Saudi Arabia Pavilion at 59th Venice Biennale of Art

The Saudi Arabia Pavilion at the Venice Biennale 2022: the artists of the pavilion, the works, the times, the periods, the cost of the tickets and the exhibition venue.

The 59th Biennale Arte will open to the public on 23 April. But on the 20th, 21st and 22nd there will be the various openings and collateral events that always suddenly animate the Venetian artistic life. The awards ceremony will take place on the day of the opening to the public.

The title of the 59th edition of the Biennale d'Arte is Il Latte dei Sogni that means The Milk of Dreams.

The invited artists are 213 from 58 countries. There are 26 Italian artists, 180 the first participations in the International Exhibition, 1433 the works and objects on display, 80 new productions.

In all, 80 nations will participate in the Venice Biennale in the pavilions at the Giardini, the Arsenale and in the historic center of Venice.

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Saudi Arabia Pavilion at 59th Biennale Arte of Venice

Press Release of Saudi Arabia Pavilion

The Saudi Pavilion at the 59th International Art Exhibition � La Biennale di Venezia presents the artist Muhannad Shono. Shono has duly created The Teaching Tree, a large-scale installation covered in dried and painted palm fronds and animated by pneumatics. The ambiguous form pierces through the length of the space and intermittentlyexpands and contracts as if breathing. This work emerges from the artist�s investigation of the line and its dichotomous potential for both creation and destruction.

Shono�s practice is driven by his rejection of rigidity and his questioning of truths and ontologies as embodied in the power of the line, the impact of writing and generation of thought. Mark and line making is fundamental to this: from his graphic novels and early illustrations to more recent robotic installations, the act of leaving a mark on any given surface is an act of exercising agency in creating and recreating.
Shono embraces ambiguity and the use of the line as a tool for creativity. In The Teaching Tree, Shono builds upon the fundamental impulse of his practice, responding to personal experience, tradition, mythology and the natural world with his exploration of the line and its (re)generative potentialities.

Shono was inspired by the figure of Al Khidr to investigate life cycles and the power of nature and regeneration.Much like this figure, The Teaching Tree grows no matter the conditions in which it finds itself. These references have created an imaginative practice that reclaims and depicts the line in a way that gives it power to become anew, to flourish, and to grow.

Linking the creative spirit to the power of nature, The Teaching Tree alludes to nature as it writhes, fighting for its survival, and ushering in hope for rebirth and new beginnings. Shono�s artwork also transmits a message of wisdom and the promise of regeneration.
The tree grows as a statement of resilience in the face of the forces that attempt to limit its span.

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