Next day Venice where we got an overdose of (not always the best) contemporary art from all over the world. The most satisfying aspect of seeing art in this city is the architecture that houses it. Some of the weakest, laziest pieces look stunning when installed in a 17-century factory, monastery or palazzo. Highlights for us so far include the Chapman Brothers FUCKING HELL, a tour de force that is part of the Pinault Collection, (the young Swedish artist) Nathalie Djurberg’s claymation masterpiece called EXPERIMENT, and K. Wodiczko’s installation in the Polish Pavillion called GUESTS which addresses the alienation and invisibility felt by guest workers and illegal immigrants in the EU. Very powerful, poetic, disturbing works, all of them in their own distinct way. These 3 made the whole day (8 hours of looking) worthwhile. Tomorrow the Arsenale…
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