Friday
Aug202010

Ernesto Neto - Intimacy
by Gunnar B. Kvaran

Gunnar B. Kvaran, Director of Astrup Fearnley Museum, has paid close attention to the development of Ernesto Neto’s artistic carrier for many years, and has since long ago planned to make an exhibition with this Brazilian neo modernist. Kvaran’s introduction presents the exhibition and invites readers to go on a fascinating journey through Ernesto Neto’s artistic universe.
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Friday
Aug202010

IS IT DAY OR IS IT NIGHT?
by Florencia Malbrán

Florencia Malbrán is a writer and independent curator. In 2007-2008 she was Hilla Rebay International Fellow at the Guggenheim Museums. Malbrán received an M.A. in Curatorial Studies from the Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College, New York and is currently completing a doctorate in arts and humanities at the National University of Rosario, Argentina, and is a PhD Fellow at the National Council of Scientific Research, Division of Arts, Argentina.
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Friday
Aug202010

Barbarella, Cravo e Canela
by Michael Asbury

Michael Asbury is an art historian, critic, and curator. He completed his PhD in the History and Theory of Art at The London Institute with a thesis on Helio Oiticica in 2003. He has written extensively on contemporary transnational art, modernism and the politicization of cultural practice in Brazil, and has contributed to and chaired numerous international symposia, study days and panel discussions.
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Friday
Aug202010

Space Invaded. Ernesto Neto
by Donatien Grau

Donatien Grau is an alumnus of the Ecole Normale Supérieure in Paris and an 'agrégé' in Classics. A member of the editorial board of ‘La Règle du Jeu’, he has written on contemporary art, in France and internationally, for publications such as 'Art Press' and 'AnOther Magazine'. He is the co- author, with Hans Ulrich Obrist, Elie During,
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Thursday
Aug192010

Here and there, the body as mediator of Brazilian culture
By Erneste Neto

Ernesto Neto (Ernesto Saboia de Albuquerque Neto) was born in 1964 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He attended the Escola de Artes Visuais do Parque Lage and the Museu de Arte Moderna, both in Rio de Janeiro, where he continues to live and work. He has exhibited world-wide and is one of the best known Brazilian artists of today.
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