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DAVID GOLDENBERG
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PERSONAL STRUCTURES
55ª Esposizione Internazionale d’Arte la Biennale di Venezia
Palazzo Bembo, Rialto, Canal Grande
Riva del Carbon, San Marco 4785, Venice, Italy
Press VIP Opening: May 28 – 31, 013.
Opening Party: May 28, 29, 30, 31 from 6.00 PM to 10.00 PM.
From the 1st of June to the 24 of November, 2013.
Opened daily, from 10.00 AM to 6.00 PM. Closed on Tuesday.
Curated by Francesca Crudo, Sarah Gold, Carol Rolla, Valeria Romagnini for GLOBAL
ART AFFAIRS FOUNDATION.
The gallery Glenda Cinquegrana: the Studio is pleased to announce the participation
of the artist David Goldenberg in PERSONAL STRUCTURES, exhibition included in the
collateral events of the 55ª Esposizione Internazionale d’Arte la Biennale di Venezia,
which will take place in the wonderful Venetian location of the Palazzo Bembo, on
Grand Canal, curated by Francesca Crudo, Sarah Gold, Carol Rolla, Valeria Romagnini
per la Global Art Affairs.
The exhibition PERSONAL STRUCTURES included in collateral events of 55ª
Esposizione Internazionale d’Arte la Biennale di Venezia brings together an
extraordinary combination of established artists next to artists whose oeuvre is less known.
Coming from different parts of the world and using different media, what they have in
common is a dedication to the concepts of Time – Space and Existence. The exhibition features
a broad variety of artistic media, such as: videos, sculptures, paintings, photos, installations
with light, wallpaper and performance, where each artist in the exhibition presents recent
artworks, either site-specific, especially made for this exhibition, or coming directly from the
artist’s studio.
The invited artists for 2013 are:
Chul Hyun Ahn (KOR), Yoshitaka Amano (JPN), Alice Anderson (GBR), Jan-Erik
Andersson (FIN), Axel Anklam (DEU), Yifat Bezalel (ISR), Hans Bischoffshausen (AUT), Djawid
Borower (DEU), Faiza Butt (PAK), Mimmo Catania (ITA), Genia Chef (RUS), Chen Ping (CHN),
Canal Cheong Jagerroos (CHN), Karlyn De Jongh (NLD), Scott Eady (NZL), Toshikatsu Endo
(JPN), Carole Feuerman (USA), Cristiana Fioretti (ITA), Dale Frank (AUS), Chris Fraser (USA),
Marc Fromm (DEU), Sally Gabori (AUS), Jakob Gasteiger (AUT), Darryn George (NZL), Selby
Ginn (AUS), David Goldenberg (GBR), Gotthard Graubner (DEU), Kimberley Gundle (ZAF),
Laura Gurton (USA), Patrick Hamilton (CHL), Anne Herzbluth (DEU), Per Hess (NOR), Hirofumi
Isoya (JPN), Sam Jinks (AUS), Grzegorz Klatka (POL), Rori Knudtson (NOR), Mehdi-Georges
Lahlou (FRA), James Lavadour (USA), Helmut Lemke (DEU), Luce (LVA), Heinz Mack (DEU),
Michele Manzini (ITA), Christopher Martin (USA), Christian Megert (CHE), Herre Methorst
(NLD), David Middlebrook (USA), Atelier Morales (CUB), Peter Simon Mühlhäußer (DEU),
Hermann Nitsch (AUT), Yoko Ono (JPN), Roman Opalka (FRA), Otto Piene (DEU), Uli Pohl
(DEU), Triny Prada (FRA), Qin Chong (CHN), Stefanus Rademeyer (ZAF), Nicola Rae (GBR),
Arnulf Rainer (AUT), Bogdan Rata (ROU), Thomas Riess (AUT), Rene Rietmeyer (NLD), Yhonnie
Scarce (AUS), Wilhelm Scherübl (AUT), Dmitry Shorin (RUS), Nitin Shroff (IND), The Icelandic
Love Corporation (ISL), Monika Thiele (DEU), Michele Tombolini (ITA), Stefan Toth (CZE), Suh
Jeong Min (KOR), VALIE EXPORT (AUT), Elena & Vitaliy Vasiliev (UKR), Ben Vautier (FRA),
Raphael Vella (MLT), André Wagner (DEU), Xing Xin (CHN), Plamen Yordanov (BGR), Zhang Yu
(CHN).
