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  • Book release + exhibition Dutch Pavilion La Biennale di Venezia with Mondriaan Fonds
  • Ronja Driessen

Book release + exhibition Dutch Pavilion La Biennale di Venezia with Mondriaan Fonds

Book release + exhibition Dutch Pavilion La Biennale di Venezia with Mondriaan Fonds
Yesterday on April 17th the exhibition in the Dutch Pavilion at La Biennale di Venezia was opened by Barbera Wolfensberg, Director-General of Culture and Media. The Dutch entry for the 60th edition of La Biennale di Venezia is provided by artist collective Cercle d'Art des Travailleurs de Plantation Congolaise (CATPC) together with artist Renzo Martens and curator Hicham Khalidi.

We also celebrated the release of the accompanying publication: The International Celebration of Blasphemy and the Sacred / La Célébration internationale du blasphème et du sacré, published by Mondriaan Fonds with Jap Sam Books as publishing partner.

The exhibition at the Dutch Pavilion in the Giardini is twinned with a presentation at the White Cube in Lusanga (DRC) and is part of CATPC’s ongoing commitment to reclaim land to reintroduce biodiversity, regenerate the soil and provide sustenance for the community in Congo.

This publication (in both English and French) includes a main text written by curator Hicham Khalidi and a series of letters written by Ced’art Tamasala on behalf of CATPC. Khalidi wrote his text in close collaboration with writer Amanda Sarroff, CATPC and Renzo Martens and draws on interviews with renowned authors and curators such as Ariella Aïsha Azoulay, Ruba Katrib and Ndubuisi C. Ezeluomba. The publication also includes an introduction by Mondriaan Fund director Eelco van der Lingen and contains extensive visual documentation of both the sculptures and video works in the Dutch pavilion in Venice as well as the sculptures in Lusanga.

Edited by Milo Vermeire, authors Eelco van der Lingen [introduction], Hicham Khalidi, Amanda Sarroff, Ced'art Tamasala and CATPC, Renzo Martens, final editing & proofreading by Eleonoor Jap Sam [final editor], Aaron Bogart [English], Natasha Leeman [French], translation English by Renzo Martens, Marie Louise Schoondergang, translation French by Het Vertaalcollectief, photography by Peter Tijhuis (Sculptures in Cacao), CATPC (Sculptures in Clay), film stills by Jurgen Lisse, graphic design by Michaël Snitker, printed by Wilco Art Books, lithography by Wilco Art Books (Mariska Bijl), Sanne Peper, binding by Patist Boekbinders, published by Mondriaan Fund, publishing partner Jap Sam Books

Order The International Celebration of Blasphemy and the Sacred / La Célébration internationale du blasphème et du sacré >>>



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    Ronja Driessen