Contrary to what one might infer from a first impression, the concept of crisis that the bienal refers to, does not focus on a common and disturbing Systemic and financial crisis, which strangles us everyday.

By News Editor 15 Jul 2013

17. Bienal de Cerveira

Crisis and Transformation

27 July – 14 September, 2013

Artistic director: Augusto Canedo

Theme:

Of Greek origin (κρßσις,-εως, ἡ) the concept of crisis, is used in politics and economics, sociology, and medicine, among other areas of knowledge, particularly applied to the Psychology of Learning and Development, referring to the idea of change from a state to another, implicit to the process of evolution and development.

In Art, the idea of change and evolution that has been following and characterized throughout its history, leads us to evoke the effervescence of a period beginning from the appearance of the first vanguards of the twentieth century and allows us to question and speculate their future.

In the phase that emerges after the End of a Rhetoric in which consummates the dematerialization and the assumption of extrinsic values of the artwork, is still the idea of Rupture, Loss and fast substitutions, which bring the balance into question.

By definition of its nature, the culture criticism, inaugurates and discusses the future, every day that goes…

Tributed Artist:

Since the first editions of the Biennial of Cerveira that has remained the initiative to honor an artist of recognized merit, that represents a remarkable contribution to the arts scene in a national level. The honored artist of the 17th Biennial of Cerveira will be the painter Henry Silva, who has been part of the biennial since its inception and has also been its director for 7 editions (1995-2007).