Cultural Anthropophagy: The 24th Bienal de São Paulo 1998

The sixth book in the Exhibition Histories series focuses on the 24th Bienal de São Paulo in 1998, which presented a new model for exhibition-making in the era of post-colonial globalisation.

Introd. by Pablo Lafuente. Text by Lisette Lagnado, Renato Sztutman, Mirtes Marins de Oliveira, Carmen Mörsch and Catrin Seefranz, and interviews with participating artists and curator Paulo Herkenhoff.

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3863355547

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Anthropophagy as Cultural Strategy: The 24th Bienal de São Paulo— Lisette Lagnado
The 24th Bienal de São Paulo 1998

‘Representações Nacionais’ (‘National Representations’)

‘Arte Contemporânea Brasileira: Um e/entre Outro/s’ (‘Brazilian Contemporary Art: One and/among Other/s’)

‘Roteiros. Roteiros. Roteiros. Roteiros. Roteiros. Roteiros. Roteiros.’ (‘Routes. Routes. Routes. Routes. Routes. Routes. Routes.’)

‘Núcleo Histórico: Antropofagia e Histórias de Canibalismos’ (‘Historical Nucleus: Anthropophagy and Histories
of Cannibalisms’)
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The Epistemological Leap of Anthropophagy After the 24th Bienal de São Paulo— Mirtes Marins de Oliveira
Out of the cantinho — Art Education at the 24th Bienal de São Paulo— Carmen Mörsch and Catrin Seefranz
The (Re)turn of the Anthropophagites: Reconnecting Oswald de Andrade’s Proposal to Amerindian Art-Thought — Renato Sztutman
Manifesto antropófago— Oswald de Andrade, 1928
Anthropophagite Manifesto— Oswald de Andrade, 1928
Incomplete Glossary of Sources of Latin American Art — Paulo Herkenhoff, 1993

Reporting from São Paulo, I’m from the United States: Five Broadcasts on the 24th Bienal de São Paulo— Andrea Fraser, 1998
Interviews
— Andrea Fraser in conversation with David Morris
— Dias & Riedweg in conversation with Line Ellegaard
Afterword: For What, For Whom— Pablo Lafuente
Authors’ biographies
Selected bibliography
Picture credits
Acknowledgements
Index

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Cultural Anthropophagy: The 24th Bienal de São Paulo 1998

With a main essay by Lisette Lagnado, additional texts by Paulo Herkenhoff, Andrea Fraser, Renato Sztutman, Mirtes Marins de Oliveira, Carmen Mörsch and Catrin Seefranz, an afterword by Pablo Lafuente and interviews with participating artists including Andrea Fraser and Dias & Riedweg.

The 1998 Bienal de São Paulo remade art history from a Brazilian perspective, and presented a new model for exhibition-making in the era of post-colonial globalisation. The show employed the Brazilian notion of anthropophagy as both concept and method, encouraging ‘contamination’ and ‘cannibalisation’ of the canon, alongside an expanded understanding of its pedagogic function for the integration of art, culture and political history. In the sixth book in Afterall’s Exhibition Histories series, the 24th Bienal is presented in detail, with critical reappraisal and extensive photographic documentation of this important exhibition. The main essay by Lisette Lagnado provides extensive critical analysis and historical context, with additional texts by Renato Sztutman, on the history of anthropophagy, Mirtes Marins de Oliveira, on the Bienal’s critical reception, Carmen Mörsch and Catrin Seefranz on its educational commitments, and an afterword by Pablo Lafuente providing further valuable insights. Also included are interviews with participating artists including Dias & Riedweg, Oswald de Andrade’s original ‘Manifesto  antropófago’ and a previously unpublished script by Andrea Fraser.

The Exhibition Histories series investigates exhibitions that have shaped the way contemporary art is experienced, made and discussed.

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Published by Afterall Books in association with the Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College, 2015. Distributed by Koenig Books, and ARTBOOK | D.A.P.

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