<a href="index.php?page=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbortolozzi.com%2Fanne-imhof%2F" target="_blank" target="_blank">Anne Imhof</a>'s Golden Lion-winning "Faust" involves a five-hour performance in which the the audience is immersed in a world of music, sadness and sexuality.
Germany: "Faust" by Anne Imhof —
Anne Imhof's Golden Lion-winning "Faust" involves a five-hour performance in which the the audience is immersed in a world of music, sadness and sexuality.
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Performers acted in groups or alone, tussling with each other or staring despondently.
Germany: "Faust" by Anne Imhof —
Performers acted in groups or alone, tussling with each other or staring despondently.
Courtesy Nadine Fraczkowski/La Biennale di Venezia
With this Las Vegas-style light installation, <a href="index.php?page=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pkmgallery.com%2Fartists%2Fcody-choi%2F" target="_blank" target="_blank">Cody Choi</a> wanted to highlight how travel has become a show of wealth.
South Korea: "Venetian Rhapsody, The Power of Bluff" (2016-2017) by Cody Choi —
With this Las Vegas-style light installation, Cody Choi wanted to highlight how travel has become a show of wealth.
Courtesy Cody Choi/Riccardo Tosetto
Using a specially developed algorithm, <a href="index.php?page=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.313artproject.com%2Fartists%2Fwan-lee%2F%3Fckattempt%3D1" target="_blank" target="_blank">Lee Wan</a> calculated how much time people around the world have to work in order to afford a meal. The more they have to work, the faster the hands on their clock turn.
South Korea: "Proper Time: Though the Dreams Revolve with the Moon" (2017) by Lee Wan —
Using a specially developed algorithm, Lee Wan calculated how much time people around the world have to work in order to afford a meal. The more they have to work, the faster the hands on their clock turn.
Courtesy Lee Wan
Visitors interact with <a href="index.php?page=&url=https%3A%2F%2Focula.com%2Fartists%2Ftakahiro-iwasaki%2F" target="_blank" target="_blank">Iwasaki'</a>s installation, a selection of three-dimensional works made from everyday objects such as towels and plastic garbage.
Japan: "Turned Upside Down, It's a Forest" (2017) by Takahiro Iwasaki —
Visitors interact with Iwasaki's installation, a selection of three-dimensional works made from everyday objects such as towels and plastic garbage.
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<a href="index.php?page=&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ica.art%2Fnought-sixty-artists-index%2Fjesse-jones" target="_blank" target="_blank">Jesse Jones</a>' "Tremble Tremble," created for the Irish Pavilion, is a combination of performance, film and installation, and attempts to reclaim the witch as a feminist symbol.
Ireland: "Tremble Tremble" (2017) by Jesse Jones —
Jesse Jones' "Tremble Tremble," created for the Irish Pavilion, is a combination of performance, film and installation, and attempts to reclaim the witch as a feminist symbol.
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Belgian-born, Mexico-based artist <a href="index.php?page=&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffrancisalys.com%2F" target="_blank" target="_blank">Francis Alÿs</a> (left) presented new work made while visiting an Iraqi refugee camp, and while embedded with a Kurdish soldiers during a Mosul campaign in 2016, exploring the role of the artist in war.
Iraq: Francis Alÿs and the Ruya Foundation —
Belgian-born, Mexico-based artist Francis Alÿs (left) presented new work made while visiting an Iraqi refugee camp, and while embedded with a Kurdish soldiers during a Mosul campaign in 2016, exploring the role of the artist in war.
Courtesy Akam Shex Hadi/Ruya Foundation
For the first time in history a Nigerian Pavilion made its debut at the 57th Venice Biennale. Nigeria now joins African countries such as Kenya, South Africa, Angola, Zimbabwe and Mozambique who have all had pavilions during the exhibition's 122-year history. <br /><br />"Flying Girls" by Nigerian visual artist <a href="index.php?page=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pejualatise.com%2Fartist-statement%2F" target="_blank" target="_blank">Peju Alatise</a>, is based on the story of a housemaid who dreams of a realm where she is free to fly.
Nigeria: "Flying Girls" (2016) by Peju Alatise —
For the first time in history a Nigerian Pavilion made its debut at the 57th Venice Biennale. Nigeria now joins African countries such as Kenya, South Africa, Angola, Zimbabwe and Mozambique who have all had pavilions during the exhibition's 122-year history.

"Flying Girls" by Nigerian visual artist Peju Alatise, is based on the story of a housemaid who dreams of a realm where she is free to fly.
Visitors admire the artwork "Oracle" by US artist <a href="index.php?page=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.saatchigallery.com%2Fartists%2Fmark_bradford.htm" target="_blank" target="_blank">Mark Bradford</a>, representing the American Pavilion.
USA: "Oracle" (2017) by Mark Bradford —
Visitors admire the artwork "Oracle" by US artist Mark Bradford, representing the American Pavilion.
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The Russian Pavilion presented "Theatrum Orbis", which imagines a dystopian future, by visual artists and sculptors <a href="index.php?page=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.marlboroughgallery.com%2Fgalleries%2Fgraphics%2Fartists%2Fgrisha-bruskin%2Fgraphics" target="_blank" target="_blank">Grisha Bruskin</a>, <a href="index.php?page=&url=http%3A%2F%2Frecycleartgroup.com%2F" target="_blank" target="_blank">Recycle Group</a> and <a href="index.php?page=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpirogovasasha.com%2F" target="_blank" target="_blank">Sasha Pirogova</a>.
Russia: "Theatrum Orbis" exhibition —
The Russian Pavilion presented "Theatrum Orbis", which imagines a dystopian future, by visual artists and sculptors Grisha Bruskin, Recycle Group and Sasha Pirogova.
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