Museum May 25 t / m October 2, 2016, museum Sculptures by the Sea
May 25 t / m August 28, 2016, Lange Voorhout, The Hague
Brazil, is the new theme of museum Sculptures by the Sea for the art museum in 2016 and on Lange Voorhout in The Hague and in many satellite locations throughout the city. The 2016 Olympic Games have been the occasion for a tribute to the Brazilian sculpture.
The literal translation of the word Beleza is beauty but it is now used by young people and friends as a greeting or as agreed, a ‘What’s up?” Beleza, is a moment of reflection, dwelling on it now; up to then go again in a thrilling country that is always in motion.
In Brasil, Beleza, the visitor gets a grip on the current state of affairs in contemporary Brazilian art and culture. The artists reflect from different themes to contemporary conditions in which they live and at the same time refer back to historic moments that have influenced the formation of the current Brazil.
Brazil is indeed a huge country whose history, as it were from the outside is written inside. The multifaceted identity of the country is the result of centuries of immigration from Europe, Africa and Asia. The selected works of art in the last 60 years, produced by more than 30 artists who either come from the country or live there now.
Museum Sculptures by the Sea present every summer a large-scale exhibition with a country theme. So far, China, South Africa, Russia, France and Flanders had a turn. With these exhibitions, which are sponsored by the City of The Hague, the Sculptures by the Sea museum will contribute to the Hague as international city of peace and justice. And with success, the exhibition attracted 250,000 visitors Vormidable on the square in The Hague.
The exhibition is curated by Carolyn H. Drake, independent curator and director of A Tale of a Tub in Rotterdam and Alessandra Laitempergher of Beelden aan Zee.
Participating artists: Adriana Varejao, José Bento, Paloma bosque, Sergio Camargo, Carlito Carvalhosa, Amílcar de Castro, Marcelo Cidade, Lygia Clark, Eduardo Coimbra, Adriano Costa, Alexandre da Cunha, Antonio Dias, Marcius Galan, Sonia Gomes, Laura Lima, Jarbas Lopes, Renata Lucas, Anna Maria Maiolino, Antonio Manuel, Rodrigo Matheus, Cildo Meireles, Lais Myrrha, Paulo Nazareth, Rivane Neuenschwander, Ernesto Neto, Hélio Oiticica, Lygia Pape, Opavivará, Nuno Ramos, José Resende, Thiago Rocha Pitta, Daniel Steegmann Mangane, Tunga, Erika Verzutti, Héctor Zamora.
