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\u201cHis vision for the exhibition invites audiences to experience my work in highly interactive and visceral installations, creating a great dialogue with the importance of my sculptural practice.\u201d<\/p>\n
Ms Sweet, when programming the Biennale, set out to select artists not seen before who will draw large audiences.<\/p>\n
Bolin\u2019s photos and sculptures have been displayed in numerous museums and institutions in Europe, the America\u2019s, China and the Middle East.<\/p>\n
Foley has been a resident artist in New York and Beijing and is a regular keynote speaker at conferences and symposia all over the world.<\/p>\n
\u201cArtists don\u2019t exhibit just because you give them money, it\u2019s actually about the status of the organisation because they do not want to be exhibiting in something they don\u2019t consider to be important enough,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
City of Ballarat Mayor Cr Samantha McIntosh said the Ballarat International Foto Biennale not only offers the chance to see amazing national and international art here in Ballarat but also showcases the city\u2019s growing reputation within the national arts community.<\/p>\n
\u201cHaving such a top-quality artistic event held here also feeds directly into our visionary Creative City Strategy, aimed at making Ballarat regional Australia\u2019s leading creative capital.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Foto Biennale puts Ballarat proudly on the national and international arts calendar.\u201d<\/p>\n
The 2017 Biennale attracted just under 27,000 patrons, 75 per cent of whom came from outside Ballarat, creating an estimated economic benefit of $3.9 million.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis year\u2019s Biennale should be bigger and better than ever and that\u2019s great news for hotels, restaurants and cafes right across the Ballarat region,\u201d said Juliana Addison, Member for Wendouree.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
PHOTOGRAPHERS Liu Bolin from China and Badtjala woman Dr Fiona Foley were announced as the headliners for the 2019 Ballarat International Foto Biennale program last night. Fiona Sweet, Biennale Artistic Director said it\u2019s a huge coup to have the two world-class artists at this year\u2019s show. \u201cLiu Bolin, a very important Chinese photographer works in […]<\/p>\n