12th Biennial of Art
Presentation of "Protection of nature" by Joseph Beuys and about 50 local and international participants

As the main segment of the Biennial we chose "Protection of nature" project, which had been worked on several years ago but until now it has never been presented in our country.
"Protection of nature" is a masterpiece of a great German artist Joseph Beuys. It's a global project in defense of the mankind and nature. Today, more then ever, it is highly relevantin the field of world's culture. A great work of art brings in itself an internal totality of an individual which withits activity marks the XX century art.

The project's development begins in Kassel (Germany) in 1982. when Beuys planted his first seedling on Fridrichplatz in front of the Fridricianum Museum. According to his predictions the program should have ended in five years with planting the last one of 7000 seedlings. Beuys died in 1986 but his idea was put into effect on 12th of June 1987 when his son Wenzel planted the last seedling in front of his mother Eva. Since then Kassel has the biggest ecological sculpture in the world. Further development of the event initiated by this project developed in various situations, places, events, works.

The operation went on for years and spread in many countries. Finally it was documented with a hundred of very rare, black and white and color photographs signed by the artist. The main subject of of Beuys" artistic production is harmony between man and nature. It wasn't by chance that the artist was one of the founders of the Green Movement (Germany) the nation which among the first ones made moments of cohesion around ecological ideas. It is necessary to emphasize that Beuys' "Protection of nature" is important not only in ecological sense but also in anthropologic: protection of mankind, human values, creativity.
We hope that putting this project into effect will be possible in cooperation with the Italian Cultural Centre, and the Embassy of Italy since there is an issue of transport of part of the collection, classes and video presentation (Antonio D Avossa) into our country, and it is especially important to show the collection in Pancevo,a town which is claimed to be the most polluted place in Europe.

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12thBiennial of Art - "Protection of Nature"
The award was given on December 12th 2006 at Belgrade City Hall

12thBiennial of Art
"Protection of Nature" Pancevo 2006

Cultural Centre of Pancevo
Gallery of Contemporary Art
Trg kralja Petra I br. 8
26000 Pančevo
http://www.bijenaleumetnosti.rs
panart(at)panet.co.yu
013.332.334
013.345.088

Director:
Jasmina Vecanski

Artistic director:
Dragan Jelenkovic

Selection committee:
Lidija Merenik
Slobodan Jovanovic

National and international artistic selection:
Ivan Grubanov

International artistic selection:
Dasa Kovačevic
Jasmina Vecanski

Theoreticians:
Antonio D'Avossa
Aleksander Bassin
Jovan Cirilov
Zvonko Makovic
Andrej Mircev
Ana Peraica

PR manager
IDEA Plus Communications
Gordana Vlajic

Venues:
Gallery of Contemporary Art
Dvoriste Gallery
National Museum
Cultural Centre Pancevo Hall
Town sites

Participants:
I
Antonio D'Avossa: lecture and presentation of works of Joseph Beuys

II
Larisa Ackov & Ana Vilenica
Milan Aleksic
Nenad Andric
Mrdjan Bajic
Kosta Bogdanovic
Milica Crnobrnja Vukadinovic
Richard Deacon
Nikola Dzafo
Ivan Fijolic
Aleksandar Jestrovic
Maja Josifovic
Damijan Kracina & Vladimir Leben
Milena Maksimovic
Božidar Mandic
Porodica Bistrih Potoka
Igor Mandic
Manojlo Maravic
Jelena Miletic
Tomislav Peternek
Nada Pleskonjic
Zana Poliakov
Milena Putnik Gordic
Jelena Radic
Ivana Rakidzic Krumes
Milica Ruzicic
Sladjana Stankovic
Vera Stevanovic
Dimitrije Tadic
Skart
Boris Sribar
Talent Factory
Natasa Teofilovic
Predrag Terzic
Nina Todorovic
Anica Vucetic
Aleksandar Zograf

III - Theatre play selection
Ivan Grubanov
Ana Peraica
Thomas Raat
Mark Titchner
Hiraki Sawa
Roman Wolgin

IV - Performance from BITEF
Compagnie Dakar "Braakland"

V - Theatre and radio studio FDU
Molijer "George Danden"

Larisa Ackov and Ana Vilenica
Venom, 2006
Installation ceramics/video, 5mx3mvideo, duration 15 min. loop: Ana Vilenica and Dejan Cancarevic

Nenad Andrić
,,,green,,,fields,,, video instalation, 2006 , duration:3' (loop)
editing: Andrej Mircev, Nenad Andric
Copyright (c) 2002, 2004, 2006 Nenad Andric. Courtesy of the artist.

Igor Mandić
Everybody fights for a place under the sun, 2004.
photograph, digital print

Richard Deacon
This is not a story, 1992
photograph (re-formatted) 2006

Nikola Dzafo
A Rabbit That Ate A Museum, work in progress, od 1999.
installation - ambient
assistant on project: Vesna Grginčević

Mark Titchner
GIVE US IDEALS NOT FLESH AND BONES, 2006.
dimensions 3 x 4,5m technique: print on vinyl

Talent Factory
View, 1984.
diptych, photographs,digital print

Damijan Kracina & Vladimir Leben
Galapagos, 2004.
Digital print and DVD video, duration 5 min loop