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THE 10TH GWANGJU BIENNALE: ARTISTS ANNOUNCED
The 10th Gwangju Biennale will bring together over 100 artists from more than 35 countries and will include over 30 new commissions, each selected for their relevance to the theme of the Biennale, Burning Down the House.
Speaking of the selected artists, Artistic Director Jessica Morgan stated: “The artists in the Biennale have embraced the radical spirit of ‘burning down’ the status quo while also celebrating the hedonism of sound and movement evoked by the title. Drawing on their free and open approach I have worked with the Biennale team to make an exhibition that physically embodies this commotion. Burning Down the House shows that the strength of artistic innovation, invocation and opposition is alive and well.”
Demonstrating the dynamic, political and material production of the artists, the Biennale exhibition will be a carefully choreographed but at times explosive exploration of sound, movement, image and form. Throughout the entire Biennale space the graphic contribution of the Spanish-born, London-based design duo El Ultimo Grito presents a ‘smoke’-motif that draws the exhibition architecture together.
Engaging with the unfinished history of the Korean War, Minouk Lim produces a new performance, video and sculptural work that assumes a significant presence both in the Biennale square and within the Halls of the exhibition. Also occupying the Biennale square and announcing the exhibition to the arriving public is a major new commission by Jeremy Deller, alongside the specially produced, burning stoves of Sterling Ruby.
Located primarily in the Biennale Halls, the exhibition treats each of the five large scale spaces as connected but independently atmospheric zones, their entrances and exits defined by new commissions and existing works by Jennifer Allora and Guillermo Calzadilla, Jack Goldstein, Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster, Carsten Höller, Pierre Huyghe, Jeong A Koo, and Piotr Ukla\u0144;ski that draw attention to the transitional experience of entering into the Biennale through actions, performances and art works that animate and incite.
Running throughout the time of the exhibition, both inside the exhibition halls and within specially customised spaces, are new theatrical, dance, and performative commissions by the Japanese/Korean collaborators Ei Arakawa and Inza Lim, the Paris-based, French-Argentinean dance duo Cecilia Bengolea and Francois Chaignaud, London-based Korean artist Young in Hong, Korean dancer and choreographer Geumhyung Jeong, and the agit-prop Seoul-based Okin Collective.
South African artist Jane Alexander creates a new large-scale installation, bringing together her concerns with state control and individual freedoms. The work is exhibited in close proximity to a relatively unknown installation by Edward Kienholz and Nancy Reddin Kienholz, The Ozymandias Parade (1985), which similarly questions figures of military and state authority.
Animating the experience of the ‘house,’ Urs Fischer is making a new large-scale installation featuring his quintessential hyper-realistic wallpaper, which houses new commissions by artists Heman Chong, George Condo, Apostolos Georgiou, Prem Sahib, and Stewart Uoo, as well as works by the fashion designer Carol Christian Poell and Japanese photographer Tomoko Yoneda.
The manner in which material is changed or destroyed by flames, manifested as residue of vivid interventions or the remnants of celebrations, is evident in the work of Eduardo Basulado, Huma Mulji, Liu Chang, Cornelia Parker, Mrinalini Mukherjee, Anwar Shemza, Mircea Suciu and Sehee Sarah Bark.
Lebanese filmmaker Akram Zaatari and Brazilian artist Renata Lucas correspondingly look into the dynamics of new architecture in new works that interrogate the authorless building developments of the contemporary urban environment. New commissions by Roman Ondak and Naufus Ramirez Figueroa similarly engage with the idea of the home or enclosure through sculptural and interactive environments, while the Chinese artist Geng Jianyi and the Korean sculptor Wan Lee engage with the rapidly changing consumer society of Asia.
Liu Xiaodong visits Gwangju in the summer before the Biennale to paint the new generation born after the massacre of the 1980 uprising, and Polish satirical artist Cezary Bodzianowski is also in residence in Gwangju prior to the opening. These and other new commissions provide a contemporary perspective for the works of seminal figures such as Lee Bul, Young Soo Kim and Neungkyung Sung whose performance and photographic practices from the 1980s explored the consequences of the democracy movement.
Extending into Jungoui Park, AA Bronson occupies a pagoda style house, his contribution involving the participation of collaborative artists from Korea and elsewhere. Bronson’s reflection on sexuality and radical subjectivity calls to mind the new works by American artist Sharon Hayes and Korean painter Woon Hyong Choi as well as the participation of Andrea Bowers, Renate Bertlmann, Gulsun Karamustafa, Carlos Motta, Birgit J\FC;rgenssen, Ulrike Ottinger, Suknam Yun, Nil Yalter, and G\FC;ne\u015F; Terkol whose work similarly takes a profound position in relation to questions of gender through paintings, drawings, photography, video and installation.
