التشكيلي إسلام كامل و بينالى فلورنسا الدولى بايطاليا

التشكيلي إسلام كامل و بينالى فلورنسا الدولى بايطاليا















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Biennale Internazionale d'Arte Contemporanea

The
Florence Biennale was founded in 1997 as a global convocation of
artists with all their diversity. It was the right time for an idea like
this. By the late 1990s, contemporary art was at a cross road. The old
assumptions – that art came in waves, each named with an 'ism' by the
end, that auction prices equal the value received, that painting was
'dead' and so on – those assumptions were collapsing. Suddenly it was
obvious that art was alive, thriving, and as varied as humanity. Artists
are everywhere. Around that time, in the old Florence, something new
was stirring. A committee of Italian artists and curators proposed a
biennial where talented and recognized artists could exhibit their
latest work. The artists would decide the way of exhibiting their work.
The risks were enormous: there had never been a show on this scale with
a direct connection between artists' studios and the exhibition walls.
The evaluation of unfiltered results would be assigned to an
International Jury. In 1997, with hardly any publicity, the invitations
were sent. The response was impressive: 317 artists from 17 different
countries. By 2003, the 4th Florence Biennale had grown into the world's
most comprehensive exhibition of contemporary art, showing more than
800 artists from 70 different countries. This year's 7th Biennale builds
on those numbers and broadens its horizons.
Those expecting a single curatorial vision will be astonished by its
polyglot multiplicity. The only curator is who visits the show. Here
are 3000 paintings, sculptures, prints and installations. Make your
'short list' – there aren't going to be two lists alike. Artists at
every stage of their careers, including the most eminent artists, play
key roles at the Biennale. Their presence is the confirmation that the
garden of art yields wondrous fruit when tilled by many hands. Past
distinguished recipients of the "Lorenzo il Magnifico" Award for Career
Achievement include Chen Cheng-Hsiung (2001, the first Chinese
abstract expressionist painter), David Hockney (2003), Christo and
Jeanne-Claude, Richard Anuskiewicz (Optical Art in the '60) and Gilbert
and George in the 2007. This year Career Awards will be bestowed on
Marina Abramovic, and Shu Yong.

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FLORENCE BIENNALE 2011

8th Edition
Over 600 artists from more than 70 countries will showcase their works
at the International Florence Biennale of Contemporary Art 2011.

Great excitement for this year's Lorenzo il Magnifico Lifetime
Achievement Awards, which will be awarded to José Luis Cuevas, painter,
sculptor, writer and politician, considered among the most important
contemporary artists and Agatha Ruiz de la Prada, one of the most
renowned designers of all time, whose noteworthy collection is an
exquisite artistic expression in fashion. Inside the Fortezza da Basso,
as well as a space dedicated to the career of the master José Luis
Cuevas, will be a space dedicated to the 30 year long career of Agatha
Ruiz de la Prada exhibiting 40 specially selected gowns for the
occasion. On December 6, Agatha Ruiz de la Prada will be awarded and a
special contemporary dance performance by MaggioDanza who will present
the Selon Desir by Andonis Foniadakis, with a solo piece by
Sabrina Vitangeli, will be wearing a couture gown by the celebrated
Agatha Ruiz de la Prada and choreography by Francis Ventriglia. Then on
December 8th, Maestro José Luis Cuevas will be awarded and meet with
the audience to accept the "Lorenzo il Magnifico" Lifetime Achievement
Award. To conclude with the awaited visual tribute to Jeff Koons with
images and interviews of the great artist and his career.

In this eighth edition of the Florence Biennale does not stop in the
Fortezza da Basso, but invades the city of Florence territory and its
artistic expressions. It will start right from the Fortezza da Basso on
December 3, the Sit-In Florence project, which involves 10 high schools
in Florence, the Art Academies of Florence and Carrara and the
University of Florence. Of which, five hundred students are already
working in the reinterpretation of hundreds of chairs, generously
donated by Ikea. These chairs will simultaneously invade the city
streets of Flornece during the days of the event. This invasion will
include important sites such as the City Province, the Region, but also
Palazzo Vecchio and Via Tornabuoni, and the Florence historical center.
The Florence Biennale has decided to involve youth in collaboration
with the Council of the Education Department of the city of Florence on
the project "Understanding Contemporary Art." Between October and
November a series of lectures will be given at local schools, by the
Florence Biennale's Artistic Director, Stefano Francolini, with the
intention to explain the evolution of contemporary art and how one can
read it. School children who have joined the project will also be
hosted for a special tour of the exhibition.
This year the Florence Biennale aspires to strongly promote artistic
interventions and community involvement in the region through youth and
university students, with the intention to show the artistic skills and
growth in the learning process in education and training.

In this edition, great efforts have also been placed to support
research projects through art and culture. The Florence Biennale will
host in the Fortezza da Basso, a special selection of artworks kindly
donated to Fiorgen Association by the artists for research on
pharmacogenomics. On 10 December at 15.30 in the Fortezza da Basso, the
Florence Biennale will hold a benefit auction of the works in the
Fiorgen space of which all proceeds will be donated to the association
supporting young researchers at the Polo Scientifico of Sesto
Fiorentino.

Art, Fashion and Design are a perfect fit with contemporaneity and research. Summing up to "a gaze towards the future".