Installation view · Venice · 2019
Todd Williamson Official Collateral Exhibition of the 58th Venice Biennale
Processional
A sequence of large-scale paintings examining procession, naming, power, and culmination — presented as an Official Collateral Exhibition of the 58th Venice Biennale.
Processional in situ — historic Venetian architecture and large-scale paintings in procession along the hall.
Enter the exhibitionThe most significant exhibition of Todd Williamson's career — an Official Collateral Exhibition of the 58th Venice Biennale.
Processional and the Venice Biennale presentation are the same body of work: large-scale paintings of naming, influence, and public memory, staged in historic Venetian architecture.
Installation view
Installation view — Altar
The altar alcove at Processional: painting, inscription, and the weathered fabric of Venice held in one frame.
Venice, 2019
Exhibition works
Paintings from Processional
Named works from the sequence — each title a figure of influence within a larger procession.
Processional #1
2018 · Oil on linen · 72 × 72 in.
Processional #2 Francis
2019 · Oil on linen · 72 × 72 in.
Processional #3 Alexandra
2018 · Oil on canvas · 84 × 60 in.
Processional #4 Elon
2019 · Oil on canvas · 84 × 60 in.
Processional #6 Donald
2019 · Oil on canvas · 84 × 60 in.
Processional #8 Oprah
2019 · Oil on canvas · 84 × 60 in.
Processional #9 Culmination
2019 · Oil on linen · 96 × 72 in.