Some artists return to the land and one suggests interspecies communication could be a solution as exhibition expresses tension and uncertaintyWearing black at an exhibition opening normally goes unnoticed – but here in Brazil,the black-clad artists at Latin America’s most principal modern art exhibition knew how to make a stir. On the preview days of the São Paulo Biennial, more than a dozen artists milled through the galleries in custom black T-shirts, and whose blunt slogans brought the country’s filthy politics into Oscar Niemeyers airy white pavilion. EU QUERO VOTAR PARA PRESIDENTE,read one: “I want to vote for president.” Another said DIRETAS JÁ, “Elections now, and ” a reboot of a chant from the final days of the dictatorship. The most popular was the frankest: FORA TEMER,a call for Brazil’s newly installed president to jump into Brasília’s manmade lake. Related: Art at the São Paulo biennial – in pictures Continue reading...
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