From Biennale to Biennials. Cartographies of an Impossible Desire
From Biennale to Biennials. Cartographies of an Impossible Desire
Descrizione
This volume explores the biennial phenomenon examining their artistic, geopolitical, and institutional dimensions.
While primarily centred on these two major events, as the Venice and São Paulo biennials, the essays in this book also enlarge upon other biennials, exhibitions and institutions, offering comparative and relational insights.
Ultimately, the volume highlights the historical complexity of biennials and their roles as cultural devices, underscoring their function as spaces of experimentation and legitimation amid broader political and institutional tensions.
Series: Storie dell’arte contemporanea 6.
Sub-series: Atlante delle Biennali 2.
Editore:
Edizioni Ca' Foscari - Digital PublishingData:
2025Formato
application/pdf (11.64 MB)
Soggetto
• The São Paulo Biennial • Cultural Politics • Transnational networks • Colonial art • Italian Colonialism • Biennials • Modernism • Exhibition History • Institutional memory • Discursive engagement • Land art • José Goméz Sicre • Richard Long • America • Conceptual Art • Fabrizio Plessi • Post-war Abstractionism • São Paulo Bienal • Demise • Krakow International Biennial of Graphic Arts • Yugoslavia • Colonialism • São Paulo Museum of Modern Art (MAM) • Francisco Matarazzo • São Paulo Biennial • Michael Heizer • Educational Practices • Pietro Maria Bardi • International cultural relations • Luca Maria Patella • Pan-American Union • Contemporary art • São Paulo Art Biennial • Christo • Brazilian Art Historiography • Venice Biennale Model • Prints • Desire • Geopolitics • Venice Biennale







