12th Bienal de São Paulo
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A giant mouth designed by Vera Figueiredo "swallowed" visitors to 12th Bienal, demonstrating the strength of Neo-concrete derivations. Installations and environments that appealed to all of the senses were presented in the Art and Communication segment. Replacing the Art Technical Committee, the Council for Art and Culture (CAC) developed a new selection framework and denied entry to 90% of the Brazilian works submitted. The Brazilian Representation was made up of 100 artists selected through regional juries (Fortaleza, Salvador, Belo Horizonte, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Curitiba). Kandinsky's works, which were brought by the French Representation, are exhibited for the first time in South America

President of Bienal: Ciccillo Matarazzo
Technical Secretariat: Antonio Bento, Bethy Giudice, Ciccillo Matarazzo, Mário Wilches, Vilém Flusser
In the Selection Jury: Geraldo Ferraz, Clarival Valladares, Lisetta Levi, Walmir Ayala
In the Award Jury: Antonio Bento, Donald Baum, Jiří Kotalík

Authorship: Cláudio Moschella

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The General Room of Korea at the 12th Bienal. In the foreground are sculptures by Young Goong Kim, Historical Background of the Korean People and Yoon Sin Kim, Eternal Guarduan Deity of the Free People who Love in Peacen. In the background is Young Woo Kwon’s ‘73 -14’

The General Room of Korea at the 12th Bienal. In the foreground are sculptures by Young Goong Kim, 'Historical Background of the Korean People' and Yoon Sin Kim, 'Eternal Guarduan Deity of the Free People who Love in Peacen'. In the background is Young Woo Kwon’s ‘73 -14’ / © Unknown photographer
Educational activity by Equipe Projeto Aberto (Carminha Salvagni Leonard, Cazarré Luiz Olmer, Cecília Rocco Assumpção, Maria Victoria Machado Poetzscher, Nídia Lera Fernandes and Yeda de Carvalho Geribello)

Educational activity by Equipe Projeto Aberto (Carminha Salvagni Leonard, Cazarré Luiz Olmer, Cecília Rocco Assumpção, Maria Victoria Machado Poetzscher, Nídia Lera Fernandes and Yeda de Carvalho Geribello) / © Unknown photographer
Central space of the 12th Bienal featuring Sergius Ederlyi’s ‘Figura-Música-Arte Cinética’ [Kinetic Figure-Music-Art]

Central space of the 12th Bienal featuring Sergius Ederlyi’s ‘Figura-Música-Arte Cinética’ [Kinetic Figure-Music-Art] / © Unknown photographer
Central space of the 12th Bienal featuring Sergius Ederlyi’s ‘Figura-Música-Arte Cinética’ [Kinetic Figure-Music-Art]

Central space of the 12th Bienal featuring Sergius Ederlyi’s ‘Figura-Música-Arte Cinética’ [Kinetic Figure-Music-Art] / © Unknown photographer
Installation of the 12th Bienal with a view of ‘Pontos de Vista’ [Points of view] by Equipe Três (Lydia Okumura, Genilson Soares and Francisco Iñarra)

Installation of the 12th Bienal with a view of ‘Pontos de Vista’ [Points of view] by Equipe Três (Lydia Okumura, Genilson Soares and Francisco Iñarra) / © Unknown photographer
Ground floor of the 12th Bienal featuring work by the Segurança group (Eduardo Carlos Pereira, Alberto Cechi, Laura Machado de Mello Bueno and Monica Mattar Oliva), ‘Faixa de Segurança [Security Strip] displaued in the Art and Communication Projects Section

Ground floor of the 12th Bienal featuring work by the Segurança group (Eduardo Carlos Pereira, Alberto Cechi, Laura Machado de Mello Bueno and Monica Mattar Oliva), ‘Faixa de Segurança' [Security Strip] displaued in the Art and Communication Projects Section / © Unknown photographer
Educational activity during the 12th Bienal

Educational activity during the 12th Bienal / © Unknown photographer
Opening of the 12th Bienal with Francisco Matarazzo Sobrinho, Laudo Natel and Admiral Augusto Rademaker

Opening of the 12th Bienal with Francisco Matarazzo Sobrinho, Laudo Natel and Admiral Augusto Rademaker / © Unknown photographer
View of the 12th Bienal with sculptures by Austrian artist Erwin Reiter

View of the 12th Bienal with sculptures by Austrian artist Erwin Reiter / © Unknown photographer
Work by Klaus Rinke

Work by Klaus Rinke / © Unknown photographer
General view of the 12th Bienal with Vera de Figueiredo’s installation, ‘Visite o Inferno (E Encontre com Você)’ [Visit Hell (And Meet Yourself)] and Ivens Machado’s objects from the series ‘Camisa de Força’ [Straightjacket]

General view of the 12th Bienal with Vera de Figueiredo’s installation, ‘Visite o Inferno (E Encontre com Você)’ [Visit Hell (And Meet Yourself)] and Ivens Machado’s objects from the series ‘Camisa de Força’ [Straightjacket] / © Unknown photographer

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"In rejecting 90% of the works by Brazilian artists for the 12th edition, the Bienal de São Paulo also motivated the creation of a parallel exhibition: The Bienal of the Rejected. Thus, on October 5, while authorities inaugurated the exhibition at Ibirapuera Park, Galeria Espade, on Rua Pamplona, in São Paulo, opened its doors to the works of 78 of the 236 artists rejected by the jury."

AMARANTE, Leonor. As Bienais de São Paulo: 1951 a 1987. São Paulo: Projeto, 1989, p.214

"Painter Fred Forest published a series of white spaces in the O Globo newspaper of 1973, inviting readers to send a message to be presented at the Bienal. The artist aimed to “rouse people out of passivity, make them think, and put them in contact with other people."

“UTILIZE ESTE ESPAÇO E PARTICIPE DA XII BIENAL” [Use this space and participate in the 12th Bienal]. O Globo, 04 out. 1973

"The 12th Biennial is still remembered for the presence of a set of 22 artworks by Russian artist Wassily Kandinsky brought by the French delegation, which was out of tune with the overall playful tone of the show. This was the first time that any of this artist's best works had come to South America with a purpose entirely different from that of participative art. According to him, 'the spectator should leam and see. He should admit that a work of art is not a mirror of reality, but the plastic equivalent of a state of the soul'."

FARIAS, Agnaldo (org.). Bienal 50 Anos, 1951-2001. São Paulo: Fundação Bienal de São Paulo, 2001, p.165