phantom limb stone garden by vanessa beecroft at venice biennale
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for the installation ‘le membre fantôme’, vanessa beecroft takes the visitor back to the classical language of sculpture through a conceptual perspective, leading us towards an intimate gallery room inhabited by timeless statuary. shown at the 2015 venice biennale, beecroft presents a scene that is visible only at a distance, where the viewer must look through a crevice carved out of two marble walls.

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view before the two marble stone walls have been mounted in front of the setting. visitors could not view the entire installation at once.
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through the panels, we see fragments of a stone garden, rich in archaeological allures and echoes of early twentieth century avant-garde. the archive of memory is here a tribute in bronze – placed at the centre of the installation – to marcel duchamp’s ‘étant donnés’, a reference model for her research that combines personal memories, historical and artistic impressions and a conceptual tension.

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‘le membre fantôme’ echoes the early twentieth century avant-garde
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vanessa beecroft venice biennale designboom
vanessa beecroft takes the visitor back to the classical language of sculpture through a conceptual perspective
image © designboom

vanessa beecroft italian pavilion venice art biennale
the installation presents fragments of a stone garden, rich in archaeological allures
image courtesy of codiceitalia

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visitors can only view the installation from afar, between the crevice of two marble walls
image © designboom

vanessa beecroft venice biennale designboom
image © designboom

vanessa beecroft venice biennale designboom
image © designboom 

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composition of the bronze bodies
photo by fulvio ambrosio

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installing the stone slabs in the exhibition
photo by fulvio ambrosio

vanessa beecroft italian pavilion venice art biennale


transporting a figure into in the italian pavilion
photo by fulvio ambrosio

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