Yuko Mohri: composed. The Japanese Pavilion. 60th International Art Exhibition, La Biennale di Venezia

Yuko Mohri: Compose is the catalogue of the Japanese Pavilion at the 60th International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia, on view from April 20 through November 24, 2024. Curated by Sook-Kyung Lee, artistic director of the 14th Gwangju Biennale in 2023, it presents the work of Yuko Mohri (b. 1980), whose practice has already been shown in several international biennials and exhibitions. At the core of Mohri's artistic production is the assemblage of everyday objects-lightbulbs, bells, umbrellas, paper rolls, fans-into sculptures and "choreographic" installations that create and trace phenomena. For Compose, the artist focused on organic materials, simultaneously considering the importance of Venice in the art world and the disruptive impact of climate change on this city, leading to a reflection on the balance between art and life and presenting "the wholeness and interconnectedness of apparently disparate fragments within our everyday existence."