While more than ninety per cent of the artists are new to the Biennale, the exhibition also brings together key figures from contemporary Korea as well as selected artists who have featured prominently in its past, in order to draw upon the historic and existing artistic milieu. Through a variety of media the works in Burning Down the House thus dismantle the title of the exhibition to address historical and contemporary concerns of particular relevance for the occasion of the Biennale’s twentieth anniversary.
List of participating artists
1. Artist Group Dung-ji (Inn Sun Kim)
Born in 1941, Seoul, South Korea
Lives and works in Yang Pyeong, South Korea
2.Basel Abbas & Ruanne Abou-Rahme
Formed in 2009
Basel Abbas born 1983 in Nicosia, Cyprus
Ruanne Abou-Rahme born 1983 in Boston, USA
Live and work in Ramallah, Palestine
3.Hamed Abdalla
Born 1917 (d.1985) Cairo, Egypt
Lived and worked in Paris, France
4.Abbas Akhavan
Born in 1977 in Tehran, Iran
Lives and works in Toronto, Canada
5.Jane Alexander
Born in 1959 in Johannesburg, South Africa
Lives and works in Cape Town, South Africa
6.Allora & Calzadilla
Formed in 1995
Jennifer Allora born in 1974 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Guillermo Calzadilla born in 1971 in Havana, Cuba
Live and work in San Juan, Puerto Rico
7.Jonathas de Andrade
Born in 1982 in Maceio, Brazil
Lives and works in Recife, Brazil
8.Ei Arakawa & Inza Lim
Ei Arakawa Born in 1977 in Fukushima, Japan
Lives and works in New York, USA
Inza Lim Born in 1976 in Gwangju
Lives and works in Seoul & Gwangju, South Korea
9.Charles Atlas
Born in 1958 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Lives and works in New York, USA & Paris, France
10.Sehee Sarah Bark
Born in 1985 in Gwangju, South Korea
Lives and works in Gwangju, South Korea
11.Eduardo Basualdo
Born in 1977 in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Lives and works in Buenos Aires, Argentina
12.Cecilia Bengolea & Francois Chaignaud
Formed in 2005
Cecilia Bengolea born in 1979 in Beunos Aires, Argentina
Francois Chaignaud born in 1983 in Rennes, France
Live and work in Paris, France
13.Renate Bertlmann
Born in 1943 in Vienna, Austria
Lives and works in Vienna, Austria
14.Cezary Bodzianowski
Born in 1968 in Szczecin, Poland
Lives and works in Lodz, Poland
15.Andrea Bowers
Born in 1965 in Wilmington, Ohio USA
Lives and works in Los Angeles, USA
16.AA Bronson
Born in 1946 in Vancouver, Canada
Lives and works in Berlin, Germany
17.Cornel Brudascu
Born in 1937 in Tusa, Romania
Lives and works in Cluj-Napoca, Romania
18.Roberto Cabrera
Born in 1939 in Guatemala City Lives and works in Guatemala City
19.Vlassis Caniaris
Born in 1928 (d.2011) in Athens, Greece
Lived and worked in Athens, Greece
20.Banu Cenneto\u011F;lu
Born in 1970 in Ankara, Turkey
Lives and works in Istanbul, Turkey
21.Liu Chuang
Born in 1978 in Hubei, China
Lives and works in Beijing, China
22.Woon Hyoung Choi
Born in 1976 in Gwangju, South Korea
Lives and works in Seoul, South Korea
23.Xooang Choi
Born in 1975 in Seoul, South Korea
Lives and works in Seoul, South Korea
24.Heman Chong
Born in 1977 in Muar, Malaysia
