Artists announced for Biennial
Date Posted: Friday, March 07, 2008Author: Bermuda Network News
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Thee Bermuda National Gallery has announced the artists whose work has been selected for this year’s Bacardi Limited Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary Bermuda Art.
The Biennial opens to the public on April 25 and features 86 works from 41 local artists, chosen from an entry of more than 250 works from 68 artists.
The international jurors for this year’s Biennial were Mark Krisco, Artist, Curator, and instructor, Art Institute of Chicago and Franklin Sirmans, Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at the Menil Collection, Houston, Texas.
Mr. Krisco said: “While I certainly found the quality of the work generally high, it primarily was the range of the works that was most impressive to me as this suggests achanging - which is to say vibrantly alive - cultural landscape. Artists appear to be embracing two traditions both their own and the world. I consider myself very lucky indeed to be exposed to this emerging beauty and integrity.”