Emily Carr
David Milne Goodridge Roberts Alfred Pellan Bertram Charles Binning Paul-Emile Borduas Jean-Paul Riopelle Jack Shadbolt Louis Archambault Harold Town James Wilson Morrice Jacques de Tonnancour Anne Kahane Jack Nicols Edmund Alleyn Graham Coughtry Jean-Paul Lemieux Frances Loring Albert Dumouchel Elza Mayhew Alex Colville Yves Gaucher Sorel Etrog Ulysse Comtois Guido Molinari Michael Snow Gershon Iskowitz Walter Redinger Greg Curnoe Ron Martin Henry Saxe Colin Campbell Pierre Falardeau & Julien Poulin General Idea A.A. Bronson Felix Partz Jorge Zontal Tom Sherman Lisa Steele Paterson Ewen Ian Carr-Harris Liz Magor Melvin Charney Krzysztof Wodiczko Roland Brener Michel Goulet Genevieve Cadieux Robin Collyer Edward Poitras Rodney Graham Tom Dean Janet Cardiff & George Bures Miller Jana Sterbak Rebecca Belmore |
• The Kingdom of Italy was proclaimed in 1861; Venice was united with the kingdom
in 1866. • The Venice Biennale was founded in 1893 by a resolution of the City Council. • The first art exhibition took place in 1895. • Canada began participating in 1952. • 2005 marks the 51st Edition of the Venice Biennale. • The 51st Edition will take place June 12—November 6, 2005 • 73 Nations will participate • 23 collateral events • For the first time in the history of its 110 years two female Directors, María de Corral and Rosa Martínez, have been invited to curate the Biennale. Both are art historians, critics and independent curators from Spain. The exhibition will be composed of two specific and complementary shows that will offer an articulated yet harmonized reading of international contemporary art from the Seventies through today. • The Canada Pavilion was designed and built in 1957-58 by a Design Team from Milan (Belgioso, Peressutti & Rogers) • Canada first participated in the Venice Biennale in 1952 and was commissioned by H.O. McCurry, Director of the National Gallery of Canada, and featured the work of Emily Carr, David Milne, Goodridge Roberts & Alfred Pellan • Until 1988, institutions other than the National Gallery were not eligible to commission the show • Rebecca Belmore is the 58th artist and the first Aboriginal woman to be selected to represent Canada • She is the 9th woman to represent Canada in the history of our participation • This is the second time in the history of Canada’s participation that a university gallery and a small regional gallery have commissioned the show. • History changed when Winnipeg based Plug In, in collaboration with the Walter Phillips Gallery commissioned the show and for the first time in Canadian history won a prize at the Biennale with the work of Janet Cardiff and George Bures Miller. |