São Paulo Art Biennial
são paulo art biennial portuguese bienal de são paulo founded held every two year since second oldest art biennial world venice biennale existence since serf role model biennial founded italianbrazilian industrialist ciccillo matarazzo – since são paulo biennial held ciccillo matarazzo pavilion parque ibirapuera threestory pavilion designed team led architect oscar niemeyer hélio uchôa provides exhibition space são paulo bienal feature brazilian international contemporary art one south america important largescale art exhibition completion th biennial são paulo biennial foundation created advance exhibition organized museu de arte moderna de são paulo mamsp pavilion institution occupies home day began holding bienal exhibition starting th edition since bienals produced participation country thousand artist almost million visitor making direct contact possible brazilian public visual theatrical graphic art music film architecture form artistic expression around world edition cost almost million drew nearly visitor twomonth run th biennial originally scheduled delayed gigantic exhibition marking th anniversary brazil discovery portuguese organized former biennial president edemar cid ferreira booked ciccillo matarazzo pavilion year first time chief curator biennial foreigner alfons hug germany biennial initial aim make contemporary art primarily western europe united state known brazil push country access current art scene metropolis establish são paulo international art center naturally biennial always serf bring brazilian art closer foreign guest first bienal held museum modern art são paulo mamsp temporary pavilion located belvedere trianon neighborhood along paulista avenue abraham palatnik’s first aparelho cinecromático initially rejected selection committee ground fit established category though work later accepted awarded honorable mention international jury known “guernica bienal” reference pablo picasso’s masterpiece nd bienal far one memorable edition event exhibiting twice many artwork first edition nd bienal held two pavilion designed newly inaugurated ibirapuera park oscar niemeyer state pavilion presently pavilion brazilian culture nation pavilion home afro brasil museum exhibition continued following year part celebration são paulos th anniversary established important event international art world bienals rd edition featured mexican muralist diego rivera josé clemente orozco david alfaro siqueiros th bienal many brazilian artist contested selection process ciccillo matarazzos inordinate influence first time bienal held present home industry pavilion ibirapuera park edition surrounded controversy work several leading name brazilian art scene flávio de carvalho turned selection jury abstract expressionist jackson pollock died year honoured special room organized american delegation marked height international renown visitor ensured success exhibition whose highlight included selection thirty work impressionist icon vincent van gogh strong showing tachism informal art ciccillo matarazzo cease main patron bienal exhibition endured first financial crisis th edition remembered museology predominance neoconcretism typified revolutionary presence lygia clark’s bichos furthermore part selection committee elected artist bienal received delegation ussr first time event’s history th edition marked excessive number work selected turn created eclectic scene difficult understand first time fundação bienal founded organized exhibition instead museum modern art são paulo catalog dedicated wanda svevo died previous year bienal come political pressure government beginning military dictatorship brazil award ceremony artist maria bonomi sérgio camargo deliver motion repeal preventive arrest mário schenberg fernando henrique cardoso florestan fernandes cruz costa president castelo branco despite complication exhibition remembered special room dedicated surrealism fantastic art marcel duchamp’s famous readymade roue de bicyclette shown alongside work max ernst marc chagall joan miró jean arp man ray paul klee paul delvaux rené magritte francis picabia “pop art bienal” opened shroud controversy even exhibition opened federal police removed two work ground “offensive” brazilian constitution cybèle varela’s painting presente considered “antinationalist” – work destroyed artist almost arrested dops – series quissak jr meditação sobre bandeira nacional infringed law prohibited free use flag u delegation presented sample pop art included jasper john andy warhol roy lichtenstein robert rauschenberg many work damaged u room vandalized day exhibition show award jury composed art critic rather consultant month institutional act n ai came force effectively annulling personal freedom eighty percent artist invited exhibition refused protest participate th edition thus nicknamed “boycott bienal” controversy surrounded opening bienal boycott artist exile mario pedrosa leader edition bienals first decade director th th edition selection brazilian artist made prebienal held previous year giant mouth designed vera figueiredo swallowed visitor th bienal demonstrating strength neoconcrete derivation installation environment appealed sens presented art communication segment replacing art technical committee council art culture cac developed new selection framework denied entry brazilian work submitted brazilian representation made artist selected regional jury fortaleza salvador belo horizonte rio de janeiro são paulo curitiba kandinsky work brought french representation exhibited first time south america eager updating socalled videomakers bienal brought brazil precise selection video art produced renowned artist part world ranging andy warhol south korean nam june paik whose installation tv garden surprised brazilian audience arranging tv monitor among vas palm tree artificial plant first bienal without ciccillo defined meaningful change appointment council art culture freedom develop exhibition program – among new rule requirement national representation follow theme proposed bienal selection artist model inspired venice biennale cac defines three chapter exhibition anthological exhibition replacing special room great confrontation contemporary proposition – latter composed seven theme urban archaeology nature recuperation catastrophic art video art space poetry wall display artwork non codified art first time history grand prize itamaraty awarded latin american artist argentine grupo cayc centro de arte comunicación buenos aire bienal bienals retrospective previous fourteen edition brought national international prizewinning work since back pavilion well artist selected brazilian association art critic abca hand first bienal grant award strategy would continue definitively following edition emergence general curator role would change course bienal critic former director museum contemporary art university são paulo macusp walter zanini first fill position edition abolished separate space country chose group work according analogy language technique theme show also mark end boycott bienal artist beginning political openness brazil increasingly common language contemporary global art performance video videotext installation happening