Venice Art Biennale 2019: May You Live In Interesting Times - Arsenale 

It took me seeing this video to interpret “dear” properly for myself, I see the scratches and gouges and instantly think of the damage that can be caused just a “windpipe on a throne”

The actual meaning and value of most artworks isn't in the works themselves, but in the space around and between them. They create this environment for people to ponder, wonder, get lost, be puzzled, imagine, interact, have conversations.

So many cool works here. Would love to experience this in person.

Thought Art is like a river. Beautiful n eloquent yet, deep and meaningful. These days Art has become far more complex than rocket science. God save me.

A lot of contemprary art is made with an idea of "the encounter" of new things, or familiar things in new contexts. My professor was obsessed with deleuze and this "encounter". She said it gradually opens us up to new ways of seeing and being, and to a certain extent I agree. But after going to countless of these shows, it all comes off as a huge spectacle of political conviction, entertainment, and most of all - cynical irony. If you think of the things in your life that really changed you, you would most likely point out tragedies and romance. And you would most likely conceptualize them as narratives where you acted out a role as victim, victor, child, coward, voulnerable. Which brings me back to art. In my experience, the greatest "encounters" with art that I have had has been those of recognition. Those that feel like they are relevant to me. They reveal to me some new way of enterpreting what I am, have been and could be. They are often full of atmosphere, drama and sometimes through narrative. I think that is the age old and eternal marker for great art. Contend with that in life which REALLY matters, our stories of personal triumph and tragedy. Do not be political (ideological), because then you just repeat an external belief structure without trying to find something out.

A mixed bag of works, some interesting, some less so... I wish the video incorporated the titles of the works and names of the artist though.

I love the massive installation showing hordes of art junkies elbowing each other to examine the pieces...genius.

I like the title of the show. The allusions to lights at the ends of tunnels, our crazy lives, and political goings on, are so on point.

impressive layout and presentation. I like the raw wood touch against those bricks, nice touch. would be nice to tour the rooms with very few attendees to really soak in the atmosphere and of course the works. invariably bombastic, crass -- but looks like some nice touches here. Global Reminder: Remember to attend and support independent artist/curator spaces that are punky brave & free -- this is where ALL the NEW ART begins, eventually cherry-picked by large institutions. Those spaces are where the action is and the true risks are taken. OK go get'm tigers! #askapunkasscurator

This was interesting to look at, but without admiration.

I have come to a realization in the world of Contemporary Art as in this video especially with there overwhelming Unadmirible and unimaginative works that tout their pretentious concepts and or originality commanding ever-increasing $$ That there only redeeming value to me is that it drastically enhances my enjoyment and admiration and desire for The truly and creativity of the aesthetic Artist and the real art that they create.

This vlog just saved me 15000 dollars to view this year's exhibit. Not missing much

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Thank you for the quick excursion, with no comments, which is right.

I love the way they left the wood bare. It helps remind people what things are made of and it's beautiful. I love the faces falling on the bread! LOL. I wonder if they're referencing game of thrones.

Conceptual art is, essentially, a 180 degree departure from what we have traditionally thought of as “art”. And by art, I mean the visual arts: painting, drawing, sculpture architecture etc. The big problem is that while the traditional visual arts have a millenniums long history, this new kid on the block,does not. Sculpture has evolved from The Venus of Willendorf to the Great Sphinx, the Venus De Milo, Michelangelo's David up to Rodin, the Statue of Liberty and Alexander Calder. The arts of painting and drawing can be traced back to the cave paintings of Lascaux in France to The Sistine Chapel, Monet and Degas, Mark Rothko and beyond. And through all of the changes, these art forms have stayed essentially the same:making marks on paper, canvas, wood, plaster etc. and building up forms in three dimensions as sculpture and architecture. Along with the evolution of these art genres has developed a language and a set of criteria that form standards by which such pieces can be critiqued, evaluated and placed in historical context. And while some people might like the lurid landscapes of Thomas Kinkade, his paintings are not and should not be hung alongside the landscapes of Church, Cole, van Gogh, Cézanne and Thiebaud. There IS such a thing as bad art and we know what it looks like and why! It is called esthetics. This cannot be said of Conceptual art. All sorts of crappy, bogus and hare brained stuff is piled up or strewn across the floors of museums and exalted as art because no one knows or can know what is worthy and what is not. So you get pieces of blank white paper crumpled up in a ball, three basketballs suspended in a fish tank and cans of human excrement. Welcome to the wonderful, wacky world of Conceptual art !

