Spanish pavilion

The Spanish pavilion houses Spain's national representation during the Venice Biennale arts festivals.

Background

The Venice Biennale is an international art biennial exhibition held in Venice, Italy. Often described as "the Olympics of the art world", participation in the Biennale is a prestigious event for contemporary artists. The festival has become a constellation of shows: a central exhibition curated by that year's artistic director, national pavilions hosted by individual nations, and independent exhibitions throughout Venice. The Biennale parent organization also hosts regular festivals in other arts: architecture, dance, film, music, and theater.[1]

Outside of the central, international exhibition, individual nations produce their own shows, known as pavilions, as their national representation. Nations that own their pavilion buildings, such as the 30 housed on the Giardini, are responsible for their own upkeep and construction costs as well. Nations without dedicated buildings create pavilions in venues throughout the city.[1]

Organization and building

The pavilion was designed and built by Francisco Javier de Luque between 1921 and 1922. While its façade shows influence of 17th century Spanish Baroque architecture, its internal layout is similar to that of the German Pavilion, for a kind of uniformity in the early Giardini buildings. The painter-architect Joaquín Vaquero Palacios restored the pavilion in 1952 and made its façade more modern, with a continuous brick face.[2]

Representation by year

Art

References
  1. Russeth 2019.
  2. Volpi 2013.
  3. Michael Brenson (June 27, 1988), As Venice Biennale Opens, Jasper Johns Takes the Spotlight New York Times.
  4. Michael Kimmelman (May 28, 1990), Venice Biennale Opens With Surprises New York Times.
  5. Jordi Colomer representará a España en la Bienal de Venecia El Cultural, October 14, 2016.
  6. The Guardian, Adrian Searle May 15, 2017.

Bibliography
  • Russeth, Andrew (April 17, 2019). "The Venice Biennale: Everything You Could Ever Want to Know". ARTnews. Retrieved April 22, 2019.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Volpi, Cristiana (2013). "Spain". In Re Rebaudengo, Adele (ed.). Pavilions and Garden of Venice Biennale. Rome: Contrasto. p. 171. ISBN 978-88-6965-440-4.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)

Further reading
  • Cone, Michèle C. (2005). "Antoni Muntadas". ARTnews. 104 (7): 194. ISSN 0004-3273 – via EBSCOhost.
  • Torrent, Rosalía Escalpés (2004). A century of Spanish art abroad: Spanish art at the Venice Biennale 1895–2003. Madrid: Turner. ISBN 978-84-7506-611-0. OCLC 696016335.
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