In this exposition, David Goldenberg presents us with a site-specific project entitled
The Transformation of Art, the ideal outcome of his recent research into the development of
Post Autonomy space as a privileged venue for the renovation of artistic and cultural language.
Goldenberg’s research sets out from the proposition that the structure of contemporary
artistic production, as part of a Eurocentric artistic tradition, is suffering from a profound crisis,
both financial and cultural. Goldenberg, who has repeatedly denounced this status quo,
maintains that it manifests itself particularly as a crisis of language. Following an extended
conceptual reflection which resulted in the continuous inhabiting of the Post Autonomy Space,
the ideal venue for free and autonomous research, the artist now suggests a number of
solutions for its renewal: in Participating Cultures, which are ‘involved in creating new concepts
for their cultures, which are linked neither to the past nor to Western Modernism, but to
concepts which are as of yet unknown’.
The Participating Cultures are present in the creative space of the exhibition by means
of a participatory practice expressed in a program of online debates and activities which,
through the production of mental maps, text works and diagrams, seeks to trace a way out
of the current state of impasse and disorientation. The map is the primary symbol of this
attempt at reform which, by stepping outside of the cultural model of the Biennial, finds in the
reciprocal relationship between European and non-European cultures the basic elements for
reinventing cultural structures and reformulating the goals and objectives of Contemporary Art
as such.
The exhibition PERSONAL STRUCTURES is part of an international art project. It was
initiated in 2002 by the Dutch artist Rene Rietmeyer, who noticed that even in the most
distant corners of the world, there are artists working with Time – Space and Existence,
thereby expressing themselves in a very personal way. This observation led to the idea of
bringing several of these artists together in publications, exhibitions and symposia.
Biography of the Artist
David Goldenberg, (Hitchin, Hertfordshire, UK, 1956) is an important English conceptual artist.Main solo shows. For years, his research has been concentrated on the Post Autonomy concept, whichhe has developed in a number of shows held at important international institutions, standing out amongst th are the recent Italian show at Glenda Cinquegrana the Studio of Milan, The Scenarios of Post
Autonomy on September 2012, followed by the performance In search of Post Autonomy staged at Palazzo
Isimbardi, Milan, with the patronage of Provincia di Milano. To those shows we can add Template – Mobile
Documenta, Chisenhale Studios, London (2011), The Space of Post Autonomy, Arts Depot, Vienna
(2011), Plausible Artworlds, Basekamp, Philadelphia (2010), Mobile Documenta, Fordham Gallery, London
(2009), The Time of Post Autonomy is Now, Your space, Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, Holland (2009),
The Space of Post Autonomy, Local Operations, Serpentine Gallery, London (2007).
Main group exhibitions. Goldenberg has participated in a number of collective shows of
international stature, the Berlin Biennal (2012), the Second Biennial of
Mongolia (2010), the tenth Istanbul Biennial (2007), and the Sixth Sharjah Biennial,
United Arab Emirates (2003). To these must be added the exhibitions at international public institutions,
such as Jump Into Cold Water, Shedhalle, Zurich (2006), Century City, Tate Modern, London (2001), Out
of Space, Kolnischerkustverein, Germany (2000).
