The works of John Ahearn and Rigoberto Torres portray the usages and traditions of communities close to Instituto Inhotim. Both Abre a porta (2006) and Rodoviária de Brumadinho (2005) are the result of a long immersive process of the duo in the daily life of Brumadinho. In the first mural, one can see the representation … 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

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

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