The ten figures were exhibited in plaster in
the French pavilion at the Venice Biennale, in two groups of four and six, while another five «Women for Venice», since destroyed, were included in his concurrent retrospective exhibition at the Kunsthalle in Bern.
At the Venice Biennale, Macel curated
the French pavilion in 2013 (Anri Sala), and the Belgian pavilion in 2007 (Eric Duyckaerts).
A visitor takes in Anri Sala's Ravel Ravel Unravel installation in
the French pavilion of the 55th Venice Biennale.
Aside from Jeremy's video installation, Xavier Veilhan's commission for
the French pavilion, and the way that the artist was able to create this music studio was definitely a highlight.
Left:
French pavilion curator Christine Macel.
Born in 1944 and widely considered a key figure to the post-WWII art scene in Europe, Boltanski has been exerting profound impacts on the development of contemporary art from Europe to Asia, and was a contributing artist to
the French pavilion during the Venice Biennale in 2011.
Susanne Gaensheimer, director of Frankfurt's MMK Museum für Moderne Kunst, has curated a selection of work for Germany's pavilion in the building of
the French pavilion by Chinese conceptual artist and regime critic Ai Weiwei, the German - French filmmaker Romuald Karmakar, the South African photographer Santu Mofokeng, and the Indian photographer Dayanita Singh.
For the 57th Venice Art Biennale
the French pavilion designed by Xavier Veilhan has been transformed into a sound box: a soundscape enclosed in a wood shell
Coherently with the theme and principles of both
the French pavilion and this year's Venice Architecture Biennale, Encore Heureux, in collaboration with Marseille - based «Collectif Etc», designed a fit - out which re-uses materials (mostly wood) from the Xavier Veilhan's Studio Venezia exhibition presented in this same pavilion at the 2017 Art Biennale.
Claude Lévèque in
the French pavilion: «anarchism light, with sequins.»
Céleste Boursier - Mougenot would have liked the trees that moved on little robots around
the French pavilion to travel the Giardini paths but didn't get the go - ahead for that.
French pavilion, Studio Venezia by Xavier Veilhan, installation view, photo © Inexhibit.
When Ms. Macel was curator of
the French pavilion of the 2013 Venice Biennale, she chose a non-French artist: the Albanian - born, Berlin - based Anri Sala, and his «Ravel Ravel Unravel» video work in which two pianists play Ravel's «Piano Concerto for the Left Hand,» which the composer composed for a musician who had lost a hand in World War I.
The Legion of Honor was inspired by
the French pavilion at San Francisco's Panama - Pacific International Exposition of 1915 and, like that structure, was modeled after the neoclassical Palais de la Légion d'Honneur, in Paris.
Another major installation anchoring the first floor is Chance — the Wheel of Fortune (2011), created for
the French pavilion at the Venice Biennale the same year.
The French pavilion inspired building houses a collection that spans 4,000 years, featuring European painting and sculptures, Mediterranean ancient art, and the largest collection of works on paper in the American West.
To be honest, there are few bad desserts you could get in
the French pavilion.
Not exact matches
Following the official ceremony in the Congress Center of Messe Frankfurt, the German Chancellor and
French President will open the Guest of Honour
pavilion.
Gather for feasts in the exquisite dining
pavilion, with
French doors inviting the forest air inside.
The two - storied main
pavilion offers on its main level a gourmet kitchen, powder room, a formal dining area for 8 persons surrounded by
french doors which open out to a second alfresco dining patio under a garden gazebo.
Grand open - sided living
pavilions and individual air - conditioned bedroom suites are fashioned from teak and ironwood, with architecture inspired by Javanese palaces, and exquisitely furnished with
French flair.
