Space Jew disputes rumors about being denied Documenta – ARTnews.com

A Sao Paulo-based Jewish art space disputed a report by a prominent German newspaper that it had been excluded from Documenta, calling the allegations “rumours”.

Casa do Beauvo — a center that says it “reviews and reinvents notions of culture, society and memory,” according to its website — go to e-flux publishing platform Yesterday to answer in Article in Frankfurter Allgemeine Space placed the article as an attempt by many to weaponize allegations of anti-Semitism at the famous art gallery in Kassel, Germany.

“As a Brazilian Jewish organization, we humbly ask the German press and authorities to consider Document Fifteen as a whole and to avoid classifying the documents and technical team as anti-Semitic,” Casa de Beauvo Wrote. Such generalizations can lead to a waste of the struggle against anti-Semitism. We cannot tolerate this fight being used to silence others and causes.”

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The statement directly referred to the controversy over the Taring Padi piece that was included in Documenta 15, organized by the Indonesian group Ruangrupa. Taring Padi’s towering mural featured anti-Semitic caricatures of Jews, and faced a wave of criticism for it. Although the mural by Documenta was removed within a few days, the controversy did not subside.

Documenta chair Sabine Schuermann, who left “mutual agreement” last weekend and Ruangrupa was summoned before the Bundestag, Germany’s parliament, to respond to how this article appeared. Taring Padi, Schormann, and ruangrupa have all issued a huge apology for the piece.

A separate, albeit related, discussion on the inclusion of the Palestinian crowdfunding issue has also sparked controversy. Some Jewish groups have claimed that it is anti-Semitic to include the issue of funding because their members allegedly support the pro-Palestine Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement. Documenta and Ruangrupa denied that the issue of funding sharing was anti-Semitic, calling some of these allegations “racist”.

The Frankfurter Allgemeine I tried a piece entitled “Just keep partying?” , to summarize these differences. He did not name Casa do Bovo, referring only to a “Jewish community from São Paulo” that had been removed from the initial network of collectives helping to organize Documenta 15 amid “protests from participants close to Palestine”.

Casa do Povo said in its e-flux statement that it led “informal conversations” with Ruangrupa, but was never invited to be part of that network. Documenta’s announcement of the network did not include Casa do Beauvo, although it appears that Ruangrupa had previously had links with space. Art!an English-language publication on the Brazilian art scene, mentioned In 2021, Ruangrupa members worked with Casa do Bovo to host digital meetings with members of the local scene.

“Why would a supposedly anti-Semitic organizational team work with us?” asked Casa de Bofo.

She went on to say that she felt Documenta had done enough to respond to the Tring Buddy controversy, and added: “We now hope that the other questions raised by this great exhibition will be heard and discussed, because they are also necessary for us, to fight anti-Semitism, the struggle against racism, and the role of art In today’s crumbling world.”

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