Summer is winding down and August is a good time to visit other parts of the globe and get a little perspective before what looks like a very busy Portland September. Here is Part III of Mack Mcfarland's photo tour of the 2013 Venice Biennale. You can find parts I and II here.



Representing Canada Shery Boyle's The Cave Painter features a mermaid in a grotto... which goes from slightly gothic almost cryptlike situation into a psychedelic Lascaux (all photos Mack Mcfarland)



Boyle's grotto


Boyle



Representing Greece was Stefanos Tsivopoulos. Greece is both drowning in history and present day economic turmoil so the title of the piece, "History Zero," seemed like a moment to step back and assess.


Tsivopoulos


Tsivopoulos


Tsivopoulos



Emergency Pavillion: Rebuilding Utopia, focused on artists either living in or from Latin America


Patrick Hamilton at Emergency Pavilion


Jota Castro at Emergency Pavilion



Bedwyr Williams representing Wales with a show titled Starry Messenger


Williams


Williams


Williams


Williams





Portia Zavahera at the Zimbabwe Pavilion



Meiro Koizumi (Japan) at the Pinchuk Foundation's Future Generation Art Prize Pavilion


Abagail Deville (USA) at the Pinchuk Foundation's Future Generation Art Prize Pavilion


Andre Komatsu (Brazil) at the Pinchuk Foundation's Future Generation Art Prize Pavilion


(Detail) Andre Komatsu (Brazil) at the Pinchuk Foundation's Future Generation Art Prize Pavilion. Yes, every large scale art festival must have at least one exhibition involving stacks of paper...


Tala Madani (Iran) at the Pinchuk Foundation's Future Generation Art Prize Pavilion.



Rashad Alakbarov's Intersection at Azerbaijan's pavilion