The forthcoming ‘Biennale de Lyon’, will celebrate its 10th anniversary under the direction of international curator, Hou Hanru, Director of Exhibitions and Public Programs at the San Francisco Art Institute and artistic director Thierry Raspail (image below).
For the 2009 edition of the Biennale, Hou Hanru has chosen the theme ‘The Spectacle of the Everyday’. Composed of the work of a select, key group of international artists (among them Pedro Cabrita Reis, Agnès Varda, Sarkis etc), both established and emerging alike, the Biennale de Lyon will run from 16th September until 3rd January 2010.
Vue de l’exposition Sarkis, Le monde est illisible, mon cœur si, 17 avril-18 mai 2002 au Musée d'Art Contemporain de LyonPhoto : Blaise Adilon © Adagp, Paris 2002
Apart from the four ‘central’ biennale venues in the heart of the city of Lyon, this year's edition will also include the Veduta, an art event taking place in the periphery of Lyon curated by Abdelkader Damani. Veduta's aim is to reflect on the centre/periphery dichotomy and the ‘issues’ which can be connected to this. The three chosen artists for the 2009 Veduta project are Bik Van der Pol, Eko Nugroho and Robert Milin.
To learn more: http://www.biennaledelyon.com/
