The seventh edition of the Biennale Internazionale dell?Arte Contemporanea of Florence was held from 5th to 13th December 2009 in the historical setting of Fortezza da Basso. Participants and guest had the chance to meet within the many conferences and events, the Honour guests: Marina Abramovic and Shu Yong.
Marina Abramovic exhibited some of her videos at the Fortezza da Basso and offered a lecture to the audience followed by a book signing and an exchange of thoughts between public and her, Shu Yong exhibited some of the paintings from the series ??Chinese Myths??.
Biennale artists from all over the world with more than 2,500 works of art and took part in the exhibition for an extraordinary encounter between different cultures, styles and languages as the ??Dialogue among Civilization?? program promotes, the Biennale has been officially participating in this program since 2001.
As always, the Biennale has seen the presence of important artists: In the 2007 edition, the "Lorenzo il Magnifico" career prize was conferred to Gilbert & George, for the 2005 edition to Christo and Jeanne-Claude and to Richard Anuszkiewicz and in 2003 to David Hockney.
This time the career prize was offered to Marina Abramovic and Shu Yong
Two members of Sculpture Network were present at the Biennale 2009, Eva Moosbrugger from Austria and Karel Vreeburg from the Netherlands.
They both were awarded in the category sculpture by the international Jury. Eva Moosbrugger won the 4th Price for her Venetian Glass Sculptures ?Anonymous Forms? . Karel Vreeburg won the 3rd Price, for his ?Mathematical and Magic Rings? in Stone.
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