Ricardo Basbaum, an etc-artist
Ricardo Basbaum is an artist participating in the 30th Biennial and his definition of an “etc-artist” is an interesting point of departure for understanding his work and his role as an artist.
Ricardo Basbaum is an artist participating in the 30th Biennial and his definition of an “etc-artist” is an interesting point of departure for understanding his work and his role as an artist.
We have arrived at post #50 of the Arquive’s blog, in which, since September of 2011, we have told little stories about Bienal de São Paulo, all taken from this endless source of content that is the Arquivo Bienal.
Luis Pérez-Oramas, general curator of the 30th Bienal, was among the guest curators for the 24th Bienal (1998). He was responsible for organising the special collection of his fellow countryman, Venezuelan artist, Armando Reverón.
The great central span holds a particularly privileged location in the Biennial Pavillion, outlined as it is by the ramp from the ground floor and the guard rails between the second and third levels
If the set up of a Bienal today involves stupendous quantities and effort, just imagine how it was for the first edition in 1951.
One hundred thousand people visited the 1st Bienal in 1951. This figure doubled for the second edition in 1953 and the Bienal of Guernica saw an avid audience who waited expectantly at the doors for the exhibition to open.
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