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ENGLISH VERSION REACTIVATING ATTENTION

EDITORIAL [page 8] became one of the paradigms of contemporary art, three large-scale exhibitions in Europe
REACTIVATING when the artist Joseph Beuys presented one of the – the Kassel documenta, the Berlin Biennale
largest public and ecological art projects, 7000 Oaks,
and the Venice Biennale – cover a complex and
ATTENTION in which, defending the proposal of social sculpture, complementary panorama of contemporary art.
he planted seven thousand trees in a city of scorched The first two are basically carried out by German
by patricia rousseaux earth. Thus, he brought to light one of the biggest public funds, which allows greater independence
bombings that occurred during the Second World – in fact, with curators chosen through democratic
We had the opportunity to folloW, War, in the city that started documenta in 1955. processes with professionals in the area.
in these three months, the debate that several Today, 40 years later, anyone who enters Kassel The centenary Venetian biennial, by Italian
international exhibitions presented to the world from the main train station can’t help but be moved curator Cecília Alemani, is still closed to the market
of culture and art. After the moment of deprivation when seeing a leafy boulevard blooming in spring, – despite the fact that, in this edition, in all subtitles
that we have experienced during the last two years, growing alongside rocks, deposited next to each tree. the works are identified only as “courtesy of the
they reflect, even more, the global economic, social There is light at the end of the tunnel, as long as we artist”, thus avoiding the obvious nexus. In any
and political polarizations, in which art is playing a rescue the pulse of life. And, as Deleuze would say, case, it is clear that the Italian show continues to
notable role as a transmitter of these disruptions. joy. Art has to get out of the circuit that transforms present much more of an objectual production,
In several of his articles in this issue, the critic it into merchandise, it has to disturb and fascinate. available largely in the powerful galleries of the
and member of our editorial board, Fabio Cypriano, circuit, which sees the figure of the artist and the
describes very well the complementarity and collaborators [page 06] artist as individual genius with a work that values
diversity that appear in these editions of the Venice issue 59 June July August 2022 making to the detriment of concept.
Biennial in Italy, the Berlin Biennial and documenta artebrasileiros.com.br Meanwhile, the exhibitions in Germany emphasize
fifteen, in Kassel, both in Germany. Cover: Rosana Paulino, detail from the processes, such as collaborative works, in the
There is, however, a common denominator in Senhora das Plantas series, 2021. Courtesy of case of documenta, by the Indonesian collective
the attempt to denounce, in one way or another, the artist and Mendes Wood DM São Paulo, ruangrupa; or of social denunciation, as in Berlin,
the ferocity with which man has repeatedly dealt Brussels, New York / ©️ Rosana Paulino / which is headed by the French-Moroccan artist
with the other. Photo: Kristien Daem Kader Attia. However, it is undeniable that seeing
“Jatobá” series, Rosana Paulino, 2019. Photo: Venice is a pleasure: most of the works start from
Courtesy of the artist and gallery Mendes Wood DM EDUARDO SIMÕES is a cultural journalist, with an exquisite aesthetic finish, in addition to seeking
The need to erase the past – racial and religious stints at O Globo and Folha de S.Paulo, covering an effect of reparation to the biennial’s own history.
segregation, territorial invasions, massacres – or film and literature editorials. He was also editor of This is because of the approximately 200 artists
confuse the present using scientific and technological arte! Brasileiros, in 2015, and of several lifestyle present, 180 have never participated in what is
advances – fake-news, surveillance and centralization titles. Also a contributor to Valor Econômico, he is considered the first biennial – started in 1895 -,
of digital data, militias. All are, in short, maneuvers in responsible for editing texts in this issue. the majority being composed of women artists, in
the service of not reflecting on such a violent colonial addition to a significant contribution from black,
past, marked by the abuse of power and the need FABIO CYPRIANO, art critic and journalist, is indigenous and figures from the Global South. The
for a perverse oppression of the other. deputy director of the Faculty of Philosophy, German shows, on the other hand, are much more
Faced with this, Kader Attia, artist, philosopher Communication, Letters and Arts at PUC-SP and contemporary indeed.
and creative director responsible for Berlin Biennale, is part of the editorial board of arte!brasileiros. In Documenta, with its multimillion-dollar budget
calls on to campaign, as a form of reparation, for the this edition, he analyzed both the Berlin and Venice of more than 42 million euros (R$ 232 million),
resumption of attention on the part of individuals, for biennials as well as Documenta. He also participated manages to do something that, since the beginning
everything that surrounds us. Certainly one of the in the interview with Kader Attia. of contemporary production, back in the 1960s, it
most acute thinkers of the international problematic, has actually been sought: to end representation in
he was interviewed by arte!brasileiros, in the LINE LEMOS is a visual artist, comic book artist and order to make experience the main meaning of art.