I like this

This is really about the group of people who decide to have this in an exhibition ,should have pictures of them on wall .

Quando assisto Arte mesmo, eu penso de como fui gerado, foi uma obra genial de Arte pura. Foi uma instalação /performance, como aquela que foi premiada na Biennale de Veneza> foi Praia total!

this is all really cool

is hard to make beautiful art with a skill

So many experts on the coments, I Wonder if they could get a little money with those very good critics

Hello...To Whomever Filmed This...Thank You

😕 If making me scratch my head was the goal, well done...I guess

This is pure pish

Wow amazing

The politicos of boredom engineering ennui, born of fascination.

Amazing

I only buy Art that goes with the colours in my living room and that makes me look cool & edgy!

Thanks!

1:15 i am literally so over this aesthetic.

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Yay!- so beautiful

I like how there are loads of crap thrown in that could be (and maybe was) gathered from high schools' art workshops or just found on junk yards. To give time to relax and contrast, to let the masterful art installations of the Biennale even more shine. (And to embarass those 'experts' admiring the crap parts. 'Hurz!')

came down here just to see the shallow comments on how shallow contemporary art is, and here they are.

1:13 Carl the Llama packs his friend a lunch :(

Did you see the other sections of the exhibition? There were some VERY cool installations and pieces! Here’s a video that shows it all! m.ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-H_6Qzb6yN5k.html

Contemporary art is going to kill itself from boredom.

The absolute lack of any meaning, coherence and beauty in contemporary art produces a kind of opposite to the stendhal syndrome, if the first is too full the other is too empty, is a form of horror vacui...But calling it a bunch of crap is good too.

The space where the show is put together is breathtaking. The sheer scale of the works presented there is just second to none. I am not a fan of video or electric powered installations because the speed in which technology moves make them so ephemeral and useless in a really short time and pointless if there is no permanent source of energy. It is like a sculpture made out of a cucumber or something. I saw beauty, I saw meaning, I saw intention, but then I saw a lot of literal garbage as well.

Does anyone know the artist at 4.30?

Really beautiful

Hello!could you tell me who is the artist of the photograph of a child holding a tablet at 6.15 and 6.34 ? Thank you in advance !

Where are the Gauguins of our generation? This video was just depressing really. I just hear that song in my head "is this all there is? is this all there iiiiiiissss....."

who brought the kid there? why? what is the reason for bringing a kid at this place?

that one guy sounded like spongebob pretending to be a plant

Thanks for sharing but didn't like all of the work especially videos.

Dude, if you manage your budget nicely, 8000-9000 USD maybe enough to cover the trip. You know, you don't have to stay in a suite at the Gritti or Aman or even the Palazzina G.

By now the Art Biennale is worsening more, maybe GOD MONEY AND FAMA is no longer interested in offering beautiful things, joy and fun and little moments of reflection, wanting this pavilion to be sad.😱😭

This looks like a horror house.

Magnifique

A shop of horrors Awful, simply awful. Conceptual contemporary art has become a repetitive competition to shock and distress the viewer, nothing more.

Who is the artist ?/Which is the title? @4:25, thanks!

I enyoy this and I have no intention (and no money) to buy this. So, why should I care?

Do you know the name of the artist of the video at 1:18 ?

Where is Jon Rafman :'C

🤑$🤑$🤑 Another year in Venice starring a whole lot of one trick pony "Artiste's " posing with their identity politricks & board room antics ~ i love it !!

