EXHIBITION

Map of the New Art

Inaugurated at the Fondazione Giorgio Cini, on the Island of San Giorgio Maggiore, in conjunction with the 56th Biennale, the exhibition represents the five continents, with collections from more than 40 countries and native peoples, for a total of 6,930 artists with 10×12 cm works.

1 September - 1 November 2015

Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Isola di San Giorgio Maggiore, Venice

Curated by

Imago Mundi Foundation

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From Imago Mundi Collection

Afghanistan

Algeria

Australian Aboriginal Paintings from the Central and Western Deserts

Austria

Brazil

Bulgaria

Caribbean

Chile

Colombia

Croatia

Cuba

Denmark

Germany

Greece

Hungary

Iran

Israel

Italy

Jordan

Latvia

Mexico

Nigeria

North American Indigenous Artists

North Korea

Philippines

Saudi Arabia

South Africa

Spain

Sweden

Switzerland

Syria

Thailand

Tibet

Tunisia

U.S.A

Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi

In the current climate of arrested utopias, attacks on cultural heritage, assaults on imagination and knowledge, Luciano Benetton’s global art project presents the exhibition Map of the New Art, offering an art without borders that breaks the silence, transcends differences, pushes civilization towards new horizons.

With a quality and quantity of protagonists (renown and emerging), artworks, languages and ideas that make it both original and unique, Map of the New Art «has a very special significance», says Luciano Benetton. «In a certain sense, the vast numbers of artists present reproduce the world I would ideally like. A world without borders and without political, ideological or religious barriers. Where people work for beauty. And where diversity and freedom of expression are seen as a great wealth. I often say that if it were up to artists, there would be no wars. This is why every new artist, collection, people and nation of Imago Mundi adds a creative and impassioned piece to that map of the new art which we hope will come to include the lands of Utopia, of hope and of peace».

While inside the rooms of the Giorgio Cini Foundation is hosted the Imago Mundi collections, outside the Foundation, visitors are greeted by an installation designed by Tobia Scarpa formed of five flags (4 metres high), each displaying a work representing one of the five continents in a symbolic welcome to the global and creative territory of Imago Mundi.

Inauguration Video