Scotland and Venice 2007 - UK on show in Venice

Uk on show in Venice

La Biennale di Venezia 2007 will see one of the largest British offerings to be staged in recent years with leading artists representing Great Britain, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland at the world’s premier showcase of contemporary visual art.

Under this year’s theme - Think with the Sense – Feel with Mind. Art in the Present Tense - 12 British artists are exhibiting their work across four UK pavilions at the 52nd International Art Exhibition in Venice from 10 June to 21 November, 2007.

Great Britain

New and previous works by Tracey Emin go on display for the first time ever in her exhibition Borrowed Light. The Turner Prize nominee is the second solo British female artist to exhibit in the British Pavilion after Rachel Whiteread in 1997.

Northern Ireland

Twice-Turner Prize nominee, Willie Doherty, explores issues of representation, territoriality, surveillance and the politics of identity in a newly commissioned video installation - Ghost Story 2007 - showcasing at the Northern Irish Pavilion alongside recent works including Closure, 2005 and Passage, 2006.

Scotland

Six of Scotland's most progressive artistic talents have been selected to present new work for the Scottish Pavilion. Artists Charles Avery, Henry Coombes, Louise Hopkins, Rosalind Nashashibi, Lucy Skaer and Tony Swain - many of whom are recent Glasgow School of Art graduates – will present film work, painting, drawing and sculpture.

Wales

Showcasing a playful and inventive approach to sculpture, painting and film, 'And So It Goes' features works by Turner Prize-winning artist Richard Deacon, Merlin James and Heather & Ivan Morrison at the Welsh Pavilion.