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Installation view of Teresa Hubbard / Alexander Birchler's work "Bust", a brass sculpture with concrete base, at the Swiss Pavilion at the Venice Art Biennale 2017, in Venice, Italy, on May 7, 2017. At the Biennale di Venezia, Teresa Hubbard / Alexander Birchler present their film installation "Flora", based on discoveries made in the course of their research on the largely unknown American artist Flora Mayo who studied in Paris in the 1920s, at the same time as Giacometti, and who was his lover. By weaving together fictional and documentary material, Teresa Hubbard / Alexander Birchler both reconstruct and re-imagine Flora Mayo's life and work, also giving voice to her previously unknown son. Giacometti's and Mayo's relationship and their ensuing portrait busts reflect the creative energy generated by their collaborative artistic activity and also shed light on Alberto Giacometti's early life. Curator Philipp Kaiser invited artists Teresa Hubbard / Alexander Birchler and Carol Bove to show their work in the exhibition "Women of Venice" at the Pavilion of Switzerland at the 57th International Art Exhibition. The photo was taken at the courtesy of the artists and Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York, Lora Reynolds Gallery, Austin, USA. (KEYSTONE/Gaetan Bally). (KEYSTONE/GAETAN BALLY)