Uruguayan pavilion

The Uruguayan pavilion houses Uruguay's national representation during the Venice Biennale arts festivals.

Background

The Venice Biennale is an international art biennial exhibition held in Venice, Italy. Often described as "the Olympics of the art world", participation in the Biennale is a prestigious event for contemporary artists. The festival has become a constellation of shows: a central exhibition curated by that year's artistic director, national pavilions hosted by individual nations, and independent exhibitions throughout Venice. The Biennale parent organization also hosts regular festivals in other arts: architecture, dance, film, music, and theater.^[1]

Outside of the central, international exhibition, individual nations produce their own shows, known as pavilions, as their national representation. Nations that own their pavilion buildings, such as the 30 housed on the Giardini, are responsible for their own upkeep and construction costs as well. Nations without dedicated buildings create pavilions in venues throughout the city.^[1]

Organization and building

The pavilion was originally a warehouse built for the 1958 Biennale. It was adapted into a gallery space between 1960 and 1962.^[2]

Representation by year

Art

1954 — José Cuneo Perinetti, Severino Pose
1956 — Joaquín Torres García
1960 — Zoma Baitler, Washington Barcala, Norberto Berdia, José Cuneo, José Echave, Adolfo Halty, Augusto Torres, Vicente Martìn, Julio Verdier (Commissioner: Jorge Páez Vilaró)
1962 — Germán Cabrera, Juan Ventayol
1964 — Jorge Damiani, José Gamarra, Nelson Ramos, Jorge Páez Vilaró
1968 — Antonio Frasconi (Commissioner: Angel Kalenberg)
1970 — Taller de Montevideo (Armando Bergallo, Ernesto Vila, Héctor Vilche) (Commissioner: Angel Kalenberg)
1972 — Luis Alberto Solari (Commissioner: Angel Kalenberg)
1986 — Ernesto Aroztegui, Clever Lara (Commissioner: Angel Kalenberg)
1988 — Luis Camnitzer (Commissioner: Angel Kalenberg)
1990 — Gonzalo Fonseca (Commissioner: Angel Kalenberg)
1993 — Águeda Dicancro
1995 — Ignacio Iturria (Commissioner: Angel Kalenberg)
1997 — Nelson Ramos
1999 — Ricardo Pascale
2001 — Rimer Cardillo (Commissioner: Clever Lara)
2003 — Pablo Atchugarry (Curator: Luciano Caramel)
2005 — Lacy Duarte (Commissioners: Alicia Haber, Olga Larnaudie)
2007 — Ernesto Vila (Commissioner: Enrique Aguerre)
2009 — Raquel Bessio, Juan Burgos, Pablo Uribe (Commissioners: Patricia Bentancur, Alfredo Torres)
2011 — Alejandro Cesarco, Magela Ferrero (Curator: Clio Bugel)
2013 — Wifredo Díaz Valdéz (Curators: Carlos Capelán, Verónica Cordeiro)
2015 — Marco Maggi (Curator: Patricia Bentancur)
2017 — Mario Sagradini (Curator: Gabriel Peluffo Linari)^{[citation needed]}
2019 — Yamandú Canosa (Curators: Patricia Bentancur, David Amengol)
2022 — Gerardo Goldwasser (Curators: Pablo Uribe, Laura Malosetti Costa)
2024 — Eduardo Cardozo (Curator: Elisa Valerio)

Bibliography

Russeth, Andrew (April 17, 2019). "The Venice Biennale: Everything You Could Ever Want to Know". ARTnews. Retrieved April 22, 2019.
Volpi, Cristiana (2013). "Uruguay". In Re Rebaudengo, Adele (ed.). Pavilions and Garden of Venice Biennale. Rome: Contrasto. p. 191. ISBN 978-88-6965-440-4.