Two Venice Biennale pavilions focus on Roma experiences, including the first one ever dedicated to a Romani artist:
The Roma people of Europe have long been disenfranchised, discriminated against, and excluded from public life—and their experiences in the art world have been no exception. That’s why it’s especially profound and urgent that not one, but two pavilions at the 2022 Venice Biennale deal directly with Romani experiences.
Mirga-Tas’s exhibition, “Re-enchanting the World,” is a triumphant celebration of Roma life and history. Massive and vividly colored fabric and hand-stiched panels adorn the majestic exterior of the pavilion as the floor to ceiling inside are filled work images. She included on the upper panel depictions of Roma migrations across Europe, appropriating some image of Roma people thatmake it into art history: disparaging images made by printmaker Jacques Callot in the 17th century. She transforms these into truthful and poignant celebrations of the nomadic Romanis’ diasporic history.
“We have had to deal with stereotypes about what Roma artists are and where Roma artists are entitled to display their work,” Warcaw said at the unveiling. “This is about pride in the concept of being a Roma human being.”At the nearby Greek pavilion, Alavanou’s show, “Oedipus in Search of Colonus,” tries to bring viewers into proximity with Romani experience with an entirely different aesthetic and tone.
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