The Awards Ceremony of the 57th Exhibition took place on May 13th 2017 at Ca' Giustinian. The Jury of the 57th International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia, chosen by the board of directors presised by Paolo Boratta, integrated by: Manuel J. Borja-Villel (President of the Jury, Spain), Francesca Alfano Miglietti (Italy), Amy Cheng (Taiwan), Ntone Edjabe (Cameroon), and Mark Godfrey (Great Britain), grant the following awards: Golden Lion for Best National Participation for Germany was given to Anne Imhof. Curated by Susanne Pfeffer, the powerful and disturbing installation that poses urgent questions about our time. It pushes the spectator to a state of anxiety. An original response to the architecture of the pavilion, Imhof's work is also characterized by precise decisions about objects, images, bodies and sounds. A special mention has been awarded to Brazil for its National Participation for the work of Cinthia Marcelle. Curated by Jochen Volz, Marcelle's installation produces an enigmatic and unbalanced space in which we cannot feel secure. Both the structure of the installation and the video by Cinthia Marcelle in partnership with filmmaker Tiago Mata Machado evoke the concerns of contemporary Brazilian society. Golden Lion for the Best Artist of the Exhibition Viva Arte Viva was awarded to Franz Erhard Walther (Born in 1939 in Germany, lives and works in Fulda) for his work, which brings together forms, color, fabrics, sculpture, performance and continues to activate the viewer in engaging ways; for the radical and complex nature of his oeuvre that has an impact on our time and suggests a way of living in transit. Silver Lion for a Promising Young Artist to Hassan Khan (Born in 1975 in the UK, lives and works in Cairo) for the special and intimate relationship that his work establishes with the spectator, to whom he suggests a connection between voice, sound and the horizon. His Composition for a Public Park creates an immersive experience which beautifully intertwines the political and the poetic. This edition, there are two Special Mentions awarded to the following artists: Charles Atlas, for two videos of great visual splendour and sophisticated editing in which images of natural and artificial beauty are joined to words addressing questions of austerity and frustration, sexuality and class. Petrit Halilaj, for imaginative interventions in the architecture of the Arsenale and Central Pavilion, which create relationships between the history of Kosovo and childhood memories. The Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement was awarded to Carolee Schneemann (USA). The 57th edition of the Vennice Biennial will be open through November 26th, 2017. For more information visit:
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