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Article: Nationalism and beyond. (the 23rd Sao Paulo Bienal, various artists, Sao Paulo, Brazil)
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- Art in America
- Article date:
- March 1, 1997
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The 23rd Sao Paulo Bienal offered a new model for international surveys, adding historical blockbusters and curated regional sections to the "official" mix.
As though buoyed by its theme, "the dematerialization of the object of art at the end of the millennium," the 23rd Bienal of Sao Paulo hefted its weight with considerable grace, if appearing to sometimes stray from its curatorial mandate in its pursuit of stardom. With representatives from 75 countries, republics, colonies and territories, including the previously unrepresented Palestine, Lebanon, Cayman Islands, Virgin Islands, San Marino and a dozen or more other ports of call sought out by its organizers, ...