Selected Bibliography. Plausible Artworlds, Basekamp, 2013; Atlantica, 48/49, 2010, Netwerk Center for
Contemporary Art Annual, 2007, Les Merveilles du monde, by Jane Lee, a White Window Project, 2006;
Postautonomie, Edited by StefanBeck, Gutleut Verlaug, 2006; Art Anthology, DuMont Literatur und Kunst Verlag,
Cologne, 2004; New Media in Late Twentieth Century Art, by Michael Rush, Thames and Hudson book Ed., London,
1995; Installation Art, by Michael Petry, Thames and Hudson Book Ed., London, 1993.
The Post Autonomy Group is made of following artists:
Ozlem Kalmaz (born in Izmir, Turkey, 1980), an artist based in Izmir, Turkey.
Bahram Khalilov (born in Baku Azerbaijan, 1970)Chairman of the United Artists’ Club (BRK), collaborator of the Caspian Sea Biennial, graphic designer of the Arts magazine (İncəsənət) and the creative director for the Centre of Contemporary Art (MiM) in Baku.
Helen Kirwan (born in Dublin, Ireland, 1949), English based lecturer and artist with
an understanding and research into Post Autonomy. She has led a partial research into methodologies
related to materialist practices, including institutional critique and participatory practices, which are
appropriate for this project.
Kate Kotcheff (born in London, 1965), English based filmmaker and artist, Kate
will take responsibility for producing an in-depth documentary on the project.
Andrea Lind-Valdan (born in Copenaghen, Danemark, 1985), is a Danish artist who has
collaborated with the group on previous occasions, particularly in the online performance and
communication in Milan (In Search of Post Autonomy, Palazzo Isimbardi, November 2012 Milan).
Ioana Pioaru (born in Pucioasa, Romania, 1986) is a Romanian artist and designer. She has
experienced working on the Post Autonomy project for a year and a half, having the opportunity to
design, edit and produce four publications. She also assisted on the show in Milan (The Scenarios of Post
Autonomy, Glenda Cinquegrana: the Studio, Milan, 2012); then collaborated on performance in Milan (In
Search of Post Autonomy, Palazzo Isimbardi, November 2012). She played an integral role in the
production of the Venice Biennale project.
Wim Salki (born in Kerkade, The Netherlands, 1960) is a Dutch based artist with considerable
in-depth understanding of installation art and participatory practices, the concept of Post Autonomy,
multiculturalism. He has photographic skills and multi-media. He has worked at the highest levels
including Manifesta and Sharjah Biennial. His research and long term investigations into the effects of
neo-liberalism are particularly significant for the Venice Biennal project.
For further informations and images on the show Personal Structures, please contact the curators
Sarah Gold: +39 349 088 9763 | Carol Rolla +39 328 606 6298
info@globalartaffairs.org.
www.globalartaffairs.org | www.personalstructures.org | www.venice-exhibitions.org
For further informations and images on DAVID GOLDENBERG’s 55ª Venice Biennal project
The Transformation of Art at PERSONAL STRUCTURES, please contact the gallery +39 02/89695586 ot
at the e-mail: press@glendacinquegrana.com.
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The gallery Glenda Cinquegrana: the Studio follows the most recent trends in Italian and
international art. An exhibition space designed for private enjoyment, it was inspired by the creation of
new means of communicating with the public, nearer to the one-to-one and on-demand models.
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Con questa e-mail la galleria Glenda Cinquegrana: the Studio ha il piacere di comunicarle che
Palazzo Bembo, Rialto, Canal Grande
Riva del Carbon, San Marco 4785, Venezia, Italia
Opening Party: 28, 29, 30, 31 maggio dalle 18.00 alle 22.00.
Aperto tutti i giorni, dalle 10.00 – 18.00. Chiuso il martedì.

David Goldenberg (2013), The Transformation of Art, Visualisation #1, 3D model, B&W photograph, card, corrugated board, Cm 60 x 50 x 40. Courtesy Glenda Cinquegrana: the Studio.
