Wendelien van Oldenborgh selected for Dutch Pavilion at 2017 Venice Biennale
Wendelien van Oldenborgh will create new work for the Netherlands' presentation at the 57th Venice Biennale in 2017. The Mondriaan Fund commissioned the Dutch artist and filmmaker for this project. Curator Lucy Cotter, previously co-director of Amsterdam's Public Space With a Roof, will organize the exhibition. Their concept examines how Dutch national identity was rebuilt during the 1950s and considers contemporary manifestations. Van Oldenborgh's experimental film From Left To Night (2015) remains on view at Wilfried Lentz Rotterdam through July 3, 2016.
Key facts
- Wendelien van Oldenborgh represents the Netherlands at the 57th Venice Biennale
- The event occurs in 2017
- The Mondriaan Fund commissioned the new work
- Lucy Cotter serves as curator
- Cotter was former co-director of Public Space With a Roof in Amsterdam
- The proposal explores Dutch national identity reconstruction in the 1950s
- Van Oldenborgh's film From Left To Night (2015) shows at Wilfried Lentz Rotterdam until July 3, 2016
- Van Oldenborgh is a Dutch artist and filmmaker
Entities
Artists
- Wendelien van Oldenborgh
- Lucy Cotter
Institutions
- Mondriaan Fund
- Public Space With a Roof
- Wilfried Lentz Rotterdam
- Venice Biennale
Locations
- Amsterdam
- Netherlands
- Rotterdam
- Venice
- Italy