set tone th bienal fluxus street installed ground floor pavilion one memorable installation even included room documentation group – record ben vautier sleeping dick higgins playing piano wolf vostell action new york edition showed rising trend expressionism contemporary painting featured unusual expography set debate course entire th bienal curator sheila leirner arranged work three meter long hall installing painting side side – display called great canvas adopting “utopia versus reality” theme th bienals highlight work german artist anselm kiefer marked strong presence installation sculpture third floor pavilion received monumental sculpture palette mit flügel kiefer installation enquanto flora borda tunga would slide ceiling floor large central span pavilion th bienal conceived triumvirate carlos von schmidt stella teixeira de barros joão cândido galvão interrupting proposition past edition team resumed granting award arrangement national representation separate room brazilian representation considered one solid long time edition bienal resume system open registration artist world heading curatorship joão cândido galvão repeated role previous edition curator dance music theater section enjoyed success presenting two unforgettable performance suzosuz catalan group fura dels baus trilogie antica medeea troienele electra henrik ibsen narrated latin greek national theater company bucharest bienal change calendar start taking place evennumbered year historical segment take major importance edition whose theme “rupture support” made possible explore platform poetics observed work hélio oiticica lygia clark mira schendel new record number national representation country subscribing theme proposed nelson aguilar “the dematerialization art end millennium” occasion historical nucleus broad diversity country brought together print francisco de goya illustrated posthumous work jeanmichael basquiat presented painting edvard munch known one best edition ever produced anthropophagy bienal led paulo herkenhoff general curator adriano pedrosa associate curator concept extracted root brazilian culture permeated work curator involved exhibition well result powerful solo show dedicated national representation curator worked idea contamination put contemporary brazilian work dialogue work historical nucleus bienial specifically acclaimes new perspective art history brazilian lens introduced novel curatorial approach relevant era postcolonial globalization exhibition utilized brazilian concept anthropophagy theoretical framework practical methodology approach encouraged contamination cannibalization established art historical narrative alongside broader understanding exhibition educational role integrating art culture political history centered theme “metropolitan iconographies” th bienal become famous strong presence brazilian artist são paulorio de janeiro axis appointment first foreign curator alfons hug germany excited controversy however show received excellent acclaim beat attendance record visitor taiwan controversy event title taiwan national pavilion changed overnight read museum fine art taipei revealed caused chinese government threatened pull artist event protest chienchi chang artist chosen represent taiwan biennial closed installation austrian group monochrom running neighbouring pavilion invited artist donate letter country title order recreate word taiwan although successful taken first year free admission policy would applied subsequent edition theme “free territory” th bienal introduced new generation art scene cabelo chelpa ferro laura vinci among others exhibition demonstrated highly contemporary character presenting work mostly produced least one third work show sitespecific project developed specifically bienal pavilion theme “how live together” – title set seminar delivered roland barthes – served curator lisette lagnado guide edition marked extinction national representation – selection artist determination curator bienals – claim art transnational language constituting fundamental innovation exhibition curatorial project would chosen selection process conducted international committee critic curator rethinking purpose direction exhibition th bienal – “in living contact” carried radical proposal keeping second floor pavilion completely empty open plan – metaphor conceptual crisis experienced traditional biennial system faced institution organize noteworthy episode edition graffiti pavilion guardrail led discussion art milieu urban art driven new impetus promoted new board director committed renewal institution bienal inaugurated th edition permanent educational project broad parallel program favoring politically oriented work curatorship agnaldo farias moacir do anjos held nearly activity six conceptual space entitled terreiros made theme verse jorge de lima “there always cup sea sail in” bandeira branca nuno ramos stirred controversy due live vulture flying central span pavilion accompanied montage sound national popular tradition titled “the imminence poetics” edition bienal adopted constellation metaphor established discursive interconnection past present center periphery object language large number work artist exhibition focused latin american artist paid tribute arthur bispo rosário waldemar cordeiro project mobile radio set radio station mezzanine floor pavilion broadcast throughout entire period exhibition biennial featured largest corpus work alair gomes ever shown entire portfolio people xxth century august sander first time america entire alphabet bété frédéric brulybouabré among artist represented within matarazzo pavilion institution throughout city são paulo work edition – entitled “how … thing don’t exist” – designed within concept project many carried collaboration two individual – artist professional discipline teacher sociologist architect writer daring exhibition established deeply connected central theme contemporary life identity sexuality transcendence nd bienal – “live uncertainty” set aim observing notion uncertainty strategy offered contemporary art embrace inhabit established artist like öyvind fahlström sonia andrade lourdes castro víctor grippo seen alongside young artist woman also noteworthy fact edition one presented highest number commissioned artwork history exhibition curator traveled four city bring forth study day accra ghana lama peru santiago chile cuiabá brazil also held last meeting são paulo conceived artwork jorge menna barreto exhibition restaurant unfolds notion regarding relationship human eating habit environment landscape climate life earth rd bienal – “affective affinities” held september december according general curator gabriel pérezbarreiro theme inspired novel elective affinity johann wolfgang goethe thesis brazilian art critic mário pedrosa titled affective nature form work art due covid pandemic event year postponed september december future bienales oddnumbered year theme though it’s dark still sing são paulo biennial sought address question activism repressed culture art history south america brazilian art são paulo biennial foundation bienal de são paulo homepage website bienal brasileira de artes plásticas website artkrushcom feature são paulo biennial november