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Biennale d'Art Contemporain.


VARIOUS VENUES

This seventh installation of the Lyon Biennale The name Biennale is Italian and means "every other year", describing an event that happens every 2 years. One of the most important Biennales is an art exhibition that takes place for three months in Venice — the Venice Biennale — but there are numerous others:
 might prove to be this year's idiosyncratic id·i·o·syn·cra·sy  
n. pl. id·i·o·syn·cra·sies
1. A structural or behavioral characteristic peculiar to an individual or group.

2. A physiological or temperamental peculiarity.

3.
 jewel. Organizers Anne Pontegnie (Brussels), Bob Nickas (New York New York, state, United States
New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of
), and Consortium curators Xavier Douroux, Franck Gautherot, and Eric Troncy (Dijon) aim to return primacy to the art, in part by ignoring the "who's hot" expediency of other big shows. The Lyon team's mix of around fifty artists is both curious and sound. There's work by '60s/'70s visionaries Betty Tompkins, Robert Grosvenor Robert Grosvenor may refer to several people, including:
  • Sir Robert Grosvenor, 6th Baronet (d. 1755)
  • Robert Grosvenor, 1st Marquess of Westminster (1767-1845)
  • Robert Grosvenor, 1st Baron Ebury (1801-1893)
  • Robert Grosvenor, 5th Duke of Westminster (1910-1979)
, and Gustav Metzger (with a rare Liquid Crystal projection); new films from Rodney Graham and Hiram Sawa; and installations by Lily van der Stokker, Larry Clark, and Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster. And you really can't miss the dazzling kaleidoscope by the artists formerly known as forcefield--it's that big. Sept. 17-Jan. 4.
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Title Annotation:fifty international artists to celebrate Lyon Biennale; Lyon
Author:Lafreniere, Steve
Publication:Artforum International
Article Type:Brief Article
Date:Sep 1, 2003
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