SENSATION: - Master bedroom housed in its own
pavilion - Canopied king - sized bed - Venetian glass dresser, chaise loungues, writing desk - Ensuite with magnificent claw - footed bath and chandelier - Air - conditioned
FRENCH KISS: - Spacious bedroom housed in its own pavilion - King - sized bed with canopy - Writing desk, sofa, TV / DVD - Ensuite bathroom with free - standing tub, double sinks and indoor / outdoor showers and tropical garden LOVE & ROMANCE: - Two guest bedrooms house downstairs - Exquisite French - style king - beds - Antique design with writing desks, sofas, TV / DVD - Spacious ensuite featuring statement bathtub, double sinks and private outdoor showers in tropical gardens ELEGANCE & FOREVER: - Two upper floor guest bedrooms - Each guest room has two queen - beds adorned with delicate canopies - Featuring sofas, TV / DVD - Ensuites with freestanding bathtub, double sinks and special make - up m
FRENCH KISS: - Spacious bedroom housed in its own
pavilion - King - sized bed with canopy - Writing desk, sofa, TV / DVD - Ensuite bathroom with free - standing tub, double sinks and indoor / outdoor showers and tropical garden LOVE & ROMANCE: - Two guest bedrooms house downstairs - Exquisite
French - style king - beds - Antique design with writing desks, sofas, TV / DVD - Spacious ensuite featuring statement bathtub, double sinks and private outdoor showers in tropical gardens ELEGANCE & FOREVER: - Two upper floor guest bedrooms - Each guest room has two queen - beds adorned with delicate canopies - Featuring sofas, TV / DVD - Ensuites with freestanding bathtub, double sinks and special make - up m
French - style king - beds - Antique design with writing desks, sofas, TV / DVD - Spacious ensuite featuring statement bathtub, double sinks and private outdoor showers in tropical gardens ELEGANCE & FOREVER: - Two upper floor guest bedrooms - Each guest room has two queen - beds adorned with delicate canopies - Featuring sofas, TV / DVD - Ensuites with freestanding bathtub, double sinks and special make - up mirrors
Bedroom / Bathroom Description Bedroom 1 - Master King size bed, Daybed, En - suite bathroom, Air conditioning, Satellite TV, DVD player, Safe, Writing desk, Hair dryer Bedroom 2 —
French Kiss King size bed, En - suite bathroom with tub and shower, Alfresco shower, Air conditioning, Sofa, Satellite TV, DVD player, Safe, Hair dryer, Stand - alone
pavilion Bedroom 3 — Love King size bed, En - suite bathroom with tub, Alfresco shower, Air conditioning, Sofa, Satellite TV, DVD player, Safe, Writing desk, Hair dryer, Stand - alone
pavilion Bedroom 4 - Romance King size bed, En - suite bathroom with tub, Alfresco shower, Air conditioning, Sofa, Satellite TV, DVD player, Safe, Writing desk, Hair dryer Bedroom 5 - Elegance 2 Double beds, En - suite bathroom with tub, Air conditioning, Sofa, Satellite TV, DVD player, Safe, Hair dryer Bedroom 6 - Forever 2 Double beds, En - suite bathroom with tub, Air conditioning, Sofa, Satellite TV, DVD player, Safe, Hair dryer
[2] In Tiravanija's untitled 2006 (
pavilion, table and puzzle) installation, visitors are welcome to gather at a picnic table to assemble an expansive puzzle depicting Eugène Delacroix's 1830 masterpiece, Liberty Leading the People; a
pavilion - like structure, a replica of one designed by Jean Prouvé for use in
French colonial Africa, completes the tableau.
Anri Sala's Venice
pavilion swop explored: In the Venice Biennale's first national
pavilion swop, France and Germany switch exhibition venues, with
French representative Anri Sala creating an audio - visual installation in the German
pavilion.
Titled «Women of Venice», after a group of plaster figures that Giacometti consented to be displayed in the
French Pavilion in 1956, the exhibition sets seven striking, royal - blue sculptures by Bove — a response to Giacometti: upright and planar, like cubist figures rendered in sheets of Fimo — in the
pavilion's enclosed courtyard.
In 2007 Vezzoli was again included in the Venice Biennale in the Italian
pavilion with his video piece DEMOCRAZY starring Sharon Stone and the
French philosopher Bernard - Henri Levy as a pair of U.S presidential candidates.
10th SERPENTINE GALLERY
PAVILION, DESIGNED BY JEAN NOUVELAnd CHRISTIAN BOLTANSKI»S INSTALLATION, THE HEART ARCHIVE In its 40th anniversary year, the Serpentine Gallery is delighted to announce that the 10th Serpentine Gallery
Pavilion has been designed by world - renowned
French architect Jean Nouvel.
Highlights of special projects included a recreation of Gordon Matta - Clark's Garbage Wall, presented by the Estate of Gordon Matta - Clark in collaboration with students from Florida International University Honors College; GAMMA GALERÍA's presentation of Thiago Martins de Melo's Deus Cortado; a large selection of works by the prominent
French - Venezuelan artist Carlos Cruz - Diez, presented by the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD), both inside the fair and in a «mobile museum» in a shipping container located just outside Untitled's
pavilion; Sergio Vega's Shanty: on the mimetic faculty presented by Galleria Umberto di Marino; Lucy + Jorge Orta's Antarctic Village — No Borders, Dome Dwelling presented by Jane Lombard Gallery, and Hotspot, a collaborative presentation by Bogotá's CARNE and San Juan's Km 0.2.
French doors throughout the home open to city and ocean views, a loggia, a dining
pavilion, an expansive lawn and the swimming pool.