Hope that I ' ll find a way to show Art of love and peace at the Biennale zu fill the world only with love and peace And Fun even dir childern!

LED Screens concept references

Why was so Erie

Pourquoi ils ne parlent jamais de leurs inspirations?

photosynthesis

Can anyone please the name of artist and the work appeared at 2:34?

03:14 who creat this!? and what's it? this is soo good!!

Banal 🌛

0:29, who is the artist? Thanks

Tizian would laugh his ass off, if he could see this.

È veramente triste che la vera ARTE è sempre più in minoranza e la spazzatura viene elevata al rango di grande ARTE... Non c'è sublimazione degli occhi né tanto meno trasporto dell'anima e volo dell'inconscio a guardare queste opere che non danno emozioni di nessun tipo. I critici ormai considerano solo coloro che pagano di più non la vera arte e la fantasia artistica...L' ARTE STA MORENDO..🤦🏻‍♀️😵

Well, that was exhausting... and I don't even have to find my way back to my hotel room while drunk.

Nothing.

Who's the artist 7:14 ?

Some of the weirdest shit I've seen ever

A bunch of crap

Yo Soy BIENal

Its all just Poetic Surrealism for Rich People to Buy

Have just added a comment to the following RU-vid Video Whitney Biennial 2019 | Contemporary Art | Showcase Why not interview the public who view the work for their responses to particular works to gauge the "authenticity" of intent by the artist? since the majority of those viewing such artworks spend just seconds on them, it would be interesting. Overall, the "same old, same old" - individuals calling themselves artists wrapped up in their own little worlds and justifying their intellectual and emotional fantasies and almost psychotic behaviour as something of importance to a world not really interested as it has better things to do. This kind of pseudo-art changes nothing really, not like those who have to make a living in the real world working at the essentials to sustain life. like labourers, farmers, builders, engineers, doctors, servicemen, etc etc etc and make it better but who in their hearts do not necessarily endorse such ways of life and actually do the real striving for something better. These viewing public spend seconds before each work which says as much about the validity and vacuousness of them, many just use the iPhones as a token gesture of interest! It is all soon forgotten......so sad.

1:09 Market stall? Just admit it, most of the stuff here is bollocks.

Modern art can't be art, it can't even play new tricks, it lacks connotation, it's a bit boring.

so, every object is some kind of mystery, or performance.

A lot of this looks cool, some questionable pieces but nothing particularly horrifying. I don’t see the big deal. Plus creepy things are interesting, you watch David Lynch to make you think not to make you feel comforted or necessarily happy

Someone call the Pretentiousness Police.

Those cartoons were beyond sheiiiiiit absolutely crap !

this art is away from reality so weird

Decepcionante, efectista. La bienal perdió su esencia.

YAWNNNNN Than more YAWNNNNN

I COULD NEVER CALL THIS ART

What a load of old bollocks.

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Serieus ? Horror...

So Contemporary Art is over... just lots of novelty ideas... time to move on

I wish I could say I was impressed....such poor show..more brain washing than artful expression

Wow, what a load of crap!

Crap

Honestly, it was a nightmarish hodgepodge of uninspiring, depressing, ugly, stuff, all lumped together under the word "art." I found myself walking through it either shocked by the hideousness or just laughing aloud at the sham these "artists" were able to pull off, by getting tourists to waste minutes of their vacation staring at their ugly heaps of crap. Unbelievable! If the original Arsenale shipbuilders could only see what an insult this exhibit is to their skills, in a space wherein they were able to construct complicated wooden ships by hand.

My opinion? The same of Ugo Fantozzi about. "La corazzata Potemkin": "per me è una cagata pazzesca"

After a week around Venice... 🤮🤮🤮 OH my! What a horrible edition!!!!

all nonsense

/.//.//. only safe work , .. here ,.. .., truly shame full./// .. holding , . as much interest as an ice cream parkour at the sea side,.. tisk, tisk,..