May 31, 2013 |
VENICE BIENNALE: ENGLISH MAGIC BY JEREMY DELLER
For this year’s Venice Biennale, Jeremy Deller has taken over the British Pavillion. According to the Guardian, Deller describes the pavilion as “a personal museum of the nation’s history, with objects ranging from Neolithic hand axes (some of which visitors are allowed to handle) to William Morris fabrics to privatisation vouchers issued in Russia in the early 1990s – traces of the denationalisation of industry that led to the rise of the oligarchs.” “It includes drawings by inmates of a high-security prison; a vast mural of William Morris sinking oligarch Roman Abramovich’s yacht in the Venetian lagoon; and another in which a giant hen harrier crushes a Land Rover. The last is a reference to the incident in 2007 when two of the endangered birds were shot over the Sandringham estate when Prince Harry and a friend were out shooting.” Don’t you lovethe cut and paste art review? Apparently English Magic reflects his love-hate relationship with Britain.
Images courtesy of the Guardian
http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2013/may/28/jeremy-deller-britain-venice-biennale
by Natalie Dembinska
