The Persistence of Painting - Contemporary Nucleus.

A 256-page trilingual catalog designed to the Contemporary Nucleus of the 5th Biennial of Mercosul held from Setember 30 to december 4, 2005 in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil, curated by Paulo Sérgio Duarte and Gaudêncio Fidelis. The publication includes texts by the curators, images of paintings by José Bechara selected for the exhibition and an essay by Paulo Sergio Duarte about the artist's work.