The Big Review | 36th Bienal de São Paulo ★★★★
This sometimes muddled show gets lost in its own lyricism, but works by the likes of Marlene Almeida and a performance rescue the endeavour.
An installation view of Precious Okoyomon’s Sun of Consciousness. God Blow Thru Me – Love Break Me (2025), which shows moss-covered earth, waterfalls and other organic elements that evoke a region of Brazil that has been widely deforested.
The 36th Bienal de São Paulo opens with the striking site-specific installation Sun of Consciousness. God Blow Thru Me – Love Break Me (2025) by the Nigerian-American artist Precious Okoyomon, comprising a spiralling path of moss-covered earth, waterfalls and other organic and sculptural elements that evoke the biome of the Cerrado, a region of Brazil that has been widely deforested.
Okoyomon’s time in the Minas Gerais state and as an artist-in-resident at the newly launched Casa Onze in São Paulo extensively informed the work.
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