LONDON.- Mike Nelson is the first installation artist to be invited by the British Council to conceive and create a new work in the British Pavilion for the 54th Venice Biennale. Nelson will be working in Venice for a period of three months, and the completed work will be launched during the official Biennale press days on 1st , 2nd and 3rd June, and open to the public for the duration of the exhibition from 4th June – 27th November 2011. “The attention to detail, historical accuracy and physical nature of Mike Nelson’s sculptural practice guarantee that his new installation for the British Pavilion will be one of the most challenging solo presentations ever mounted in over 70 years of exhibitions organised by the British Council in Venice.” – Richard Riley, Curator of the British Pavilion, 2011 As the UK’s leading cultural relations organisation, the British Council has been responsible for the presentation of the