La Biennale di Venezia

47. Venice Biennial
15 June - 9 November 1997

Theme:
Future, Present, and Past

Director:
Germano Celant

1997 Awards:
La Biennale di Venezia International Prize - Golden Lion to
Marina Abramovic (performance art) and Gerhard Richter (painting)
Prize to Participating Countries - Golden Lion to France
Duemila Prize to the best young artists to Douglas Gordon, Pipilotti Rist, and Rachel Whiteread
Honourable Mentions to: Thierry De Cordier, Marie-Ange Guilleminot, Ik-Joong Kang, and Mariko Mori
"Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Venezia" Special Prize to Tobias Rehberger
2nd Premio Benesse award to Alexandros Psychoulis
Premio illycaffè award to Sam Taylor-Wood
Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement to Emilio Vedova and Agnes Martin

Artists:
Marina Abramovic, Al-Ghul Ali Ahmed, Dimitri Alithinos, Stephen Antonakos, Ion Bitzan, Joan Brass, Robert Colescott, Thierry de Cordier, Jan Fabre, Rebecca Horn, Ik-Joong Kang, Maxim Kantor, Emily Kame Kngwarreye, Anselm Kiefer, Yvonne Koolmatrie, Bernhard Kremser, Wolfgang Laib, Gerhard Merz, Alexandros Psychoulis, Tobias Rehberger, Gerhard Richter, Reiner Ruthenbeck, Markus Schaller, Katharina Sieverding, Andreas Slominski, Vojo Stanic, Totsikas , Rosemarie Trockel, Judy Watson