Renan Cepeda
Perfil do Rio visto do Parque da Cidade, 2006
Exposición
11 may al 21 jul
R. Cosme Velho, 1105
Rio de Janeiro, RJ
Exposición
11 may al 21 jul
R. Cosme Velho, 1105
Rio de Janeiro, RJ
Renan Cepeda
Perfil do Rio visto do Parque da Cidade, 2006
The exhibition Rio: desejo de uma cidade (1904–2024) [Rio: Desire of a City (1904–2024)] celebrates the 120th anniversary of Roberto Marinho’s birth, in whose memory Casa Roberto Marinho was established, and leads into the celebrations of the city’s 460th anniversary in 2025.
Few men have loved, produced, and promoted their birth city so intensely. Journalist and media mogul Roberto Marinho’s publishing and broadcasting outlets produced a visual vocabulary that reflects 20th-century life in Rio de Janeiro. His legacy lives on through new generations in communication companies and, on an intimate scale, in the sharing of his art collection and the transformation of his residence into a cultural venue for the people of Rio.
This exhibition – curated by Marcia Mello, Victor Burton, and me – features photographs, paintings, drawings, prints, and sculptures that, throughout these 120 years, had Rio de Janeiro as their theme or main inspiration. In the works on display, visitors will discover a dynamic and vital city that thrives on its merits and, not infrequently, on its vicissitudes.
Creative resilience has always been, since the outset, one of our traits. It seemed unfeasible to establish a human settlement on such a rugged, albeit dazzling, terrain. Successive engineering feats allowed for the invention of an urban nucleus by incorporating, valuing, and – nothing is perfect – wounding the beautiful nature. As stated by Paulo Mendes da Rocha: “Rio is a stubbornness made possible by the mechanics of flows.”
During the centuries that Rio was the nation's capital, the city strove to fashion itself as a tropical metropolis, emulating Lisbon or Paris. Finally, letting go of these misleading civilizing desires, it chose the pain and delight of simply being Rio de Janeiro.
After all that time when the city itself was identified with the country, when speaking of Rio was to speak of Brazil, we can now catch sight of its unique enduring quality: the inexhaustible capacity of Cariocas (people of Rio) to produce images and invent memories of their city and its role for Brazil.
A city that experiments with new ways of reinforcing its own identity, with its qualities and hardships, without ever wanting to resemble any other.
The urban fabric is united here, intermingling contrasting topographies and communities. Its refusal to be divided makes it dig tunnels to achieve a synthesis that links the airy coastline with the breezeless lands behind the mountains.
When it seems that nearly nothing remains, we take refuge in the production of images and sounds that echo the desire for beauty, a desire that is also fueled by the inequalities stemming from the longstanding tragedy of prejudiced inequality.
On one occasion, Roberto Marinho received a public figure, with whom he had significant disagreements, in his panoramic office atop the Botanical Garden building. It is not known for certain what they discussed. The meeting’s only surviving detail is the journalist’s comment, colored with both surprise and sadness: “He didn’t take a single look at the landscape...” You can’t get more Carioca than that!
Lauro Cavalcanti
Director of Casa Roberto Marinho
May 2024
Victor Arruda
As gêmeas, 2013/2024
Acrílico sobre lienzo, 70 x 100 cm
Coleção do artista
Claudia Jaguaribe
Vidigal e Rocinha da série Entre Morros, 2014
Metacrilato, 110 x 259 cm
Coleção da artista
Leonardo Aversa
Carnaval #02, 2018
Impresión de inyección de tinta, 60 x 60 cm
Coleção do artista
Andre Cypriano
Membros do Surfavela, 1999
Impresión de inyección de tinta, 90 x 120 cm
Coleção do artista
Marcos Bonisson
Balada de um corpo solar, 1998
Impresión de inyección de tinta, 80 x 80 cm
Coleção do artista
Milan Alram
Rua Uruguaiana esquina com Rua do Ouvidor, 1957
Plotagem digital, 100 x 150 cm
Coleção da família
Jean Manzon
Sem título, 1951
Acervo Jean Manzon
Vincent Rosenblatt
Ezequias - Funk Body #051- Yolo Love Party - Fundição Progresso, Lapa, 2018
Impresión de inyección de tinta, 100 x 66 cm
Coleção do artista
Thiago Facina
Escadas 10, 2014
Impresión de inyección de tinta, 59,4 x 42 cm
Coleção do artista
Marcos Chaves
Buda, 1999
C-print, 135 x 200 cm
Coleção do artista
Carlos Vergara
Poder, 1972
Impresión de inyección de tinta, 100 x 150 cm
Coleção do artista
Anna Kahn
Sem título, 2010
impresión de inyección de tinta, 80 x 100 cm
Coleção da artista
Cesar Barreto
Vista da Igreja da Penha, 2011
Coleção do artista
Monara Barreto
Luzes do Alemão, 2011
Impresión de inyección de tinta, 50 x 75 cm
Coleção da artista
José Roberto Bassul
Sem título da série Linhas de Sombra 1 e 2, 2019
Impresión de inyección de tinta, 75 x 50 cm
Coleção do artista
Ratão Diniz
Nova Maré, 2013
Impresión de inyección de tinta, 50 x 75 cm
Coleção do artista
Rogério Reis
Da série Ninguém é de Ninguém, 2014
Impresión de inyección de tinta, 155 x 107 cm
Acervo do artista
Luiz Baltar
Instantes Cruzados, 2017
Coleção do artista
Gais Ama
Casas de subúrbio, 2017
Acrílico sobre lienzo, 110,3 x 100,3 cm
Coleção Roberto Marinho, Instituto Casa Roberto Marinho
Joelington Rios
Aqualtune, da série O que sustenta do Rio, 2018
Impresión de inyección de tinta, 90 x 80 cm
Coleção do artista
Mauricio Valladares
Brasil Central, Carnaval, 1980
Impresión de inyección de tinta, 100 x 70 cm
Coleção do artista
Casa Roberto Marinho
Rio de Janeiro - 25 DE AGO AL 12 DE NOV 2023
Curaduría: Paulo Venancio Filho
Casa Roberto Marinho
Rio de Janeiro - 28 DE ABR AL 16 DE JUL 2023
Curaduría: Lauro Cavalcanti
Casa Roberto Marinho
Rio de Janeiro - 28 DE ABR AL 16 DE JUL 2023
Curaduría: Alexandre Dacosta
Casa Roberto Marinho
Rio de Janeiro - 28 DE ABR AL 16 DE JUL 2023
Curaduría: João Emanuel Carneiro
Casa Roberto Marinho
Rio de Janeiro - 11 DE DIC AL 2 DE ABR 2023
Curaduría: Lauro Cavalcanti
Casa Roberto Marinho
Rio de Janeiro - 19 DE AGO AL 20 DE NOV 2022
Curaduría: Max Perlingeiro
Casa Roberto Marinho
Rio de Janeiro - 12 DE MAR AL 26 DE JUN 2022
Curaduría: Isabella Rjeille e Fernanda Lopes
