Ken Yonetani at Venice

Congratulations to Masters graduate in Ceramics Ken Yonetani who has been chosen to represent Australia in the satellite exhibition to be held in conjunction with the 2009 Venice Biennale. Shaun Gladwell will the the official Australian representative in the Australian Pavilion, while four emergent contemporary Australian artists will also be represented at Venice in a show called Once Removed, curated by Felicity Fenner. This group exhibition is to be held at The Ludoteca, a former convent in the city’s Castello district. Together with Vernon Ah Kee, Claire Healy and Sean Cordeiro, the four artists will present a series of installations which are “unified by themes of displacement, Indigenous and environmental issues” according to an Australia Council statement. Shaun Gladwell will create a new work for the version of MADDESTMAXIMUS that will be displayed in the Australian Pavilion.