The Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art will take place in New Tretyakov Gallery (Krymsky Val, Moscow) and it will last four months, from September the 19th 2017 to January the 18th 2018.
The event will be curated by Yuko Hasegawa and will host 52 artists from 25 different countries as Belgium, Cyprus, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Israel, Iceland, Japan, Jordan, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Russia, Singapore, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, the United Kingdom and the USA.
The titled of the 7th Moscow Biennale is “Clouds ⇄ Forests” and the purpose it to explore a new eco-system formed through a circulation of “cloud Tribes”, who were born on the Internet cloud space, and “Forest Tribes” who are born on cultural origins. According to the statement.
Yuko Hasegawa, artistic director of the Museum of Contemporary Art in Tokyo and professor of Tokyo University of the Arts, said that artists’ works will be displayed in sort of dialogue with artworks from the permanent exhibitions of Tretyakov Gallery.
The Main Project of this edition includes works of such well-known artists as Matthew Barney, Olafur Eliasson, who make new artworks specially for 7th Moscow Biennale. In addition, the Expert Council selected 69 projects for the Parallel Program of the Biennale with 49 institutions participating. From big museums to small workshops and galleries.
This year it will be available a free mobile app that will displayed a map with detailed guides to every venue and exhibitions of the event and the guided tour to the Main Project in the New Tretyakov Gallery. Including artworks description.
The artist list follows in full below:
Nadim Abbas, Hong Kong
Adel Abidin, Iraq / Finland / Jordan
Nindityo Adipurnomo, Indonesia
Farah Atassi, Belgium / USA
Kanako Azuma, Japan
Matthew Barney, USA
Natalia Bazowska, Poland
Bahar Behbahani, Iran / USA
Björk, Iceland / United Kingdom
Hussein Chalayan, Cyprus / United Kingdom
Revital Cohen & Tuur Van Balen, Israel & Belgium / United Kingdom
Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg, United Kingdom
Rohini Devasher, India
Louise Drulhe, France
Olafur Eliasson, Denmark / Germany
Justine Emard & Mirai Moriyama, France / Japan
Cécile B. Evans, USA / Germany
Ilya Fedotov-Fedorov, Russia
Valia Fetisov, Russia
“Forensic Architecture”, United Kingdom
Theaster Gates, USA
Gauri Gill, India
Marta Gornicka, Poland
Alina Gutkina, Russia
Joey Holder, United Kingdom
Elliott Hundley, USA
Pierre Huyghe, France / USA
Ali Kazma, Turkey
Nile Koetting, Japan / Germany
Siji Krishnan, India
Alexey Martins, Russia
Mathieu Merlet-Briand, France
Marie-Luce Nadal, France / Spain
Michael Najjar, Germany
Koji Nakazono, Japan
Dashi Namdakov, Russia
Uriel Orlow, Switzerland / United Kingdom
Anastasia Potemkina, Russia
Laure Prouvost, France / Belgium
Aurora Sander, Norway / Germany
Susan Schuppli, United Kingdom
Sayaka Shimada, Japan
Wieki Somers, Netherlands
Yuken Teruya, Japan / USA
Sissel Tolaas, Norway / Germany
Michael Tolmachev, Russia
Ryan Trecartin, USA
Hanna Tuulikki, Finland / United Kingdom
Alexander Vinogradov and Vladimir Dubossarsky, Russia
“Where Dogs Run”, Russia
Robert Zhao Renhui, Singapore
Marina Zurkow, USA