Ugandan Pavilion, Uganda at Venice Biennale of Art - Bragora Gallery, Castello 3496 - Venezia - Venice
Exhibition in progress from April 20th to November 26th 2024
The 60th Biennale Arte will open to the public on April 20. But on the 17th, 18th and 19th there will be the various events and collateral events that always enliven
suddenly Venetian artistic life. The awards ceremony will take place the day of opening to the public.
The title of the 60th edition of the Art Biennale is Foreigners Everywhere - Foreigners Everywhere.
The exhibition will be divided into between the Central Pavilion in the Giardini and the Arsenale, including 213 artists from 88 nations. There are 26 Italian artists, 180 first participations in the International Exhibition, 1433 works and objects on display, 80 new productions.
Go to the page of the 60th Venice Art Biennale
Curator of the 60th Venice Art Biennale
The 2024 edition is curated by Adriano Pedrosa.
Adriano Pedrosa, curator of the 60th Venice Art Biennale
– Adriano Pedrosa (born 1965) is a Brazilian curator. He is the artistic director of the São Paulo Art Museum (MASP) and the 2024 Venice Biennale.
Ugandan Pavilion at 60th Biennale Arte of Venice
The title of the exhibition at the Ugandan Pavilion is Wan Acel.
Artists: Artisan Weavers’ Collective, Sana Gateja, Taga Nuwagaba, Xenson Ssenkaba, Jose Hendo, Odur Ronald.
Curators: Elizabeth Acaye Kerunen.
Commissioner: Juliana Naumo Akoryo.
Seat: Bragora Gallery, Castello 3496 - Venezia
Press Release Ugandan Pavilion
Wan Acel is an invitation to declassify art through the work of a diverse and intergenerational group of artists. Working alone or in collectives, artists examine their own contexts of production, thereby questioning the prevailing versions that have served to construct and maintain hierarchies of artistic creation.
The titles, Wan Acel | Tuli Bamu | Turibamwe, from languages spoken throughout Africa, represent the origins of the artists on display, who work across national borders.
Through the exploration of collective memory, Wan Acel reveals and offers an intimate, multi-sensory kaleidoscope of materiality and craftsmanship.
An invitation to ask: “How are you?” Instead of: “Who are you!? Why are you here!?"
Library of Weaving (LOW), by the Artisan Weavers Collective, is an encyclopedic catalog of patterns and shapes used for mats and baskets.
The pavilion's artists – Sanaa Gateja, Jose Hendo, Taga Nuwagaba, Xenson Ssenkaaba and Odur Ronald – present works composed of recycled paper beads, bark fabric, bamboo, recycled wedding dresses, rubber and watercolours. Acune form part of a choreographic participatory parade through Venice.
With Wan Acel, I propose that we say to each other, by virtue of our common humanity:
Welcome! Here you are at home!
Useful information for the visit
Hours:
Gardens from 10.00 to 19.00. Arsenale from 10.00 to 19.00 (from 10.00 to 20.00 on Friday and Saturday until September 30th). Closed on Mondays (except April 22, June 17, July 22, September 2, September 30, October 31, November 18).
Tickets: please visit the official website.
Phone: +39.041.5218711; fax +39.041.2728329
E-mail: aav@labiennale.org
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