The curator of the German pavilion, Susanne Gaenscheimer, will challenge traditional formulations of national pavilions with her program for the 2013 Venice Biennale. She will show four artists, none of whom are German: Chinese artist Ai Weiwei, Indian artist Dayanita Singh, South African artist Santu Mofokeng and French-German artist Romuld Kamakar.
In a statement the MMK curator writes: "Both everyday life and the cultural landscapes of Germany are determined by different religions, economies, and political approaches. This defines our everyday life and leads to mutual enrichment as well as confrontation. At the same time it is extremely evident that our society can no longer function without dialogue, collaboration and the addressing of different philosophies and actual realities...The artists whom I invited and their works are representative of a number of issues resulting from the convergence of diverse ideologies and conceptions of life, which impact us most immediately today. In the context of the Venice project it is important to me that the artists mange to expand our perspectives and give us access to the view of the other, sometimes in an uncomfortable way. Although they develop their works out of specific, local contexts, they establish a kind of universal language by integrating their experiences of internationality."
Image: German pavilion, Venice
