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Delayed for a year because of the pandemic, the Venice Biennale, titled “The Milk of Dreams,” has finally opened to previews this week.
Curator Cecilia Alemani said the process of putting together the massive endeavor in difficult conditions, doing Zoom studio visits and working remotely, made her appreciate the physical and non-technological dimensions of art-viewing even more. And indeed, this is a very physical show, with a focus on embodied knowledge, artworks with physical presence, and personal sensation.
It also has a self-reflective perspective on art history, and one of its most notable curatorial gestures is the presence of a number of capsule shows within the show, each one looking at a theme that serves as an intellectual guide to the other art on view.
In the plunging Arsenale space, there are two such mini-shows. One, with the prolix title “A Leaf a Gourd a Shell a Net a Bat a Sling a Sack a Bottle a Pot a Box a Container,” is a selection of artworks that reflect on the vessel as a metaphor. The other, “The Seduction of the Cyborg,” pays homage to female artists who have, in various way, thought about the body as a reprogrammable machine.
But there is much more to see. Here are some pictures to give you a sense of the Arsenale section of “The Milk of Dreams.”
The entrance to the Arsenale section of “The Milk of Dreams.” Photo by Ben Davis.
Simone Leigh’s greets visitors in the opening gallery. Photo by Ben Davis.
Works by Belkis Ayón in “The Milk of Dreams.” Photo by Ben Davis.
Works by Gabriel Chaile. Photo by Ben Davis.
Works by Portia Zvavahera. Photo by Ben Davis.
Ficre Ghebreyesys, (2011). Photo by Ben Davis.
Works by Rosana Paulino. Photo by Ben Davis.
Thao Nguyen Phan, (2021–ongoing). Photo by Ben Davis.
Works by Britta Marakatt-Labba. Photo by Ben Davis.
Eglė Budvytytė, (2020). Photo by Ben Davis.
Niki de Saint Phalle, (1966–1990). Photo by Ben Davis.
Works by Frantz Zéphirin and Célestin Faustin. Photo by Ben Davis.
Works by Myrlande Constant. Photo by Ben Davis.
Works by Violeta Parra. Photo by Ben Davis.
Works by Felipe Baeza. Photo by Ben Davis.
Works by Pinaree Sanpitak. Photo by Ben Davis.
Works by Safia Farhat and Roberto Gil de Montes. Photo by Ben Davis.
A special capsule presentation titled “A Leaf a Gourd a Shell a Net a Bag a Sling a Sack a Bottle a Pot a Box a Container.” Photo by Ben Davis.
One of Aletta Jacobs’s “Womb Models” (1840). Photo by Ben Davis.
Display of works by Ruth Asawa. Photo by Ben Davis.
A display of works by Tecla Tofano. Photo by Ben Davis.
Luiz Roque, (2020). Photo by Ben Davis.
Delcy Morelos, (2022). Photo by Ben Davis.
Works by Jaider Esbell. Photo by Ben Davis.
Works by Sheroanawe Hakihiiwe. Photo by Ben Davis.
Firelei Baez, (2022). Photo by Ben Davis.
Emma Talbot, (2021). Photo by Ben Davis.
Works by Sandra Vásquez de la Horra. Photo by Ben Davis.
Two sculptures by Candice Lin. Photo by Ben Davis.
Noah Davis, (2019). Photo by Ben Davis.
Aage Gaup, (1979). Photo by Ben Davis.
Zheng Bo, (2021). Photo by Ben Davis.
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Works by Tau Lewis and, in the foreground, Solange Pessoa. Photo by Ben Davis.
Works by Jessie Homer French. Photo by Ben Davis.
Display of Ibrahim El-Salahi’s (2020–2021). Photo by Ben Davis.
Prabhakar Pachpute, (2022). Photo by Ben Davis.
Ali Cherry, (2022). Photo by Ben Davis.
Ishaan Adams, (2021). Photo by Ben Davis.
Ali Cherri, (2022). Photo by Ben Davis.
Installation view of the “Seduction of the Cyborg,” a capsule gallery in “The Milk of Dreams.” Photo by Ben Davis.
Installation view of the “Seduction of the Cyborg,” a capsule gallery in “The Milk of Dreams.” Photo by Ben Davis.
Louise Nevelson, (1968). Photo by Ben Davis.
Weimar-era costumes by Lavinia Schulz and Walter Holdt. Photo by Ben Davis.
Rebecca Horn, (1989). Photo by Ben Davis.
Liliane Lijn, (1979), (1980), and (1984). Photo by Ben Davis.
Works by Kiki Kogelnik. Photo by Ben Davis.
Liv Bugge, (2019). Photo by Ben Davis.
Noor Abuarafeh, (2018). Photo by Ben Davis.
Works by Tatsuo Ikeda. Photo by Ben Davis.
Works by Kapwani Kiwanga. Photo by Ben Davis.
Elias Sime, (2021). Photo by Ben Davis.
Dora Budor, (2022). Photo by Ben Davis.
Teresa Solar, (2022). Photo by Ben Davis.
Paintings by Allison Katz. Photo by Ben Davis.
Özlem Altın, (2022). Photo by Ben Davis.
Paintings by Jamian Juliano-Villani. Photo by Ben Davis.
Tetsumi Kudo, (1967–1968). Photo by Ben Davis.
Photos by Joanna Piotrowska. Photo by Ben Davis.
Louise Bonnet, (2021–22). Photo by Ben Davis.
Works by Carolyn Lazard. Photo by Ben Davis.
Entrance to Marianna Simnett’s video installation. Photo by Ben Davis.
Mariana Simnett, (2022). Photo by Ben Davis.
Raphaela Vogel, (2022). Photo by Ben Davis.
Works by Jes Fan. Photo by Ben Davis.
Works by Mira Lee. Photo by Ben Davis.
Works by Kerstin Brätsch. Photo by Ben Davis.
Raphaela Vogel, (2022) and work by Kerstin Brätsch. Photo by Ben Davis.
Works by Sandra Mujinga. Photo by Ben Davis.
Marguerite Humeau, (2022). Photo by Ben Davis.
Monira al Qadiri, (2022). Photo by Ben Davis.
Sondra Perry, (2020-2022). Photo by Ben Davis.
Elisa Giardina Papa, (2022). Photo by Ben Davis.
Geumhyung Jeong, (2021). Photo by Ben Davis.
Works by Tishan Hsu. Photo by Ben Davis.
Lynn Hershman Leeson, (2021). Photo by Ben Davis.
Zhenya Machneva, (2022) and (2021). Photo by Ben Davis.
Janis Rafa, (2020). Photo by Ben Davis.
Barbara Kruger, (2022). Photo by Ben Davis.
Diego Marcon, (2021). Photo by Ben Davis.
Robert Grosvenor, (2019). Photo by Ben Davis.
Installation by Precious Okoyomon. Photo by Ben Davis.
Works by Giulia Cenci. Photo by Ben Davis.
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