China Pavilion at 51st Biennale di Venezia

　　Virgin Garden: Emersion

　　Arsenale and Vergini Garden

　　Commissioner: Fan Di'an

Curator: Cai Guo-Qiang

Artists: Yung Ho Chang, Liu Wei, Peng Yu & Sun Yuan, Chang Wang Qiheng and Xu Zhen.

　　March 25, 2005: The Chinese Ministry of Culture and La Biennale di Venezia proudly announce the first official China pavilion in the Biennale di Venezia's 110-year history at the upcoming 51st Biennale. With the tremendous support of Biennale president, Davide Croff, the Ministry will build a temporary China pavilion for 2005, with the intention of dedicating a permanent facility for China's future art and architecture exhibitions by 2007.

　　Under the leadership of China's Ministry of Culture, Commissioners for the 2005 China pavilion include :Xu Jiang, President, China Academy of Art; Fan Di'an, Vice President, Central Academy of Art; Artist Cai Guo-Qiang; Wang Mingxian, Vice Director, Architecture Institute of China, and Pi Li, Central.Academy of Art. Exhibition coordinators are Jennifer Ma, Chief Coordinator, and Agnes Kohlmeyer, Venice Coordinator.

　　Organized and sponsored by the Chinese government, the premier China pavilion marks a turning point in political, economic and cultural growth within Chinese contemporary art, and underscores the increasing influence of Chinese creative practitioners on the international artistic and architectural community. More importantly, China's national, long-term participation in the Biennale is a momentous shift from the international exhibition's historically western-centric constitution.