Spanish pavilion explained

The Spanish pavilion houses Spain's national representation during the Venice Biennale arts festivals.

Organization and building

The pavilion was designed and built by Francisco Javier de Luque between 1921 and 1922. While its façade shows influence of 17th century Spanish Baroque architecture, its internal layout is similar to that of the German Pavilion, for a kind of uniformity in the early Giardini buildings. The painter-architect Joaquín Vaquero Palacios restored the pavilion in 1952 and made its façade more modern, with a continuous brick face.

Representation by year

Art

• 1954 — Miguel Ortiz Berrocal
• 1958 — Eduardo Chillida
• 1970 — Gaston Orellana
• 1984 — Antoni Clavé
• 1988 — Jorge Oteiza, Susana Solano^[1]
• 1990 — Antoni Miralda^[2]
• 1993 — Antoni Tàpies
• 1999 — Manolo Valdés, Esther Ferrer (Curator: David Pérez)
• 2001 — Ana Laura Aláez, Javier Pérez (Curator: Estrella de Diego)
• 2003 — Santiago Sierra (Curator: Rosa Martínez)
• 2005 — Antoni Muntadas (Curator: Bartomeu Marí)
• 2007 — Manuel Vilariño, José Luis Guerín, "Los Torreznos", Rubén Ramos (Curator: Alberto Ruiz de Samaniego)
• 2009 — Miquel Barceló (Curator: Enrique Juncosa)
• 2011 — Dora García (Curator: Katya García-Antón)
• 2013 — Lara Almarcegui (Curator: Octavio Zaya)
• 2015 — Francesc Ruiz, Pepo Salazar, Cabello/Carceller + Salvador Dalí (Curator: Martí Manen)
• 2017 — Jordi Colomer (Curator: Manuel Segade)^{[3] [4]}
• 2019 — Itziar Okariz, Sergio Prego (Curator: Peio Aguirre)
• 2022 — Ignasi Aballí (Curator: Beatriz Espejo)^[5]

Bibliography

• Web site: Russeth . Andrew . The Venice Biennale: Everything You Could Ever Want to Know . . 2019-04-17 . en-US . 2019-04-22 . mdy-all .
• Book: Volpi, Cristiana . Re Rebaudengo . Adele . 2013 . Pavilions and Garden of Venice Biennale . Spain . 171 . Contrasto . Rome . 978-88-6965-440-4 .

Further reading

• Cone . Michèle C. . Antoni Muntadas . . 104 . 7 . 194 . 2005 . 0004-3273 . . mdy-all .
• Book: Torrent . Rosalía Escalpés . A century of Spanish art abroad: Spanish art at the Venice Biennale 1895–2003 . 2004 . English . 978-84-7506-611-0 . Turner . Madrid . 696016335 . mdy-all .

Notes and References

1. Michael Brenson (June 27, 1988), As Venice Biennale Opens, Jasper Johns Takes the Spotlight New York Times.
2. [Michael Kimmelman]
3. http://www.elcultural.com/noticias/arte/Jordi-Colomer-representara-a-Espana-en-la-Bienal-de-Venecia/9957 Jordi Colomer representará a España en la Bienal de Venecia
4. https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2017/may/15/venice-biennale-slaps-drenchings-and-dobermans-on-the-prowl
5. José da Silva (17 December 2021), Venice Biennale 2022: all the national pavilions, artists and curators The Art Newspaper.