Neville D’Almeida initiated his education at the Centro de Estudos Cinematográficos in Belo Horizonte. From the 1960s on, he moved to New York to study cinema at the New York College (USA). In his productions, counterculture stands out as a theme, with scenes of violence, sex, and drug consumption. Most of his films suffered with … Continued
Miguel Rio Branco studied photography at the New York Institute of Photography (USA), in 1966. His production is placed at the borders of art, photography, and cinema. From 1970 to 1972, in parallel to his work as a photographer and director of experimental movies in New York, he developed an authorial photographic research, putting together … Continued
Janet Cardiff first graduated in photography and engraving at Queens University (Canada), in 1980. After her experience with filmmaker Georges Miller, in 1983, Cardiff started to produce works involving sound, as well as sound installations. In her works, she explores emotions, memories, and imagination, having the sense of hearing as central to build spaces pervading … Continued
Olafur Eliasson started his education at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts (Denmark) and later opened his studio in Berlin (1995). His work involves large-scale interventions and installations, sculptures and photographs. In his production, he seeks to question the social mores and automatic reactions with sensory experiences. The use of elements like vapor, water, … Continued
Rirkrit Tiravanija graduated in arts from the Ontario College of Art, in Toronto (Canada) between 1980 and 1984. His works are platforms for artistic activities, whether public or private. They are usually architectural structures conceived in their social/collective dimension: stages or rooms where the audience can share meals, read, or play music. In his projects, … Continued
Paul McCarthy studied experimental painting and performance at the University of Utah (1968), and later obtained a multidisciplinary master’s degree in arts and film production from the University of Southern California (USA). In his early career, he sought to rupture with the limitations of painting by using the body and unconventional materials, such as body … Continued
Simon Starling iniciou sua formação em arte e fotografia na Nottingham Trent University (Inglaterra), entre os anos de 1987 e 1990, e se formou na Glasgow School of Art (Escócia), em 1992. A produção de Starling parte do interesse por processos de transformação de substâncias e objetos. O artista levanta questões como o uso da … Continued
Zhang Huan studied arts at the Henan University in Kaifeng (China, 1988) and the China Central Academy of Fine Arts, in Beijing (1993). In addition to his sculpture and photo works, he is also known for performances that put his own physical and mental resistance to test. His production approaches issues around politics, religion, tradition, … Continued
Contrary to many works of Instituto Inhotim that mingle with the landscape, Desert Park (2010) was idealized to be a deliberately dissonant element. It puts together a small collection of different typologies of bus shelters, in real size and made of concrete, locally prefabricated. The artist takes appropriation of an important reference to modernist street … Continued
Bisected Triangle, Interior Curve (2002) is part of the Pavilion series made by Dan Graham since the late 1970s. They are works that place themselves in between architecture, sculpture, and site-specific by investigating the relationship between architectural environments and those who inhabit them. In these structures, mirrors of simple and often curved shapes provoke distorted … Continued