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Sean Lynch – Adventure: Capital, Irish Pavilion, Venice Biennale 2015

The Irish Pavilion at the 56th International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia – presents a new artwork by Sean Lynch titled “Adventure: Capital”. Sean Lynch’s work “As a transcendental journey through history and myth, from the Gobán Saor to castaway minimalist sculpture. Lynch’s ethnographic methodology playfully challenges hegemonic…

Coexistence of Tradition and Modernity in Contemporary Mozambique, Mozambique Pavilion, Venice Biennale 2015

This is an exhibition of contemporary art production focusing on traditional and modern objects to explicate the relationships of art to spirituality, as an example of lived experience of Mozambique, a country of heterogeneous culture, crystallized by holding masterpieces of oral and intangible heritage of humanity, well-known as “Nyau” and…

Joan Jonas: They Come to Us without a Word, United States Pavilion, Venice Biennale 2015

For the 56th International Art Exhibition – la Biennale di Venezia, the MIT List Visual Arts Center commissioned Joan Jonas, a pioneering figure in video and performance art, to create a new multimedia installation that occupied the entirety of the U.S. Pavilion’s five galleries. The installation incorporates Jonas’ iconic blend…