Angolan Pavilion at 56th Venice Biennale
On Ways of Travelling
António Ole, Binelde Hyrcan, Délio Jasse, Francisco Vidal and Nelo Teixeira
Curator: António Ole
Deputy Curator: Antonia Gaeta
About:
Margemda, zone liberté, 1994-2001
António Ole, whose representation at the event will be for the second time and as the holder of the Golden Lion 2013, is also the curator of the Angolan pavilion.
From António Ole’s central installation, which marks the front and back of the exhibition, Francisco Vidal presents installations made up of a metallic skin of machetes. A symbol of the Angolan resistance, the machete is the support for a remarkable pictorial representation; Délio Jasse showcases a study, in photographic form, of memory, its sedimentation and the reason for forgetting; Nelo Teixeira follows with a work in which wood forms the basic structure and where the incorporation of the object trouvé accentuates parallel narratives; and finally Binelde Hyrcan, a very eclectic artist in his aesthetic choices, presents video and installation of his most recent research.
This choice allows a younger , yet already proven, generation, following in the footsteps of the artist António Ole, to access the circuit of the Venice Biennale whilst, at the same time, promoting the country. Moreover, it gives them the chance to cement their international presence, in order to ensure the success of a project that meets the requirement of this presentation and the contemporary profile of next representation.
About Ole:
The Entire World, 2011.
António Ole Angolan, born 1951
Painter, filmmaker and photographer, Ole has created a vast body of work that reflects the multiple aspects of his creative universe, focusing on the themes of colonization, civil war, famine, social conflicts and specially, the human capacity for resistance and survival. Throughout his artistic career, he has developed projects that reveal a certain formal and aesthetic eclecticism, his work includes drawing, painting, sculpture, installation, photography, video and cinema. His first exhibition was in 1967 and, since his international debut at the African-American Art-Museum (Los Angeles) in 1984, his works have been shown in many exhibitions, festivals and biennales, including Havana (1986, 1988, 1997), São Paulo (1987), Berlin (1997), Johannesburg (1995, 1997), Dakar (1998) and Venice (2003, 2007). He also participated in the prestigious touring exhibition: Africa Remix, Contemporary Art of a Continent and The Short Century.
