Uruguayan Pavilion

55th International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia

Wifredo Díaz Valdéz

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The National Commission of Visual Arts has selected Wifredo Díaz Valdéz as the artist who will represent Urugay at the next edition of Venice Biennale.

Wifredo Díaz Valdéz, born in 1932 on the periphery of Uruguay, creates unusual wooden sculptures out of imaginatively deconstructed everyday objects. He constructs artworks by disassembling furniture, tools, and all sorts of everyday utensils to be found in rural Uruguay. This dismantling is not about destruction, but rather the creation of something entirely new.

Curators: Carlos Capelán, Verónica Cordeiro

Commissioner: Ricardo Pascale

Artists:
Wifredo Diaz Valdez

Open: Saturday, 01 June 2013
Close: Sunday, 24 November 2013
Address: Giardini della Biennale
Opening hour: 10am - 6pm
Closing day: Mondays (except for June 3 and November 18)
Transport: Lines 1, 2, 5.1, 5.2, Giardini
Photo credits: Wifredo Díaz Valdéz, Objeto No. 8 de taller, 1984