German capital. zine artist from Belo Horizonte. Master in History from With around 70 collectives, which in turn mobilized
For him, we have lost the capacity for “attention”, UFMG and student of Visual Arts at Escola Guignard, he more than 1.500 artists in total, the show in Kassel
to stop to see, to stop to understand, to be moved. We published, among others, the comics Artists Brasileiras brings vibrant energy to show how art can transform
consume images and loose information, mere objects. (Miguilim, 2018), which received a HQ MIX Award. She is the world, whether through educational processes,
Thus, his powerful exhibition proposes to create the author of the illustration for the article Art and a New care for the environment or various topics addressed.
subtle connections, with interstitial spaces, in which, Breath of Life. Berlin, on the other hand, bets on the need to
after terrifying images, a text by the psychiatrist and denounce, to point out issues that are not always
anti-colonialist writer Frantz Fanon awaits us, calling MARIA HIRSZMAN is a journalist and art critic. visible, whether it’s about the abuses by the US
for the human: ”The only possibility of recovering She worked at Jornal da Tarde and at O Estado police against Latino immigrants, or about how
balance is to face the whole problem, since all these de São Paulo. She is a researcher in art history, algorithms lead the world to the right. All this,
discoveries and inquiries lead only in one direction: to with a master’s degree from USP. For this issue, important to say, without giving up the aesthetic
make man admit that he is nothing, absolutely nothing. she did the report on the abandonment at Cais do elements that allow these terrifying debates to be
And that he must put an end to the narcissism on Valongo, in Rio de Janeiro, and the critique on the in the field of art. Anyway, each one in its own way,
which he relies to imagine that he is different from Arthur Bispo do Rosário exhibition, at Itaú Cultural. these exhibitions manage to complement each
other animals.” (Black Skin, White Masks). other as they bring together ways of working that,
This criticism also appears, implicit in the proposal JOTABÊ MEDEIROS is a reporter, writer and even if contradictory in some cases, continue to
of the documents fifteen, whose difference with any biographer, among others, of the singer Belchior. be carried out and constitute the complex current
other previous exhibition left people from Germans He was a reporter for O Estado de S.Paulo and Folha contemporary scene.
to Brazilians perplexed. directed by ruangrupa, a de S.Paulo, assistant editor for Veja SP, editor for TV
collective from Indonesia, decided to turn the show Gazeta and Carta Capital. He is editor-in-chief of the DEMOCRACY AND REPARATION BERLIN BIENNALE
into a work whose body is formed by infinite bodies. Farofafá website. In this issue, he writes about the [pages 12 to 19]
The proposal associates art with the daily practices crisis in the censorship of works at Masp.
and customs of 14 other collectives of artists from BERLIN MAPS WOUNDS
Nigeria, Cambodia, the Americas and Indonesia. deMocracy and reparation iNterNatioNaL
One cannot understand this experience without exHibitioNs [pages 10 aND 11] OF THE WORLD
realizing that it is not in its parts but as in whole, Lean Biennial with 40 artists, Still Present,
whose meaning is the importance of learning about SHOWS THAT COMPLEMENT with artistic direction by Kader Attia,
differences and how to live with them. prioritizes works with a denunciation
The importance is given in how to share EACH OTHER character
knowledge, how to take care of the other, how Documenta and the Berlin and Venice
different groups think about the defense of the Biennials, despite bringing contradictory by Fabio cypriaNo
environment, organize themselves for a sustainable conceptions of the state of the art, provide a
future and how art can help as a catalyst. complete overview of current production “What is the reason behind the failures to repair
In fact, in the 1980s, in documenta sete, despite collective traumas that haunt our society like a
not coming from a collective, a similar proposal Fabio cypriaNo phantom limb of an amputated body?” The question
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