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South America's Answer to SoHo |
| Section: THE ARTS / ART |
| Author: Jason Edward Kaufman |
| Publication: The world & I online |
| Issue Date: 3/1/1990 |
| Size: 1,863 Words, 12,285 Characters |
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Once every two years, the huge Bienal Foundation building in Ibirapuera Park in Sao Paulo, Brazil, becomes South America's answer to SoHo. All three tiers of the spacious, poured-concrete hall, built in 1964 by Oscar Niemeyer, fill with an array of contemporary art from around the world. Imagine more than one hundred galleries under a single roof, and you will have some idea of the scale of the exposition.
Begun in 1951, the Sao Paulo Bienal is the premier festival of its kind in South America and one of the oldest and largest international exhibitions of contemporary art anywhere. Its only rivals are the Venice Biennal and the Documenta exhibition in Kassel, West Germany.
Essential, each participating country designates a curator who organizes one or more artists' work in an offic...
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...ual imagery were noteworthy - these being the current plagues of American art. The abundance of installations, Conceptual Art, and political themes also were significant. While the dominance of the American-European art business was felt everywhere, it was nonetheless a great pleasure to discover such a rich and varied assortment of original ideas and handiwork assembled for the exhibitions.
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