DANIEL CARRANZA'S PICTORIAL
UNIVERSE
Enock Sacramento
The text "Fabulinha fabulosa" that the late art critic Olney Krüse had written for the catalogue of the first individual exhibit of Daniel Carranza, held in Sao Paulo,at the Galeria André, in 1986, is one of the most revealing features about the life and work of the Argentine artist. Born in 1955 inBuenos Aires, Carranza lived in Brazil between 1982 and 1999.
THE BOOK OF IMAGINARY BEINGS
FANTASTIS ZOOLOGY : DANIEL CARRANZA AND BORGES
Sol Biderman
When Jorge Luis Borges came to San Paulo in 1970 to receive the Bienal Foundation literary award, accompanied by his translator Norman di Giovanni, I chatted with both of them for hours at the governor's palace about zoologiafantástica, which di Giovanni translated into English as "The Book of Imaginary Beings."
DREAMING A NEW WORLD
Young Yang Chung, PH.D
Embroidery and painting are ancient art forms arising from the universal human desire to seek meaning in daily experience through creative visual expression From prehistoric times to the present day, people wordwide have employed needles, threads, brushes and pigments to beautify their envirnment, to express personal feelings and desires, and to reinforce social and religious ideals and convictions.