Lives and works in Singapore
25.George Condo
Born in 1957 in Concord, USA
Lives and works in New York, USA
26.Jeremy Deller
Born in 1966 in London, UK
Lives and works in London, UK
27.Tang Dixin
Born in 1980 in Shanghai, China
Lives and works in Shanghai, China
28.Heri Dono
Born in 1960 in Jakarta, Indonesia
Lives and works in Yogyakarta, Indonesia
29.Nicole Eisenman
Born in 1965 in Verdun, France
Lives and works in New York, USA
30.Olafur Eliasson
Born in 1967 Copenhagen, Denmark
Lives and works in Berlin, Germany
31.El Ultimo Grito
Roberto Feo Born in 1964 in London, UK
Rosario Hurtado born in 1966 in Madrid, Spain
Live and work in London, UK
32.Brenda Fajardo
Born in 1940 in Manila, Philippines
Lives and works in Manila, Philippines
33.Urs Fischer
Born in 1973 in Zurich, Switzerland
Lives and works in New York, USA; Los Angeles, USA & Berlin, Germany
34.Dan Flavin
Born in 1933 (d.1996) in New York, USA
Lived and worked in New York, USA
35.Apostolos Georgiou
Born in 1952 in Thessaloniki, Greece
Lives and works in Athens & Skopelos, Greece
36.Jianyi Geng
Born in 1962 in Zhengzhou, China
Lives and works in Hangzhou, China
37.Jack Goldstein
Born in 1945 (d.2003) in Montreal, Canada
Lived and worked in New York, USA
38.Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster
Born in 1965 in Strasbourg, France
Lives and works in Paris & Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
39.Sheela Gowda
Born in 1957 in Bangalore, India
Lives and works in Bangalore, India
40.Anthea Hamilton & Nicholas Byrne
Formed in 2012
Anthea Hamilton born in1979 in London, UK
Nicholas Byrne born in 1978 in Oldham, UK
Live and work in London, UK
41.Sharon Hayes
Born in 1970 in Baltimore, USA
Lives and works in New York, USA
42.Celia Hempton
Born in 1981 in Stroud, UK.
Lives and works in London, UK
43.Robert Heinecken
Born in 1931 (d.2006) in Denver, USA
Lived and worked in Los Angeles, California
44.Camille Henrot
Born in 1978 in Paris, France
Lives and works in New York, USA
45.Lubaina Himid
Born in 1954 in Zanzibar, Tanzania
Lives and works in London, UK
46.Carsten Höller
Born in 1961 in Brussels, Belgium
Lives and works in Stockholm, Sweden
47.Young In Hong
Born in 1972 in Seoul, South Korea
Lives and works in London, UK
48.Xiangqian Hu
Born in 1983 in Leizhou, China
Lives and works in Beijing, China
49.Pierre Huyghe
Born in 1962 in Paris, France
Lives and works in New York, USA
50.Jai Hyoung Hwang
Born in 1952, Boseong, South Korea
Lives and works in Taebaek, South Korea
51.Tetsuya Ishida
Born in 1973 (d.2005) in Yaizu, Shizuoka, Japan
Lived and worked in Yaizu, Shizuoka, Japan
52.Geumhyung Jeong
Born in 1980 in Seoul, South Korea
Lives and works in Seoul, South Korea
53.Birgit J\FC;rgenssen
Born in 1949 (d.2003) in Vienna, Austria
Lived and worked in Austria, Vienna
54.G\FC;ls\FC;n Karamustafa
Born in 1946 in Ankara, Turkey
Lives and works in Istanbul, Turkey
55.Gavin Kenyon
Born in 1980 in Binghamton, USA
Lives and works in New York, USA
56.Edward Kienholz and Nancy Reddin Kienholz
Formed in 1972
Edward Kienholz born in 1927 (d.1994) in Fairfield, Washington, USA
Nancy Reddin Kienholz born in 1943 in Los Angeles, USA.
