vaporetto: Palanca
7 June - 22 November 2009
Scotland : Martin Boyce
Glasgow-based Martin Boyce's work realtes to and transforms the space around it creating sculptural art inspired by modernist design history. Boyce will represent the fourth Scottish presentation at Venice with No Reflections which will build on the critical success of previous projects.
Location: Palazzo Pisani, Calle delle Erbe, Cannaregio (off Campo Santa Marina), 6130
Vaporetto: Rialto
7 June - 22 November 2009
Northern Ireland : Susan MacWilliamSusan MacWilliam has spent over ten years exploring cases of paranormal activity. The subject of her work is the psychic and the supernatural, as well the field of psychical research. She uses video, photography and sculptural installation to investigate personal and social histories in a way that mediates between worlds of art and psycichal research.
MacWilliam's exhibition for the Venice Biennale will include a major new work, Falmmarion and two other video works Eileen (2008) and Dermo Optics (2006).
MacWilliam's exhibition for the Venice Biennale will include a major new work, Falmmarion and two other video works Eileen (2008) and Dermo Optics (2006).
Location: Istituto Provinciale per L'Infanzia, Santa Maria della Pieta, Castello 3703a
Vaporetto: San Zaccaria
7 June - 22 November 2009
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