Tomie Ohtake
Pintura nº 2, 1953 (Detail)
Exhibition
Eight decades of Informal Abstraction in the collections of Instituto Casa Roberto Marinho and Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo
Dec 07 to Jun 09
Tuesday to Sunday from 12 am to 6 pm
R. Cosme Velho, 1105
Rio de Janeiro, RJ
Exhibition
Eight decades of Informal Abstraction in the collections of Instituto Casa Roberto Marinho and Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo
Dec 07 to Jun 09
Tuesday to Sunday from 12 am to 6 pm
R. Cosme Velho, 1105
Rio de Janeiro, RJ
Tomie Ohtake
Pintura nº 2, 1953 (Detail)
Abstract art began to be practiced in Brazil in the 1940s. Since the beginning, two lines emerged: informal abstraction and geometric abstraction. Informal abstraction is characterized by the expression of gestures by the artist, whether in the materials of painting or in sculpture; as a result, the style of each artist becomes very singular.
Geometric abstraction, on the other hand, is based on universal principles of mathematics and geometry, creating a more collective identity.
The artists who practiced informal abstraction in Brazil did not constitute permanent groups, since the singularity of each of their styles outweighed the general principles. Thus, in informal abstraction there is no school, as there is in geometric abstraction, which led to the formation of various groups such as Ruptura, Frente, and Neoconcreto. Likewise, there were no outstanding art critics who represented the informal artists, while there were those who defended geometric abstraction and accused informal abstraction of excessive subjectivism.
Nevertheless, informal abstraction sowed in Brazil an extensive field of gestural art and of the exploration of the material in the artwork. By bringing together two of the most important collections in Brazil, that of the Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo and that of the Instituto Casa Roberto Marinho, we evidence the longstanding power of informal abstraction throughout the last eight decades. Despite recurring attacks against the informal as well as the fads that espoused geometric art, the artists who practiced informal abstraction in Brazil evince the consistency of their unique styles, their radicality in the exploration of the artistic material, and the visual lyricism of their compositions.
We invite the public for a fresh encounter with eight decades of informal abstraction in Brazil.
Felipe Chaimovich e Lauro Cavalcanti
Ivald Granato
Viva a pintura (detalhe), 1985
Acrylic/canvas, 104,3 x 387,5
Vieira da Silva
Coucher de soleil, 1957
Oil/canvas, 81,0 x 129,0
Maria Tereza Louro
Ela. Três. (detalhe), 1998-99
Acrylic and graphite/canvas, 155,5 x 70,5
Lucia Laguna
Estúdio nº41, 2012
Acrylic and oil/canvas, 120,2 x 120,5
Carlos Uchôa
Cais 2 (a escada de Jacó), 1998
Oil/canvas, 200,0 x 173,0
Angelo Venosa
Sem título | Untitled, c. 1986
Bandage, plaster and tar/wood, 269,5 x 70,0 x 32,0
Fernando Lindote
Cinemáquina (detalhe), 2009
Inkjet print/paper, Dimensões variáveis
Ernesto Neto
Sem título | Untitled, 1999
Felt-tip pen and gouache/paper, 24,0 x 33,0
Laurita Salles
Sem título | Untitled, 1995
Monotype/paper, 55,7 x 75,5
Antonio Hélio Cabral
Bruxe, 1992
Oil/cardboard, 100,7 x 80,6
