The selection of artists featured in the Pavilion of Brazil at the 56th Biennale Arte 2015 is based on the main criteria of the relevance of their poetics in the contemporary arts scene and, at the same time, their place in the history, not just of art, but of Brazil's conflicted society. According to the curators, “faced with the dictatorship in the late 1960s, some artists were forced into a kind of activism in which conceptual strategies were aligned with material precariousness and corporal fragility. The title of the exhibition, “So much that it doesn't fit here” was inspired by the signs seen in demonstrations which took place in Brazil's capital cities in June of 2013. Direct contact with the streets is also something shared by the three artists.
Antonio Manuel
1947, Avelãs de Caminha, Portugal. Lives and works in Rio de Janeiro
Occupations/Discoveries (2013) by Antonio Manuel Brazil - Biennale Arte 2015
Occupations/Discoveries (2013) by Antonio Manuel Brazil - Biennale Arte 2015
Occupations/Discoveries (2013) by Antonio Manuel Brazil - Biennale Arte 2015
Semi O(p)tics (1975) by Antonio Manuel Brazil - Biennale Arte 2015
Semi O(p)tics (1975) by Antonio Manuel Brazil - Biennale Arte 2015
Semi O(p)tics (1975) by Antonio Manuel Brazil - Biennale Arte 2015
Berna Reale
1965, Belém, Brazil. Lives and works in Belém
American (2013) by Berna Reale Brazil - Biennale Arte 2015
American (2013) by Berna Reale Brazil - Biennale Arte 2015
American (2013) by Berna Reale Brazil - Biennale Arte 2015
American (2013) by Berna Reale Brazil - Biennale Arte 2015
American (2013) by Berna Reale Brazil - Biennale Arte 2015
American (2013) by Berna Reale Brazil - Biennale Arte 2015
American (2013) by Berna Reale Brazil - Biennale Arte 2015
American (2013) by Berna Reale Brazil - Biennale Arte 2015
American (2013) by Berna Reale Brazil - Biennale Arte 2015
American (2013) by Berna Reale Brazil - Biennale Arte 2015
American (2013) by Berna Reale Brazil - Biennale Arte 2015
American (2013) by Berna Reale Brazil - Biennale Arte 2015
American (2013) by Berna Reale Brazil - Biennale Arte 2015
American (2013) by Berna Reale Brazil - Biennale Arte 2015
André Komatsu
1978, São Paulo, Brazil. Lives and works in São Paulo
Status Quo (2015) by Andre Komatsu Brazil - Biennale Arte 2015
Status Quo (2015) by André Komatsu Brazil - Biennale Arte 2015
The State of Things 2 (Three Powers) (2011) by André Komatsu Brazil - Biennale Arte 2015
The State of Things 2 (Three Powers) (2011) by André Komatsu Brazil - Biennale Arte 2015
The State of Things 2 (Three Powers) (2011) by André Komatsu Brazil - Biennale Arte 2015
Comissioner: Luis Terepins
Curator: Luiz Camillo Osorio
Assistant curator: Cauê Alves
General coordination: Emilio Kalil
Coordination of installation: Martin Weigert
Administration: Empório Empreendimentos Artísticos e Culturais
Management: Robson Bento Outeiro
Design: Carla Marins, Mariana Boghossian
Graphic producer: Ligia Pedra
Acknowledgements: Ministério das Relações Exteriores, Embaixada do Brasil em Roma, Ministério da Cultura, Funarte, Francisco Bosco, Marko Antonio Nakata, Mirian Lewin, Reinaldo da Silva Verissimo, Xico Chaves, Andréa Luiza Paes, Osvaldo Alves, Estela Alves, Rita Marinho
