The British Pavilion for the 55th International Art Exhibition - la Biennale di Venezia
The British Council is pleased to announce Jeremy Deller as the artist representing Britain at the Venice Biennale in 2013.
The British Council has commissioned artists to represent Britain at the Venice Biennale, celebrating the best of British Art since 1938 and Deller is the 19th artist to be selected for a solo presentation.
The British Council's commission follows on from two key projects last year: Deller's mid-career retrospective, Joy In People, which opened at the Hayward and is currently touring the US, and Sacrilege (2012), his life-size inflatable version of Stonehenge which toured around the UK during the summer.
Deller's exhibition will be launched during the official press days (vernissage) on 29th, 30th and 31st May, and open to the public from 1st June - 24th November 2013.
British Council's Visual Arts Department is online at www.britishcouncil.org/visualarts
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 Jeremy Deller portrait, image courtesy of the artist 2012, photo James Hutchinson Download |  Jeremy Deller, The Battle of Orgreave (An Injury to One is an Injury to All), 2001, Courtesy of the Artist, art: concept, Paris, Gavin Brown's enterprise, New York, and The Modern Institute/Toby Webster Ltd, Glasgow, Photo by Parisah Taghizadeh Download |  Jeremy Deller, Our Hobby is Depeche Mode 2006, Masha at St Petersburg Airport, Courtesy of the Artist, art: concept, Paris, Gavin Brown's enterprise, New York, and The Modern Institute/Toby Webster Ltd, Glasgow Download | |||
 Jeremy Deller, Bless This Acid House 2012, Painting on door, Courtesy of the Artist, art: concept, Paris, Gavin Brown's enterprise, New York, and The Modern Institute/Toby Webster Ltd, Glasgow, Photo by Mark Blower Download |  Jeremy Deller: Sacrilege, 2012. Commissioned by Glasgow International Festival of Visual Art 2012. Courtesy of the Artist, art: concept, Paris, Gavin Brown's enterprise, New York, and The Modern Institute/Toby Webster Ltd, Glasgow. Photo: Angela Catlin Download |  Jeremy Deller: Sacrilige Greenwich, 2012. Courtesy of the Artist, art: concept, Paris, Gavin Brown's enterprise, New York, and The Modern Institute/Toby Webster Ltd, Glasgow. Photo: Jeremy Deller Download | |||
 Jeremy Deller: Sacrilige Greenwich, 2012. Courtesy of the Artist, art: concept, Paris, Gavin Brown's enterprise, New York, and The Modern Institute/Toby Webster Ltd, Glasgow. Photo: Jeremy Deller Download |  Jeremy Deller: Sacrilige Greenwich, 2012. Courtesy of the Artist, art: concept, Paris, Gavin Brown's enterprise, New York, and The Modern Institute/Toby Webster Ltd, Glasgow. Photo: Jeremy Deller Download |  Jeremy Deller, So Many Ways to Hurt You (The Life and Times of Adrian Street) 2010, Film still, Courtesy of the Artist, art: concept, Paris, Gavin Brown's enterprise, New York, and The Modern Institute/Toby Webster Ltd, Glasgow Download | |||
 Jeremy Deller, It Is What It Is 2009,The car in front of a mural depicting the fall of Bagdhad near 29 Palms, California, Courtesy of the Artist, art: concept, Paris, Gavin Brown's enterprise, New York, and The Modern Institute/Toby Webster Ltd, Glasgow Download |  Jeremy Deller, Rejected Tube Map Cover Illustration 2007, Screenprint on paper. Courtesy of the Artist, art: concept, Paris, Gavin Brown's enterprise, New York, and The Modern Institute/Toby Webster Ltd, Glasgow. Photo: Ruth Clark Download |  Jeremy Deller, Exodus 2012, Film Still. Courtesy of the Artist, art: concept, Paris, Gavin Brown's enterprise, New York, and The Modern Institute/ Toby Webster Ltd, Glasgow Download | |||
 Jeremy Deller: Our Hobby is Depeche Mode, 2006, Depeche Mode Fans, St Petersburg. Courtesy of the Artist, art: concept, Paris, Gavin Brown's enterprise, New York, and The Modern Institute/ Toby Webster Ltd, Glasgow. Photo: Jeremy Deller Download |  Jeremy Deller & Alan Kane: from Folk Archive, 2005, Snowdrop the Mechanical Elephant by the Clare Family, Egremont, Cumbria, 2004. Courtesy of the Artists Download |  Jeremy Deller, Acid Brass, 1997, Performance in Regents Park, London, 2006. Courtesy of the Artist Download | |||
 Jeremy Deller: It is what it is: Conversations about Iraq, 2009. The car on display at the Imperial War Museum, London, 2011. Courtesy of the Artist. Photo: Jeremy Deller Download |  Jeremy Deller: The Spoils of War (Memorial for an Unknown Civilian), 2008. Maquette of the destroyed car on a plinth. Courtesy of the Artist, art: concept, Paris, Gavin Brown's enterprise, New York, and The Modern Institute/Toby Webster Ltd, Glasgow. Photo James O Jenkins Download |
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