AN ARTIST PASSIONATE ABOUT DIVERSE ARTISTIC EXPERIMENTATION

After presenting a broad overview of the work of Beatriz Milhazes, Itaú Cultural is spotlighting the career of another great name in the visual arts in Brazil. In Geraldo de Barros – imaginário, construção e memória [Geraldo de Barros – Imagination, Construction and Memory], the public has access to a wide selection of productions – the most extensive ever shown – by this artist who moved with naturalness and originality through different areas, from painting and photography to the manufacture of furniture, always driven by a passion for experimentation.
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Without hierarchizing the areas of expression he worked in, Geraldo created a multiple but consistent oeuvre. He made photos, paintings, posters and signs, tables and chairs as someone who is ultimately doing the same thing: art.
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Curated by Lorenzo Mammi and Michel Favre, the exhibition relied on support from Geraldo’s family throughout the process of its development. The exhibition space covers the artist’s career – from the 1940s to the 1990s – while also touching on the context in which it was developed and the people that he influenced.
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Itaú Cultural’s website, presents more contents about Geraldo. It is possible, for example, to look at the online version of the show Fotografia modernista brasileira [Brazilian Modernist Photography], with images by the artist that belong to the institution’s collection, and to access the artist’s entry in the Itaú Cultural Encyclopedia of Brazilian Art and Culture.

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