The Berlin Biennale
This grand art event which welcomes public once in every two years will be on run right up to August 3. This year the works of painters, sculptors, writers and philosophers all over the world will be displayed in the halls of the Institute of Contemporary Art Kunst-Werke, the museum complex Haus am Waldsee, as well as in buildings of student quarter Dahlem.
The Artistic Team includes representatives of contemporary culture such as artist Tarek Atoui, researcher Catalina Lozano, independent curator Natasha Ginwala, art manager Mariana Munguía, Ph.D. Olaf Nicolai, photographer and installation artist Danh Vo and design bureau Zac Group. Exhibition curator is Juan A. Gaitán.
At the beginning of this year one of the pavilions opened to present a preliminary statement of the 8th Berlin Biennale – installation Crash Pad by Norwegian of Greek origin Andreas Angelidakis. The young artist recreated space of Greek literary parlour of the XIX century decorated with antique decor, Doric columns and ancient rugs with patterns of various cultures and eras.
As the artist says, his work represents a rethinking in the contemporary world events with the projection on historical facts. Crash Pad is reminiscent of economic default in modern Greece in 1893, when the political system could not cope with the global economy and led to a series of failed governments in Greece.
