Vancouver International Biennale
The Vancouver International Sculpture Biennale is a non-profit organization that mounts bi-annual public art exhibitions, bringing sculptures, new media and performance works by celebrated and emerging international artist to Vancouver and surrounding area parks, beaches and urban plazas. In doing so, the Biennale creates an open-air museum that merges the natural beauty of our landscape and our love of outdoor recreation with a world-class cultural experience, all contributing to our designation as one of the most liveable cities in the world.
In addition, the Biennale produces publications, curricula, symposia, special events and a lecture series. This year, with the opening of the Canada Line, which will be featured as a venue for this exhibition, the City of Richmond has been invited to participate in this international sculpture exhibition.
The objective of the Vancouver Biennale is to celebrate art in public spaces, inviting the entire community to experience the brightest new and world renown talent in contemporary art. Through a diversity of artistic mediums, aesthetic sensibilities and cultural perspectives, an open dialogue about the art and the importance of art in public spaces begins.
The 2009-2011 Vancouver Biennale includes 30 large-scale outdoor sculptures created by 27 internationally acclaimed and emerging artist from 12 countries, making this exhibition twice as large as the inaugural Vancouver Biennale in 2005-2007. The exhibition embraces diversity in terms of the variety of mediums experienced and the exposure to a wide array of artists who work in differing cultural and aesthetic sensibilities.
Themed “in-TRANSIT-ion” the exhibition highlights an evolution in public art and our culture of mobility by including people on the move via trains, planes, buses and bikes. This Biennale supports a broader definition of public art, away from the traditional static forms toward more interactive experiences, situating art where people live, work, play and move about their daily lives.
For more information on the Vancouver Biennale visit www.vancouverbiennale.com
