Vincent Meessen selected for the 34th Bienal de São Paulo
04/09 - 05/12/2021
Ciccillo Matarazzo Pavilion, Parque Ibirapuera, portão 3, Vila Mariana
São Paulo
Brazil
Free entrance
The 34th Bienal de São Paulo – Faz escuro mas eu canto – lays claim to the right to complexity and opacity, both in expressions of art and culture as well as in the identities of individuals and social groups. The fulcrum of the project – at which multiple situations of encounter are articulated between art and the public – will be the group show that will occupy the Bienal Pavilion. Curated by Jacopo Crivelli Visconti, Paulo Miyada, Carla Zaccagnini, Francesco Stocchi and Ruth Estévez, the show recognizes the urgency of problems that defy life in today's world, while claiming the need for art as a field of encounter, resistance, rupture and transformation.
While this edition officially started in February 2020, it has since been unfolding in space and time with both physical and online programming. This year's digital programme (Feb - April, 2021) kicked off with online talks, courses, and studio visits with the participating artists. The physical exhibition Faz Escuro Mas Eu Canto (Though It’s Dark, Still I Sing) will open on September 4th, 2021 at the Ciccillo Matarazzo Pavilion in São Paulo.
Participating artists:
Abel Rodríguez
Adrián Balseca
Alfredo Jaar
Alice Shintani
Ana Adamović
Anna-Bella Papp
Antonio Dias
Beatriz Santiago Munõz
Carmela Gross
Carolina Maria de Jesus
Clara Ianni
Daniel de Paula
Deana Lawson
Dirk Braeckman
Edurne Rubio
Eleonora Fabião
Eleonore Koch
Emerson Uýra
Frida Orupabo
Gala Porras-Kim
Giorgio Morandi
Grace Passô
Gustavo Caboco
Hélio Oiticica
Jacqueline Nova
Jaider Esbell
Jaune Quick-to-See Smith
Joan Jonas
Jota Mombaça
Juraci Dórea
Koki Tanaka
Lasar Segall
León Ferrari
Luisa Cunha
Lydia Ourahmane
Lygia Pape
Manthia Diawara
Marinella Senatore
Melvin Moti
Musa Michelle Mattiuzzi
Naomi Rincón Gallardo
Neo Muyanga
Nina Beier
Noa Eshkol
Paulo Nazareth
Philipp Fleischmann
Regina Silveira
Sebastián Calfuqueo Aliste
Sung Tieu
Tony Cokes
Trajal Harrell
Vincent Meessen
Ximena Garrido-Lecca
Yuko Mohri
Zózimo Bulbul
Zina Saro-Wiwa
Curatorial team
Chief curator: Jacopo Crivelli Visconti
Adjunct curator: Paulo Miyada
Guest curators: Carla Zaccagnini, Francesco Stocchi and Ruth Estévez