25th Bienal do Sao Paulo Urban Mozaik Ventures Outside of North America To Brazil For An Urban Art Extravaganza Featuring Artists From 70 Countries. Get ready, World, for a look into the minds of artists from around the planet as their work is gathered in Brazil for a thought-provoking art exhibit based on an urban theme. The Fundacao Bienal de Sao Paulo will be opening its 25th Biennial on March 23. With the theme of Iconografias Metropolitanas [Metropolitan Iconographies], the exhibition will be held in 30,000 square meters of exhibition space on the three floors of the Ciccillo Matarazzo Pavilion, home of the Fundacao Bienal, Parque do Ibirapuera, Sao Paulo, Brazil. "Queensboro Bridge, NYC January 2000" by Spencer Tunick "Niagara" by Jeff Koons This edition of the biennial – which is considered to be one of the three most important events of its kind in the world – features 190 artists from 70 different countries. The chief curator is Alfons Hug, with curator Agnaldo Farias in charge of the Brazilian representation. The 25th Bienal de Sao Paulo is divided into 5 main segments: "11 Metropolises", "National Representations", "Brazilian Nucleus", Special Project Rooms and "Net Art". The "11 Metropolises" are: Sao Paulo, Caracas, New York, Johannesburg, Istanbul, Beijing, Tokyo, Sydney, London, Berlin and Moscow. Each metropolis is represented by five artists. The so-called 12th City is "the design of a Utopia", according to the curators. The "National Representations" segment presents the works of artists from 70 countries (one artist per participating country). The Bienal has encouraged the participation of a large number of African and Asian countries, which usually get little exposure in contemporary art shows. For the "Brazilian Nucleus", curator Agnaldo Farias selected 30 artists from 10 different Brazilian states with the aim of showing the cutting edge of the national production. According to him, "it is a mapping of a complex and fascinating universe; the ancient polis exploded and gathered in unexpected versions". The countries participating in the exhibit are: Albania Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Belgium Bolivia Bulgaria Camaroon Canada Chile China Colombia Congo Costa Rica Croatia Cyprus Denmark Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Finland France Germany Great Britain Greece Guatemala Honduras Hungary Indonesia Ireland Israel Italy Japan Latvia Lebanon Mexico New Zealand Nicaragua Norway Palestine Panama Paraguay Peru Poland Portugal Puerto Rico Russia Singapore Slovenia South Africa South Korea Spain Sweden Switzerland Taiwan The Netherlands Trinidad & Tobago Turkey Ukraine United States Uruguay Venezuela Vietnam Yugoslavia Click here to go to Urban Mozaik Magazine This website: Copyright © 2002 Dream World Media, LLC. / Urban Mozaik Magazine. All rights reserved. The opinions expressed in Urban Mozaik Magazine are not necessarily those of Urban Mozaik Magazine and the publisher cannot be held responsible for them. This website/publication, in whole or in part, may not be reproduced without written permission from the publisher and/or original publisher.