Installation View

Bienal das Amazônias

Curated by Sandra Benites, Flavya Mutran, Keyna Eleison and Vânia Leal, the biennial is entitled Bubuia: Waters as a Source of Imaginations and Desires, and highlights the cultural and artistic plurality of one of the world’s richest biomes in biodiversity.

View of exhibition, ground floor, Bienal das Amazônias, Belém do Pará, 2023. Photo: Danilo José Rocha.

View of exhibition, ground floor, Bienal das Amazônias, Belém do Pará, 2023. Photo: Danilo José Rocha.

Miguel Penha, Igarapé, 2019. Acrylic on canvas. Brazil, Mato Grosso. Photo: Danilo José Rocha.

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by Danilo José Rocha
Wed 4 Oct, 2023

The Bienal das Amazônias is an unprecedented project that brings together nine countries, as well as several Brazilian states, and focuses on the identity and culture manifested through the contemporary art of Amazonian peoples. Located in a former office building in the center of the capital of Pará, the exhibition seeks to break with the “usual” ways of making art, giving consideration to methods, aesthetics, materials, spaces and narratives from around the Amazon region. Contemporary expressions from Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela, Suriname, Guyana, French Guiana and Brazil make up the exhibition, which has free entry.

Bienal das Amazônias
On view until November 5, 2023
Open to the public Wednesday to Sunday, 1pm to 7pm. Saturdays, 11am to 8pm
Rua Manoel Barata, 400. Comércio. Belém, Pará, Brazil.

www.bienalamazonias.com.br

View of exhibition, ground floor, Bienal das Amazônias, Belém do Pará, 2023. Photo: Danilo José Rocha.

Miguel Penha, Igarapé, 2019. Acrylic on canvas. Brazil, Mato Grosso. Photo: Danilo José Rocha.

Joelington Rios, Cruzeiro do Sul, 2023. Installation. Mosquito nets, charcoal, Waji. Quilombo Jamary dos Pretos, Maranhão. 680 x 680 cm. Photo: Danilo José Rocha.

View of exhibition, 3rd floor, Bienal das Amazônias, Belém do Pará, 2023. Photo: Danilo José Rocha.

Gustavo Cabocco, Watuminpen waparadan day: pedra do céu, 2021. Acrylic on canvas. 160 x 300 cm. Brazil, Paraná-Roraima. Photo: Danilo José Rocha.

View of exhibition, 2nd floor, Bienal das Amazônias, Belém do Pará, 2023. Photo: Danilo José Rocha.

Marcone Moreira, Sinergia Provisória, 2023. Structure composed of iron hooks. Brazil, Pará. Photo: Danilo José Rocha.

Elisa Arruda, Cadeiras-perna, 2023. Installation. Brazil, Pará. Photo: Danilo José Rocha.

Graciela Arias, Las Enseñanzas de Ronín, 2022. Acrylic on wooden machetes. Peru. Photo: Danilo José Rocha.

View of the exhibition, 1st floor, Bienal das Amazônias, Belém do Pará, 2023. Photo: Danilo José Rocha.

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