Art Venice Biennale 3 Reception by Anna Salmeron

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Its been half-a-year since the Opening Champagne Reception for ArtVenice Biennale 3. We, The Biennial Project only just realized that we haven’t told you, our loyal supporters, about our time in Venice. Well, in case you were wondering, ArtVenice Biennale 3 was an astonishing success! The location on VIA GARIBALDI was better then imagined. Every big gun in the art world meandered up and down this street looking for dinner and then found us or maybe they were looking for us and then found dinner. The art work being exhibited digitally drew the best glitterati into our gallery.  The attendees got the must have Biennial Project bag, a free glass(or two, or three, or four…) of prosecco  and then stayed to admire all the art that was on view. We met hundreds of art loving hoi polloi from all over the world, ideas were exchanges, connections were made and maybe one or two people found romance. An immense triumph!!

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The evening started off with The Live Art Performance by The Biennial Project’s ArtVenice Biennale 3 Artist in Residence, Tom Estes called ‘'Parallax: Other Realms’. We were thrilled, with the help of the entrants on AVB3, to give this artist from London an opportunity and a venue to express his creativity. The performance coincided with Estes' time at the newly founded The Biennial Project Residency Project at the V70 building in Venice.

Tom Estes' Performance

Yvonne Amolo gave an enthralling and capitvating talk, presented a video and even yodeled for us.  Yvonne Amolo, the only actual ethnic Kenyan in this Kenyan pavilion  has won awards for her film about racism. Being the only ethnic Kenyan representing Kenya in this year’s Biennale was the hottest topic of conversation during the Opening week of The 56th Venice Biennale. This very issue that sparked the debate on the socio economic and nationalistic issues involved in the process of putting together an evenly and fairly represented global art exhibit.Yvonne was kind enough to take a lot of questions from our attendees regarding this hot button issue.

We also had a stimulating and spurring performance from Leslie Rogers:

Leslie Rogers performs Wesley Wogers:Camera Cop

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Though, clearly, the highlight of the show was seeing all our entrant's images shown in a digital display that ran for the entire reception. Many of the ArtVenice Biennale 3 chosen artists came to Venice to attend the gala and many of them spoke about their work. Some of these included Artemis Herber, Finishing School, James Lipovac, Justin Augspurg, Katherine Sweetman, Lauren Gidwitz, Markus Blaus, Matthew Keller, Rebecca Potter,Victor Salvo, Walter Kopec and Zebbler Peter Berdovsky and a few others.

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To see the digital display presented at ArtVenice Biennale 3 watch the link below:

 

Boston Biennial 3 Selected Artwork

 

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Boston Biennial 4 Entrant Sampler by Anna Salmeron

We are beyond thrilled with the quality of the worked being submitted for the upcoming Boston Biennial 4, and consider ourselves extremely lucky to be able to get to know and promote the work of so many amazing artists. So we offer up to you a sampling of some of this extraordinary art. Check out the work, and click the links to the artists’ websites to see more. And get your own entry in soon – the early entry rate is only good till the end of December.

Jeannie Motherwell - born and raised in New York City, Jeannie Motherwell inherited a love of painting form her father Robert Motherwell and stepmother Helen Frankenthaler. See more or her work here: http://jeanniemotherwell.com/

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Oscar Diaz - a genderfluid Salvadoran artist, curator, art historian, and writer living in the Boston area. See more of his work at: http://cargocollective.com/OscarDiaz  Read a great interview with Oscar here: Oscar Diaz Interview

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Vanessa White of Melbourne, Australia. See more of Vanessa's captivating work here: http://vanessawhite.me/artworks/

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Pauline Lim of Somerville, MA. "I am always freaking out about the fact that we all have to die, so a lot of my paintings have to do with the frustration of being trapped in a mortal existence." See more of her work at: http://www.paulinelim.net/

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Petrea Noyes of Maine, with her beautiful collages!!!!!!! See more of her work here:
http://petreanoyes.com


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Materials junkie Kristen Street from Rhode Island and her gorgeous creations! See more of her work here: http://www.kristinstreet.com

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Timothy Wilson from Somerville, obscuring the boundaries between painting and photography. See more here: http://www.timothywilsonphotographs.com

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The continuing adventures of Trespassing Photographer Dave Phoenix of Stow, MA. See more of his work here: http://www.phoenixcreativeimagery.com/

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the AMAZING art collective sisterwerx.....hailing from our own Quincy, MA.

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Anne Murray, a world-traveler accomplished artist and video poet. See more of Anne’s work here: http://www.annemurrayartist.com

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The Biennial Project