圖為Bruce Nauma，1983年
6日，第53屆威尼斯雙年展評(píng)委會(huì)宣布美國(guó)獲得本屆雙年展最佳國(guó)家館金獅獎(jiǎng)，這是美國(guó)自1990年以來(lái)第一次獲此殊榮。
今年代表美國(guó)參展的是藝術(shù)家Bruce Nauman的作品《拓?fù)浠▓@》（Topological Gardens）?！锻?fù)浠▓@》由費(fèi)城藝術(shù)博物館負(fù)責(zé)策劃，并與威尼斯兩所大學(xué)合作。希望借此拓展同威尼斯教育界的關(guān)系。
《拓?fù)浠▓@》通過(guò)呈現(xiàn)藝術(shù)家四十年來(lái)各種大膽創(chuàng)新的作品來(lái)表現(xiàn)其藝術(shù)生涯的主題探索，主要包括三場(chǎng)展覽，其中一場(chǎng)于美國(guó)國(guó)家館進(jìn)行，另外兩場(chǎng)分別于威尼斯兩所大學(xué)進(jìn)行。
《拓?fù)浠▓@》圍繞著“拓?fù)鋵W(xué)”這一概念，“拓?fù)?rdquo;是一個(gè)監(jiān)測(cè)在不斷改變的環(huán)境中空間延續(xù)性的數(shù)學(xué)領(lǐng)域，它能讓觀眾更好的理解藝術(shù)家的作品及所要展示的內(nèi)容。
圖為Bruce Nauma的作品裝置《惡與善》（Vices and Virtues），霓虹，透明玻璃管，鋁制底板。
雙年展組委會(huì)對(duì)這一獲獎(jiǎng)作品的選擇的陳述為：這是對(duì)Bruce Nauma藝術(shù)創(chuàng)作的持久能量和精確性所做的肯定。
（來(lái)源：Artdaily網(wǎng)站，點(diǎn)擊參看原文）
【編輯：Julia】
Golden Lion for the Best National Participation Awarded to the U.S. Representation
VENICE.- The Philadelphia Museum of Art commissioning institution for the United States Pavilion at the 53rd International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia, announced today that the U.S. representation, Bruce Nauman: Topological Gardens, has been awarded the prestigious Golden Lion for the Best National Participation. According to a statement from the Biennale, the presentation was selected “in recognition of the sustained energy and precision of Bruce Nauman’s art. From iconic embodiments of human pain and fragility to pithy jabs at our frailties, his oeuvre reveals the magic of meaning as it emerges through relentless repetition of language and form.” This is the first time since 1990 that the United States has received the much-coveted award.
Said Basualdo following the ceremony: “We at the Philadelphia Museum of Art are extremely grateful for the enormous support this project has received all along the way, beginning with the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the U.S. Department of State, as well as the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and the Henry Luce Foundation, The Pew Charitable Trusts, and so many donors and lenders to the exhibition. We are also so grateful to the Peggy Guggenheim Collection, the Universitá Iuav and the Univesitá Ca’ Foscari. Most of all, it has been an amazing honor to work closely with one of the great artists of our time, Bruce Nauman. We hope that this project will help establish a lasting and expanding relationship between the U.S. Pavilion and the educational institutions of the city of Venice.”
Bruce Nauman: Topological Gardens presents a thematic survey comprising four decades of the artist’s innovative and provocative work and is featured at three exhibition sites throughout the city of Venice: the United States Pavilion at the Giardini della Biennale, Università Iuav di Venezia at Tolentini, and the Exhibition Spaces at Università Ca’ Foscari. The exhibition is structured around the notion of topology—a field in mathematics that examines the continuity of space amid changing conditions—which is used to understand the artist’s work as well as the context in which it will be displayed. On view are more than 30 works lent from public and private collections in the United States and Europe, some of which the artist has adapted and redeveloped specifically for Venice, working in direct response to the spatial context of the sites. The exhibition also includes two new sound-based works, Days and Giorni, the latter created by Nauman working in collaboration with students at each university. These two works will travel to the Philadelphia Museum of Art, to make their U.S. premiere from November 21, 2009 – April 4, 2010.
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【編輯：Julia】