Lives and works in Hope, Idaho, USA
57.Yamashita Kikuji
Born in 1919 (d.1986) in Tokushima, Japan
Lived and worked in Tokyo, Japan
58.Bok Man Kim
Born in 1936, Busan, South Korea
Lives and works in Busan, South Korea
59.Sung Hwan Kim
Born in 1975 in Seoul, South Korea
Lives and works in New York, USA
60.Young Soo Kim
Born in 1946 (d. 2011) in Busan, South Korea
Lived and worked in Seoul, South Korea
61.Yves Klein
Born in 1928 (d.1962) in Nice, France
Lived and worked in Paris, France
62.Jeong A Koo
Born in 1967 in Seoul, South Korea
Lives and works in London
63. Lee Bul
Born in 1964 in Yeongju, South Korea
Lives and works in Seoul, South Korea
64.Seulgi Lee
Born in 1972 in Seoul, South Korea
Lives and works in Paris, France
65.Wan Lee
Born in 1979 in Seoul, South Korea
Lives and works in Seoul, South Korea
66.Minouk Lim
Born in 1968 in Daejeon, South Korea
Lives and works in Seoul, South Korea
67.Xiaodong Liu
Born in 1963 in Liaoning, China
Lives and works in Beijing, China
68.Renata Lucas
Born in 1971 in Ribeirao Preto, Brazil
Lives and works in Sao Paulo, Brazil
69.Anna Maria Maiolino
Born in 1942 in Scalea, Italia
Lives and works in Sao Paulo, Brazil
70.Tahmineh Monzavi
Born in 1988 in Tehran, Iran
Lives and works in Tehran, Iran
71.Carlos Motta
Born in 1978 in Bogota, Colombia
Lives and works in New York, USA
72.Mrinalini Mukherjee
Born in 1949 in Bombay, India
Lives and works in New Delhi, India
73.Huma Mulji
Born in 1970 in Karachi, Pakistan
Lives and works in Lahore, Pakistan
74.Hidemi Nishida
Born in 1986 in Kawasaki, Japan
Lives and works in Bergen, Norway
75.Eko Nugroho
Born in 1977 in Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Lives and works in Yogyakarta, Indonesia
76.Okin Collective
Formed in 2009
Shiu Jin born in 1975 in Seoul, Hwayong Kim born in 1979 in Incheon, and Joungmin Yi born in 1971 in Seoul, South Korea
Live and work in Seoul, South Korea
77.Yoshua Okon
Born in 1970 in Mexico City, Mexico
Lives and works in Mexico City, Mexico
78.Roman Ondak
Born in 1966 in Zilina, Slovakia
Lives and works in Bratislava, Slovakia
79.Gabriel Orozco
Born in 1962 in Jalapa, Veracruz, Mexico
Lives and works in New York, USA
80.Ulrike Ottinger
Born 1942 in Konstanz, Germany
Lives and works in Berlin, Germany
81.Cornelia Parker
Born in 1956 in Cheshire, UK
Lives and works in London, UK
82.Anand Patwardhan
Born in 1950 in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Lives and works in Mumbai, India
83.Otto Piene
Born in 1928 in Bad Laasphe, Germany
Lives and works in D\FC;sseldorf and Groton, Massachusetts, USA
84.Carol Christian Poell
Born in 1966 in Linz, Austria
Lives and works in Milan, Italy
85.Naufus Ramirez-Figueroa
Born in1978 in Guatemala
Lives and works in Guatemala & Vancouver, Canada
86.James Richards
Born in 1983 in Cardiff, Wales
Lives and works in London, UK & Berlin, Germany
87.Sterling Ruby
Born in 1972 in Bitburg, Germany
Lives and works in Los Angeles, USA
88.Prem Sahib
Born in 1982 in London, UK
Lives and works in London, UK
89.Anwar Shemza
Born in 1928 (d.1985) in Shimla, India
Lived and worked Lahore, Pakistan & London, UK
90.Mircea Suciu
Born in 1978 in Baia Mare, Romania
Lives and works in Cluj, Romania
91.Shooshie Sulaiman
Born in 1973 in Muar, Malaysia
Lives and works in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
92.Neungkyung Sung
Born in 1944 in Yesan, South Korea
Lives and works in Seoul, South Korea
93. Rodel Tapaya
Born in 1980 in Montalban, Philippines
Lives and works in Bulacan, Philippines
94.G\FC;ne\u015F; Terkol
Born in 1981 in Ankara, Turkey
Lives and works in Istanbul, Turkey
95.Rosemarie Trockel
Born in 1952 in Schwerte, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Lives and works in Cologne, Germany
96.Piotr Ukla\u0144;ski
Born in 1968 in Warsaw, Poland
Lives and works in New York, USA
97.Ken Unsworth
Born in 1931 in Melbourne, Australia
Lives and works in Sydney, Australia
98.Stewart Uoo
Born in 1985 Napa, California, USA
Lives and works in New York, USA
99.Lionel Wendt
Born in 1900 (d.1944) in Colombo, Ceylon, Sri Lanka
Lived and Worked in Colombo, Sri Lanka
100.David Wojnarowicz
Born in 1954 (d.1992) in Red bank, New Jersey, USA
Lived and worked in New York, USA
101.Nil Yalter
Born in 1938 in Cairo, Egypt
Lives and works in Paris, France
102.Sungchul Yang
Born in 1947, Daegu, South Korea
Lives and works in Daegu, South Korea
103.Tomoko Yoneda
Born in 1965 in Akashi-city, Japan
Lives and works in London, UK
104.Suknam Yun
Born in 1939 in Manchuria, China
Lives and works in Suwon, South Korea
105.Akram Zaatari
Born in 1966 in Sidon, Lebanon
Lives and works in Beirut, Lebanon