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Showcase: Scotland and Venice
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Visual artist Karla Black has been selected to represent Scotland at the 54th International Art Exhibition, La Biennale di Venezia, the world’s largest and most prestigious showcase for contemporary visual arts.
Attracting attention over recent years for her expansive floor works and hanging sculptures, Karla Black uses materials that suggest both a sensory recollection of childhood: powder-paint, crushed chalk and sugar paper; and a distinct feminine association through lipstick, nail varnish and body cream. She welcomed the decision and is "very much looking forward to making an exhibition in the Scottish Pavillion at Venice next year."
This will be the fifth presentation from Scotland and Venice, a partnership between the Scottish Arts Council, National Galleries of Scotland and the British Council Scotland. It builds on the critical success of previous projects which have promoted artists including Turner Prize winner Simon Starling and Turner Prize nominees, Cathy Wilkes, Jim Lambie and Lucy Skaer.
