Exhibition

Interventions

Sat, Jun 10–Sun, Jul 9, 2006
Sat, Jun 10, 2006
7 pm
Opening
Sun, Jun 11, 2006
Mon, Jun 12, 2006
Tue, Jun 13, 2006
Wed, Jun 14, 2006
Thu, Jun 15, 2006
Fri, Jun 16, 2006
Sat, Jun 17, 2006
Sun, Jun 18, 2006
Mon, Jun 19, 2006
Tue, Jun 20, 2006
Wed, Jun 21, 2006
Thu, Jun 22, 2006
Fri, Jun 23, 2006
Sat, Jun 24, 2006
Sun, Jun 25, 2006
Mon, Jun 26, 2006
Tue, Jun 27, 2006
Wed, Jun 28, 2006
Thu, Jun 29, 2006
Fri, Jun 30, 2006
Sat, Jul 1, 2006
Sun, Jul 2, 2006
Mon, Jul 3, 2006
Tue, Jul 4, 2006
Wed, Jul 5, 2006
Thu, Jul 6, 2006
Fri, Jul 7, 2006
Sat, Jul 8, 2006
Sun, Jul 9, 2006
daily, noon-10 p.m.

free admission

Nelson Leirner, Futebol, Copyright: Galeria Brito Cimino

Four works intervene at our art venue - the House of World Cultures. In their commissioned works, Nelson Leirner, Carla Guagliardi, Lucia Koch and the group of artists Chelpa Ferro combine contemporary art with the cultural diversity of Brazil.

Even though they belong to different generations, they are all pursuing remarkable careers, with works at major biennales and exhibitions. In this exhibition, they complement one another in the way they present their different poetic strategies. Nelson Leirner's works and the junk sculptures by Chelpa Ferro combine high and everyday culture, the holy and the profane. They set free energy in a manner so typical of a culture that has constantly had to deal with impoverishment and various forms of resistance. Lucia Koch's installations and Carla Guagliadi's works emphasise the necessity of simplicity, ease and beauty as elements in creatively living out everyday life to the full. "The joy in experimenting," says curator Luiz Camillo Osorio, "is the fate of a culture that has continually had to rediscover itself from the very start."


Curator: Luiz Camillo Osorio