Per questa esposizione, David Goldenberg presenta il progetto site – specific intitolato The Trasformation of Art, che costituisce un’ideale conseguenza della sua recente ricerca sullo sviluppo dello spazio della Post Autonomy, quale sede privilegiata di rinnovamento del linguaggio artistico e culturale.Per scaricare l’invito all’inaugurazione, può cliccare al link sottostante:INVITO (PDF – 4 MB)
Per leggere il Comunicato Stampa completo e vedere le immagini del lavoro di Goldenberg per la Biennale, può cliccare ai links sottostanti:
COMUNICATO STAMPA ( ITA – PDF 164 KB) - (PRESS IMAGES – ZIP 2.7 MB )

PERSONAL STRUCTURES
PV 28th May 2013
Opens 1st June
Closes 24th November
CURATED BY: FRANCESCA CRUDO, SARAH GOLD, CAROL ROLLA AND VALERIA ROMANINI.
THE INVITED ARTISTS ARE:
Chul Hyun Ahn (KOR), Yoshitaka Amano (JPN), Alice Anderson (GBR), Jan-Erik Andersson (FIN), Axel Anklam (DEU), Yifat Bezalel (ISR), Hans Bischoffshausen (AUT), Djawid Borower (DEU), Faiza Butt (PAK), Mimmo Catania (ITA), Genia Chef (RUS), Chen Ping (CHN), Canal Cheong Jagerroos (CHN), Karlyn De Jongh (NLD), Scott Eady (NZL), Toshikatsu Endo (JPN), Carole Feuerman (USA), Cristiana Fioretti (ITA), Dale Frank (AUS), Chris Fraser (USA), Marc Fromm (DEU), Sally Gabori (AUS), Jakob Gasteiger (AUT), Darryn George (NZL), Selby Ginn (AUS), David Goldenberg (GBR), Gotthard Graubner (DEU), Kimberley Gundle (ZAF), Laura Gurton (USA), Patrick Hamilton (CHL), Anne Herzbluth (DEU), Per Hess (NOR), Hirofumi Isoya (JPN), Sam Jinks (AUS), Grzegorz Klatka (POL), Rori Knudtson (NOR), Mehdi-Georges Lahlou (FRA), James Lavadour (USA), Helmut Lemke (DEU), Luce (LVA), Heinz Mack (DEU), Michele Manzini (ITA), Christopher Martin (USA), Christian Megert (CHE), Herre Methorst (NLD), David Middlebrook (USA), Atelier Morales (CUB), Peter Simon Mühlhäußer (DEU), Hermann Nitsch (AUT), Yoko Ono (JPN), Roman Opalka (FRA), Otto Piene (DEU), Uli Pohl (DEU), Triny Prada (FRA), Qin Chong (CHN), Stefanus Rademeyer (ZAF), Nicola Rae (GBR), Arnulf Rainer (AUT), Bogdan Rata (ROU), Thomas Riess (AUT), Rene Rietmeyer (NLD), Yhonnie Scarce (AUS), Wilhelm Scherübl (AUT), Dmitry Shorin (RUS), Nitin Shroff (IND), The Icelandic Love Corporation (ISL), Monika Thiele (DEU), Michele Tombolini (ITA), Stefan Toth (CZE), Suh Jeong Min (KOR), VALIE EXPORT (AUT), Elena & Vitaliy Vasiliev (UKR), Ben Vautier (FRA), Raphael Vella (MLT), André Wagner (DEU), Xing Xin (CHN), Plamen Yordanov (BGR), Zhang Yu (CHN).
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New Book Plausible artworlds published by Baskamp.
Published March 2013. Includes images of recent post autonomy projects and interview by David Goldenberg
Weekly Online talks and events
The Language of Post Autonomy
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Participating Cultures
A series of events and discussions looking at the process to generate concepts and language appropriate to developing Post Autonomy as a program for Transforming Art.
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Tuesday 26.2.2013
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