RUSSIA’S VENICE BIENNALE PAVILION WILL HOST BOLIVIA’S PROPOSAL
The Russian Venice Biennale pavilion is hosting a group exhibition of artists from South America organized by Bolivia’s Ministry of Cultures, Decolonization and Depatriarchalizing.
Russia, which has not participated in the Venice Biennale since its February 2022 invasion of Ukraine, has handed over use of its pavilion in the Giardini to the Plurinational State of Bolivia for the event’s 60th edition.
Bolivia’s proposal is titled looking to the futurepast, we are treading forward. Drawing from Aymara cosmovision, this exhibition views the contemporary experience as anchoring us in the present moment, which holds within it the seeds of the future, emerging from the fertile soil of our past. This present is a stage where different space-times intertwine, where strategies to maintain the status quo coexist with those signifying renewal. The world upended by colonialism can right itself by understanding history and using its lessons wisely. The past is not fixed but offers a range of tools, including wisdom and struggle, to create a fairer and more sustainable future. By exploring its depths carefully, we can nurture the beginnings of the world we want to see.
Artists: Elvira Espejo Ayca, Oswaldo “Achu” De, León Kantule,Yanaki Herrera, Duhigó, Zahy Tentehar, Lorgio Vaca, Maria Alexandra Bravo Cladera, Rolando Vargas Ramos, Edwin Alejo, Cristina Quispe Huanca, Martina Mamani Robles, Prima Flores Torrez, Laura Tola Ventura, María Eugenia Cruz Sanchez, Faustina Flores Ferreyra, Pamela Onostre Reynolds, Guillermina Cueva Sita, Magdalena Cuasace, Claudia Opimi Vaca, Olga Rivero Díaz, Reina Morales Davalos, Silvia Montaño Ito, Ignacia Chuviru Surubi, Ronald Morán, and Humberto Velez.
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Pavilion of BOLIVIA. looking to the futurepast, we are treading forward. 60th International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia. Photo by Matteo de Mayda
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Pavilion of BOLIVIA. looking to the futurepast, we are treading forward. 60th International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia. Photo by Matteo de Mayda
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Pavilion of BOLIVIA. looking to the futurepast, we are treading forward. 60th International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia. Photo by Matteo de Mayda
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Pavilion of BOLIVIA. looking to the futurepast, we are treading forward. 60th International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia. Photo by Matteo de Mayda
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Pavilion of BOLIVIA. looking to the futurepast, we are treading forward. 60th International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia. Photo by Matteo de Mayda
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Pavilion of BOLIVIA. looking to the futurepast, we are treading forward. 60th International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia. Photo by Matteo de Mayda
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Pavilion of BOLIVIA. looking to the futurepast, we are treading forward. 60th International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia. Photo by Matteo de Mayda
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Pavilion of BOLIVIA. looking to the futurepast, we are treading forward. 60th International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia. Photo by Matteo de Mayda
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