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Description: With an exhibition titled ‘Sovereignty’, the American artist Simone Leigh (born 1967) is representing the United States of America at the 59th International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia. Official description: “Characterised by an interest in performativity and affect, Simone Leigh’s expansive body of work in sculpture, video, and performance parses the construction of Black femme subjectivity. Leigh’s large-scale sculptural works join forms derived from vernacular architecture and the female body, rendering them via materials and processes associated with the artistic traditions of Africa and the African diaspora, redefining notions of space, time, and existence. Sovereignty commingles disparate histories and narratives, including those related to ritual performances of the Baga peoples in Guinea, early Black American material culture from the Edgefield District in South Carolina, and the landmark 1931 Paris Colonial Exposition. With a series of new bronzes and ceramics, Leigh intervenes imaginatively to fill gaps in the historical record by proposing new hybridities.” Simone Leigh won the Golden Lion for best participant in The Milk of Dreams exhibition, curated by Cecilia Alemani. Her 16ft-tall sculpture The Brick House (2019), depicting an eyeless Black female figure, stands at the exhibition entrance: youtu.be/YGwOyGb9dm8 Simone Leigh: Sovereignty / Pavilion of the USA at Venice Art Biennale 2022. Venice, Italy, April 21, 2022. #uspavilion #simoneleigh #veniceartbiennale #biennalearte2022 #themilkofdreams More videos on contemporary art, design, architecture: vernissage.tv Connect: instagram.com/vernissagetv facebook.com/vernissagetv twitter.com/vernissagetv Browse our Archive: vernissage.tv/archive/posts Find Artists, Designers, Architects: vernissage.tv/archive/artists Art TV pioneer Vernissage TV provides you with an authentic insight into the world of contemporary fine arts, design and architecture. With its two main series "No Comment" and "Interviews", art tv channel VernissageTV attends opening receptions of exhibitions worldwide, interviews artists, designers, architects. VTV provides art lovers with news, reports and features from the international art scene. VernissageTV: the window to the art world. Das Fenster zur Kunstwelt. La fenêtre sur le monde de l'art. A janela para o mundo da arte. La ventana al mundo del arte. نافذة على عالم الفن. 到艺术世界的窗口。Окно в мир искусства. Since 2005.