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
Troca-troca (2002) is a work by Jarbas Lopes composed of three colorful Volkswagen Beetles, originally yellow, blue, and red, that had their bodies interchanged, resulting in three multicolored cars. They were used by the artist and a group of friends on a trip from Rio de Janeiro to Curitiba, in 2002. The communication between the … 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
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
Designed by Play Arquitetura, the gallery was inaugurated in 2012 and is part of a set of remaining structures of the early farm where Instituto Inhotim currently works. Past and present come together in the former barn that, after some interventions and adaptations, now shelters the installation Ahora Juguemos a Desaparecer II [Now Let’s Play … Continued
Inaugurated in 2012, the gallery was designed by Rizoma Arquitetura to receive the work Ttéia 1C (2002), by Lygia Pape. The installation is the result of the experiences initiated by the artist back in 1977 around spider webs in nature, and how the structure would disappear and reappear following the light incidence, as some sort … Continued
Inaugurated in 2008, the gallery design is signed by Arquitetos Associados and was conceived in dialogue with Doris Salcedo’s work Neither (2004). The space has the exact same dimensions as the room where it was first exhibited at the White Cube gallery in London, back in 2004. In her career, the artist handles power structures … Continued
In the installation Forty Part Motet (2001), Janet Cardiff gathers eight sets of five speakers, each of them positioned in a large semicircle. Each speaker reproduces the voice of one member of the Salisbury Cathedral Choir (United Kingdom), recorded by individual microphones before the song starts and during its rendition. While going through the installation, … Continued
With sculptor’s tools and devices displayed on tables, Victor Grippo recreates an artist’s studio. Entering the space through a tiny gap of the window, the natural light also illuminates the room according to the sun’s movement over the day. This way, the work is also an indicator of the passage of time, incorporating what goes … Continued