Under the title Le Grand Balcon (The Grand Balcony), the 2016 edition of La Biennale de Montréal (BNLMTL 2016), curated by Philippe Pirotte, has announced its initial list of artists and special projects.
New commissions and international co-productions include Hemlock Forest, a new film by New York-based Canadian artist Moyra Davey and Angst by German artist Anne Imhof combining a choreography of cryptic gestures, abstract musical composition and sculptural elements and a new photographic installation by Celia Perrin Sidarous.
Other artists announced include Haig Aivazian (Lebanon); Njideka Akunyili Crosby (Nigeria/USA); Knut Åsdam (Norway); Eric Baudelaire (France); Thomas Bayrle (Germany); Nadia Belerique (Canada); Valérie Blass (Canada); Michael Blum (Israel/Germany /France/Canada); Shannon Bool (Canada/Germany); Dineo Seshee Bopape (South Africa); Elaine Cameron-Weir (Canada/USA); Chris Curreri (Canada); Moyra Davey (Canada/USA); Nicole Eisenman (USA); Em’kal Eyongakpa (Cameroon/Netherlands); Liao Guohe (China); Judith Hopf (Germany); Anne Imhof (Germany); Luis Jacob (Peru/Canada); Myriam Jacob-Allard (Canada); Brian Jungen (Canada); Hassan Khan (Egypt); Meiro Koizumi (Japan); Zac Langdon-Pole (New Zealand/Germany); Tanya Lukin Linklater (USA/Canada); Kerry James Marshall (USA); Corey McCorkle (USA); Nathalie Melikian (Canada/Sweden) ; Joe Namy (Lebanon/USA); Shahryar Nashat (Switzerland/Germany); Camille Norment (USA/Norway); Celia Perrin Sidarous (Canada); PURE FICTION (Germany); Lucy Raven (USA); Marina Rosenfeld (USA); Ben Schumacher (Canada/USA); Walter Scott (Canada); Benjamin Seror (France/Belgium); Frances Stark (USA); Luke Willis Thompson (New Zealand/UK); David Gheron Tretiakoff (France/Belgium); Luc Tuymans (Belgium); Jacob Wren (Canada); Haegue Yang (Germany/South Korea); Xu Zhen (China). The full list will be announced in September .
La Biennale de Montréal runs 19 October 2016 through 15 January 2017.
4 May 2016
