Penetration (artistic)

Penetration Space at Manifesta Biennial / Murcia 2010 - Thierry Geoffroy/Colonel offers his space to North African artists only

Penetration Armory Show New York 2008

Penetration at the U-turn triennale CPH 2008 by Fatima Ramadan

Penetration Venezuelan Pavilion Venice Biennial 2009

Penetration "Thank God I am ARAB" by Khaled Ramadan at Charlottenborg reopening exhibition 2008

Penetration Belgian Boat Venice Biennial 2009 curated by Enrico Lunghi

A Penetration is an artist's act of placing an artwork within another artist's already existing exhibition. A Penetration is done by an artist wanting to express pertinent and relevant thoughts. He/she contacts a colleague and asks for a space to exhibit in. The Penetration is a solution to avoid the lateness of bureaucratic art institutions, by circulating space between the actors – artist to artist.

A Penetration is not only meant as a shortcut, but also a beneficial collaboration. Through the Penetration artworks are integrated into each other and therefore communicate. It is meant as a positive reciprocal act when artist rely on each other to make art.

Known penetrations

• Thierry Geoffroy is a well-known French-Danish penetration artist. He has made successful penetrations at the Athens Biennial Emergency Room, at the Istanbul Biennial, at the Venice Biennial in 2007 (by Biennalist), at the Venice Biennial in 2009 (penetrations at the Venezuelan Pavilion with Daniel Medina, at the Finnish Pavilion with Jussi Kivi and at the Belgian boat with Jacques Charlier, curated by Enrico Lunghi).

External links

• The Penetration project Biennalist e-flux, 2007-05-27
• Thierry Geoffroy on penetrations Kopenhagen.dk, 2008-01-20
• Penetration at Manifesta 8 Arte en la Red, 2010-09-03
• Penetration Room at Manifesta 8 Manifesta 8 official website, 2010-09-09
• La "Penetration Room" en Manifesta 8 La Verdad, 2010-09-07
• Penetration by Biennalist at the Venice Biennial C Magazine, International Contemporary Art by Seamus Kealy, June 2009
• Definition of penetration The Emergency Room Dictionary by Colonel
• Penetration official website