Venice Biennale 2022's 'The Milk of Dreams' - in pictures
The sculpture 'Anonymous' is part of the Sovereignty exhibition at the Venice Art Biennale, featuring works by US artist Simone Leigh at the US pavilion. Leigh was awarded the Golden Lion for the best presentation. EPA
Simone Leigh's sculpture of an eyeless African-American woman, surrounded by Cuban artist Belkis Ayon's prints of a secret Afro-Cuban society in the main exhibition The Milk of Dreams. Photo: Roberto Marossi
Francis Alys’ 'The Name of the Game' at the Belgian pavilion. Photo: Roberto Ruiz
Textiles, and their evocations of craft and slow, painstaking labour, were an important theme, as was spirituality. Both came together in Myrlande Constant's Voodoo flags. Photo: Roberto Marossi
Brazilian artist Solange Pessoa paints creatures on the verge of transformation in 'Sonhiferas, I, 2020', on view in the Arsenale. Photo: Roberto Marossi
Visitors take in Pessoa's work. EPA
The Milk of Dreams had several 'capsule' shows. One of the best explored the work of female surrealists, or women whose work can be considered in line with Surrealism, such as the Algerian artist Baya Mahieddine. Photo: Marco Cappelletti
Belkis Ayon's prints document the secret Afro-Cuban society known as Abakua. Photo: Roberto Marossi
Cecilia Alemani, the Italian curator of the 59th Venice Art Biennale. AFP
The Milk of Dreams is notable for its wide geographical representation. In the Arsenale, the late US artist Ficre Ghebreyesus shows memories of his youth in Asmara, Eritrea. Photo: Roberto Marossi
In the section focused on organic forms, this installation by Ruth Asawa is called 'A Leaf a Gourd a Shell a Net a Bag a Sling a Sack a Bottle a Pot a Box a Container'. Photo: Roberto Marossi
Visitors at Asawa's installation. AFP
Delcy Morelos' 'Earthly Paradise, 2022', fills the cavernous Arsenale with packed, redolent earth. Photo: Roberto Marossi
Monira Al Qadiri's drill bits, 'Orbital, 2022', resemble a trio of sci-fi temples. Photo: Roberto Marossi
A video and collage by Lynn Hershman Leeson, who connects digital culture to new modes of identity. Cyborgs and digital art are a major sub-theme of the Venice Art Biennale. Photo: Roberto Marossi
Veteran New York artist Barbara Kruger has been given a whole room to fill with her cutting proclamations on politics and social responsibilities. Photo: Roberto Marossi
Portia Zvavahera creates oil-based stencils on linen, in invocations of animals and subjects. Photo: Roberto Marossi
Lebanese artist Ali Cherri's 'Titans, 2022', resemble gods made from the earth itself. Photo: Roberto Marossi
Visitors look at the 'Untitled' installation by Lebanese artist Ali Cherri. EPA
