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Using found and handmade materials, Kris Lemsalu creates sculptures, installations and performances which merge animals and humans, nature and culture, and abjection and beauty. Her participation at Venice Biennale was announced by The Center for Contemporary Arts, Estonia, alongside the news that the Estonian Pavilion will be located on the island of Giudecca, where it will be housed in an industrial building.
Her project for Venice Biennale titled FUNTAIN is described as a hybrid “real and fairy-tale fantasy world”, moving away from some of the fatalistic themes she’s explored in past works. As Krist Gruijthuijsen, the director of the KW Institute for Contemporary Art, explained, Lemsalu was elected for her “deep sense of place and her intention to create a whole piece of work from the pavilion area and its context.”
Featured image: Kris Lemsalu, Car2Go, 2016. Courtesy the artist; Koppe Astner, Glasgow; Temnikova & Kasela Gallery, Tallinn
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