Eastern European Pavilions Analyzed at 2019 Venice Biennale with Artist Interview

ARTMargins Online commissioned a series of responses to Eastern European national pavilions at the 58th International Art Exhibition—la Biennale di Venezia in 2019, focusing on how curators addressed nationhood and representation in a region shaped by a Socialist past and contemporary nationalism and neo-liberal policies. The publication included an interview with Berlin-based artist Maria Loboda. Specific pavilions covered were the Polish Pavilion featuring Roman Stańczak's 'Allegories of Flight', the Russian Pavilion discussed by Kriss Ravetto-Biagioli in 'Masters on Masters: When the Biennale Goes Meta', the Pavilion of Bosnia and Herzegovina with Danica Dakić's 'Zenica Trilogy' titled 'Heart, Hands, and a Shovel', the Croatian Pavilion presenting Igor Grubić's 'Traces of Disappearing (In Three Acts)' analyzed by Sven Spieker, and the Pavilion of the Republic of North Macedonia explored by Maja Ćirić in 'Parole, Parole (As a Counter-Hegemonic Gesture): Red Discussion No. 2'. Additionally, Cristina Baldacci and Marysia Lewandowska discussed Lewandowska's work 'It’s About Time' in a piece titled 'Era ora!'. The responses were published on September 23, 2019, aiming to parse contemporary approaches in these pavilions.