Tomie Ohtake
Sem título | Untitled, 1970
Oil/canvas, 73,0 x 92,5
Jorge Guinle
O riacho, 1986
Oil/canvas, 200,0 x 200,0
Maria Martins
Insônia infinita da terra, 1954
Sermolite, lead and wood, 65,0 x 78,0 x 52,0
Dudi Maia Rosa
Sem título | Untitled, 1989
Fiberglass, paper, pigment and polyester resin, 150,3 x 151,6
Nuno Ramos
Lamentação, 1985
Oil/canvas, 230,5 x 189,2
Paulo Monteiro
Sem título | Untitled, 1992
Gouache/paper, 70,2 x 50,0
Maria Polo
(Veneza, Itália 1937 - Rio de Janeiro, Brasil, 1983)
Thiago Rocha Pitta
Danäe nos Jardins de Górgona ou Saudades da Pangeia, 2011
Video, 14'56"
Márcia Pastore
Sem título | Untitled, 2000
Bronze, 83,0 x 315,0 x 35,0
Leda Catunda
Couros, 1993
Acrylic/leather and canvas, 170,0 x 252,0 x 8,0
Tatiana Blass
Poltrona, 2003
Oil/canvas, 70,0 x 90,0
Rodrigo Andrade
Sem título | Untitled, 1986
Cardboard and canvas collage, synthetic emanel and oil/wood, 100,0 x 120,0
Carlito Carvalhosa
Sem título | Untitled, 1987
Encaustic/wood, 135,0 x 160,0
Yolanda Mohalyi
Pintura nº1, 1970
Oil/canvas, 130 x 115 cm
Shirley Paes Leme
Sem título | Untitled, 1998
Soot/paper, 42,0 x 29,7
Célia Euvaldo
Sem título | Untitled, 1990
Acrylic/paper, 67,5 x 51,0
Maria Bonomi
Salvo-conduto, 1970
Woodcut/rice paper, 110,2 x 94,0
Karin Lambrecht
Fragmentos da cruz negra, 2006
Aquatint, etching and drypoint/paper, 64,8 x 49,1
Luiz Aquila
Composição, 1985
Acrylic/canvas, 100,0 x 140,0
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Flávia Ribeiro
Sem título | Untitled [da série | from the series: Corpos associados], 1995-97
China ink and golden pigment/paper, 75,0 x 175,0
Tikashi Fukushima
Pintura A, 1961
Oil/canvas, 110,0 x 130,0
Burle Marx
Sem título | Untitled, 1989
Acrylic/canvas, 167,1 x 207,6
Frida Baranek
Bolo, 1990
Iron wire and white marble rock, 80,0 x 180,0 x 130,0
Fábio Miguez
Sem título | Untitled, 1991
Wax and oil/canvas, 56,0 x 100,0
Manabu Mabe
Castelo do mar, 1983
Acrylic/canvas, 63,5 x 76,0
Antonio Bandeira
Il neige sur Notre Dame, 1962
Oil/canvas, 62,0 x 51,0
Iberê Camargo
Vórtice-I (Vórtex I), 1973
Oil/canvas, 100 x 141 cm
Edith Derdyk
Sem título | Untitled, 1997
Vinyl glue and thread/paper, 121,0 x 96,5
Exhibition
This show caps off the House, Garden, Collection trilogy. And for Casa Roberto Marinho, dedicated to Brazilian modernism, it opens new paths in the permeable border between the modern and the contemporary.
Mar 13 to Sep 19
Tuesday to Sunday from 12 am to 6 pm
R. Cosme Velho, 1105
Rio de Janeiro, RJ
Exhibition
This show caps off the House, Garden, Collection trilogy. And for Casa Roberto Marinho, dedicated to Brazilian modernism, it opens new paths in the permeable border between the modern and the contemporary.
Mar 13 to Sep 19
Tuesday to Sunday from 12 am to 6 pm
R. Cosme Velho, 1105
Rio de Janeiro, RJ
Casa Roberto Marinho
Rio de Janeiro - MAR 13 TO AUG 08 2021
Trusteeship: Lauro Cavalcanti
Casa Roberto Marinho
Rio de Janeiro - DEC 06 TO AUG 09 2020
Trusteeship: Paulo Venancio Filho e Marcia Mello
Casa Roberto Marinho
Rio de Janeiro - DEC 06 TO SEP 13 2020
Trusteeship: Lauro Cavalcanti
Casa Roberto Marinho
Rio de Janeiro - JUL 19 TO NOV 10 2019
Trusteeship: Lauro Cavalcanti
Casa Roberto Marinho
Rio de Janeiro - JUN 28 TO OCT 27 2019
Trusteeship: Isabella Rjeille e Rodrigo Moura
