Galerie Chantal Crousel is pleased to announce that Jennifer Allora & Guillermo Calzadilla were selected to represent the USA at the 54th Venice Biennale.

Allora & Calzadilla's presence in Venice will represent a couple of firsts for America: the firsts artists working in Puerto Rico to show there, the firsts time performance artists - and an artist collaborative - have been chosen to represent the United States there.

— New York Times, May 12, 2011

Six new works by Allora & Calzadilla will premiere at the 2011 Biennale, transforming the interior and exterior of the U.S. Pavilion into a dynamic and interactive space. The new commissions by Allora & Calzadilla will employ a variety of artistic practices to pose important questions about the relationships among art, politics, and international identity. These multimedia works will utilize performance, sculpture, video and sound elements to highlight the role of art in framing and exploring complex social issues such as national identity, democracy, militarism, and freedom. Comprised of works developed specifically in response to the U.S. Pavilion site, the exhibition will analyze contemporary geopolitics through the lens of spectacular nationalistic and competitive enterprises such as the Olympic Games, international commerce, war, the military-industrial complex and even the Biennale itself.

The 54th International Art Exhibition of the Venice Biennale will take place from June 4 to November 27, 2011.