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UK in Venice
A round-up of UK projects and presentations, official, collateral and otherwise, during the 54th International Art Exhibition of the Venice Biennale. Projects run 4 June - 27 November 2011 unless otherwise stated.
Mike Nelson has been working in situ on his presentation for the British Pavilion over the last three months - he is the first installation artist to be invited to create a new work there. Although no further details were available at time of going to press, those who remember his installation The Deliverance and The Patience, a Peer Commission for the 49th Venice Biennale in 2001, will know to expect something spectacular. "The attention to detail, historical accuracy and physical nature of Mike Nelson's sculptural practice guarantee that his new installation will be one of the most challenging solo presentations ever mounted in over seventy years of exhibitions organised by the British Council in Venice." Richard Riley, Curator of the British Pavilion, 2011.www.britishcouncil.org/venicebiennale Scotland + Venice is presenting a solo exhibition by Karla Black of new abstract sculptures that hover between energy and mass. Black is known for using a range of non-art materials such as powders, pastes, oils, creams and gels to create sculptures that offer a sense of visceral absorption in the material world. In Venice she has worked on site using Vaseline and marble dust, sugar...
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