An Immaterial Retrospective of the Venice Biennale

nice to learn that Claire Bishop enjoyed our Pavilion.
" Romania and Great Britain, I enjoyed."
http://bombsite.com/issues/1000/articles/7266

BOMBLOG: Faces of the Biennale by Legacy Russell and Bibi Deitz We arrived in Venice covered in biscotti crumbs and cigarette ash after a several-day road-trip from Rome. Sun was lacking; Venice was muggy, moist, and wet. Though muddy, the poor weather brought an unexpected charm to the experience: in the rain, the convivial spirit amplified, umbrellas were shar...

Daria Ghiu in Dilema Veche (din pacate accesibil numai pentru abonati).
"{...} Prezenta sirului continuu de performance-uri in Pavilionul Romaniei a lasat cu gura cascata criticii de arta, curatorii, directorii de muzee, pentru ca era un proiect proaspat, hiperinventiv, si realizat cu - probabil - unul dintre cele mai mici bugete nationale. Era o expozitie impecabila si perfect adecvata nu doar romanesc, ci global. Politic, social, cultural. O expozitie redusa la corp si la prezenta lui atunci si acolo, spatiu gol si lumina naturala. Fara obiecte.
Cronicarul de arta de la The Guardian, Adrian Searle, nu a scris doar la cald, in zilele vernisajului din iunie, despre "O retrospectiva imateriala a Bienalei de la Venetia" a artistilor Alexandra Pirici si Manuel Pelmus, ci a inclus-o si la final de an si in topul sau select al celor mai bune expozitii de arta din lume, in 2013. {...}"
http://dilemaveche.ro/sectiune/tema-saptamanii/articol/noua-ordine-mondiala-artei-scena-arta-cluj

Noua ordine mondială a artei - scena de artă din Cluj | Dilema Veche Piaţa de artă e volatilă şi perisabilă. Are nevoie constantă de „produse“ noi, de creatori noi. În toată această schemă, România pare şi ea doar un punct estic care trebuie exploatat. Dar ce rămîne în urmă, cînd vesticii cred că au epuizat totul, că au cules toate prăzile de război şi pl...

And Sleek magazine before the turn of the year: (Art Strategies against the Bubble)
"In the Romanian pavilion {...} groups of actors performed key pieces dug from the archives of the Biennale, rendering the monumental into the immaterial and making the historical visible - a subtle binary move. Pirici and Pelmus question the importance placed in artefacts as carriers of (art) history, and prompt an investigation: if history is a necessarily subjective reading of contemporary records , what happens if that history is turned into a performance? One, moreover, that is characterised by its fleeting nature, and by the absence of the artist."

And Helga Just Christoffersen ;)
http://www.kunstkritikk.dk/artikler/19-december-helga-just-christoffersen/

19. december – Helga Just Christoffersen Kunstkritikks egne skribenter og inviterede gæster vælger det mest interessante fra kunståret 2013. Hver dag fra 1. til 24. december kommer et nyt bidrag. I dag: Helga Just Christoffersen.

And more:
http://www.kunstkritikk.dk/artikler/6-december-power-ekroth/

6 december – Power Ekroth Kunstkritikks egna skribenter och inbjudna gäster väljer det mest intressanta från konståret 2013. Varje dag från den 1 till den 24 december publiceras ett nytt bidrag. Idag: Power Ekroth.

in adrian searle's best art shows of the year

Adrian Searle's top 10 art shows of 2013 Adrian Searle: From Philippe Parreno's snowdrift to Sarah Lucas's biscuit balls via Juergen Teller's cascade of fashion, and Steve McQueen's film of an eye, there was much to love

"I start considering studying art in Romania." - a comment in the visitor's book at the Romanian pavilion.
We keep receiving international echoes to the project. Thank you! We just wish some of these echoes could pass through the walls of our Ministry of Culture...

Alexandra Pirici & Manuel Pelmus - a postcard with your team of glorious survivors!

And a first week review for the last week of Venice.
(…) While forgoing all materials and mediums – apart from the human body – Romania manages to depict everything the Biennale has ever presented. With the "Immaterial Retrospective of the Venice Biennale", a group of young art enthusiasts from the circle of performance artists Alexandra Pirici and Manuel Pelmus re-enact work of arts that have been exhibited at the Biennale from 1895 to this day. (…) Yet Pirici/Pelmus also reflect on and react to their own situation, putting Romania’s precarious economic situation up for discussion; in this context, their wealth of imagination can be viewed as a provocation, rather than an answer. The best pavilion at a Biennale, which was, ultimately, a success."
Tageszeitung

and Vogue.fr now translated into english

http://en.vogue.fr/fashion-culture/fashion-exhibitions/diaporama/55th-venice-biennale-contemporary-art/13787 #!alexandra-pirici-amp-manuel-pelmus-at-the-romanian-pavilion

55th Venice Biennale: An overview With oversized art in brand new pavilions, and emerging artists alongside established contemporary art names, Venice here. We round up the best of the 55th Biennale.