Looking forward to the 59th Venice Biennale opening to the public from April 23rd , The Milk of Dream, artists are now excited to be preparing in the April pre-opening for this traditional hugely anticipated art event. Curated by Cecilia Alemani, as the first Italian woman to hold this position it promises to maybe be even more unique and ground breaking than usual.
“The Milk of Dreams was conceived and organised in a period of enormous instability and uncertainty, since its development coincided with the outbreak and spread of the Covid-19 pandemic. La Biennale di Venezia was forced to postpone this edition by one year, an event that had only occurred during the two World Wars since 1895. So the very fact that this Exhibition can open is somewhat extraordinary..“
The exhibition will include 213 artists from 58 countries. This year perhaps some of the most respected artists surely will include Ukrainian artists, determined to highlight their Ukrainian culture. One such artist who has had media focus has been Pavlo Makov and his work ‘Fountain of Exhaustion’, a pyramid of 78 bronze funnels set in tiers with water flowing. Other artists keen to highlight their pride and love of Ukraine and their strength is artist Yevgenia Belorusets. Her diary of the war is documented with her photography work, ‘This is Ukraine’, written with quotes in the handwriting of President Volodymyr Zelenskiy.
Sonia Boyce will be representing Britain at the Biennale with her characteristic collaborations. She is the first black female artist to represent Britain at the Venice Biennale. Her choir of black female voices greeted guests in her usual unique and impactful manner. Boyce celebrates black British musicians and her opening ‘Feeling Her Way’ film included Poppy Ajudha, Jacqui Dankworth MBE, Tanita Tikaram and Errollyn Wallen CBE continuing on from her ‘Devotional Collection’ project. This screen show is unique and so uplifting, some was even filmed in the Abbey Road studios, a stunning collaboration of music and art through the creative joy of Sonia Boyce.
Written by: Lisa Freeman
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Lisa Freeman (BA Hons) heads our arts and culture department at Quite Great, where our aim is to obtain, national, international, and local PR using exciting and innovative marketing campaigns that focus on the potential of your art and use our experience within this field to expand and progress your company and products through gaining a broad range of PR recognition within the media.
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