John Ahearn and Rigoberto Torres work as a duo since 1979, when they initiated projects of naturalist sculptures created after their relationship and involvement with members of different communities. African and Spanish Americans living in the Bronx (peripheral borough of New York City) posed as models for many of these works. At first, the works … Continued
Untitled (2001) is one of the most relevant examples of Amilcar de Castro’s late trajectory. Still in the 1950s, the sculptor developed a technique ruled by seamless operations, based only on cuts and folds of single metal sheets. Here, the use of weathering steel as raw material, rusting over time, just as the use of … Continued
Na escultura vemos Pinóquio – boneco de madeira criado em 1883, pelo escritor italiano Carlo Collodi (1826–1890) e popularizado nos anos 1940 por Walt Disney – sentado sobre livros. Originalmente simpático e carismático, o personagem aqui é apresentado de maneira grotesca, com sua cabeça substituída por um imenso cubo. Apesar dessa imagem corresponder à tradução … Continued
This work by Tiravanija makes reference to Maison Tropicale (tropical house, 1951), a kind of precast habitation for those living in the French colonies of the African continent, developed by the architect Jean Prouvé (1901-1984). Inside the work, there are some palm trees species, videos, and displays with objects related to the Arecaceae family, of … Continued
The sculpture created by Robert Irwin is placed in the highest spot of the visiting area at Instituto Inhotim. The artist was based on an architectural language present in constructions made of precast concrete molds. The tilted walls compose an octagonal structure sheltering yellow, triangular, and textured glasses on top of each wall. Shifting during … Continued
Exhibited for the first time in the 26th São Paulo Bienal (2004), this work reveals an important element of Simon Starling’s work: the boat. Here, the mahogany piece is placed upside down and suspended by its own mast. Placed in the middle of the tropical garden, right next to a mahogany species, the work suggests … Continued
Deleite (1999) is one of the first works of the collection to be assembled in the gardens of Instituto Inhotim, gathering recurring objects and materials in the lexicon of Tunga over four decades of production. Made of iron and leather, the work has a simple structure at its core: a big tripod articulating shafts in … Continued
Escultura para todos os materiais não transparentes (1985) unfolds itself in a namesake series consisting of parts of incomplete spheres of different sizes and materials. Incomplete, this solid shape usually considered of perfect shape, calls attention to the voids between its parts, as well as to the relationship between natural light and the materials used … Continued
In a reference to the myth of Narcissus, who is charmed by his own image reflected on water, Narcissus Garden Inhotim (2009) gathers 750 stainless steel spheres on a reflecting pool placed in the patio of the Centro de Educação e Cultura Burle Marx, a building designed by Arquitetos Associados. In the artist’s own words, … Continued
The sculpture Gui Tuo Bei (2001) is placed at the end of the avenue leading to the farmhouse of the later farm that is now Instituto Inhotim. It makes reference to monolithic monuments of Chinese tradition, usually carried by a turtle and common in sacred places and public spaces. The engraved text narrates a saying … Continued