Tomie Ohtake
Pintura nº 2, 1953 (Detail)
Exhibition
Eight decades of Informal Abstraction in the collections of Instituto Casa Roberto Marinho and Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo
Dec 07 to Jun 09
Tuesday to Sunday from 12 am to 6 pm
R. Cosme Velho, 1105
Rio de Janeiro, RJ
Exhibition
Eight decades of Informal Abstraction in the collections of Instituto Casa Roberto Marinho and Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo
Dec 07 to Jun 09
Tuesday to Sunday from 12 am to 6 pm
R. Cosme Velho, 1105
Rio de Janeiro, RJ
Tomie Ohtake
Pintura nº 2, 1953 (Detail)
Abstract art began to be practiced in Brazil in the 1940s. Since the beginning, two lines emerged: informal abstraction and geometric abstraction. Informal abstraction is characterized by the expression of gestures by the artist, whether in the materials of painting or in sculpture; as a result, the style of each artist becomes very singular.
Geometric abstraction, on the other hand, is based on universal principles of mathematics and geometry, creating a more collective identity.
The artists who practiced informal abstraction in Brazil did not constitute permanent groups, since the singularity of each of their styles outweighed the general principles. Thus, in informal abstraction there is no school, as there is in geometric abstraction, which led to the formation of various groups such as Ruptura, Frente, and Neoconcreto. Likewise, there were no outstanding art critics who represented the informal artists, while there were those who defended geometric abstraction and accused informal abstraction of excessive subjectivism.
Nevertheless, informal abstraction sowed in Brazil an extensive field of gestural art and of the exploration of the material in the artwork. By bringing together two of the most important collections in Brazil, that of the Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo and that of the Instituto Casa Roberto Marinho, we evidence the longstanding power of informal abstraction throughout the last eight decades. Despite recurring attacks against the informal as well as the fads that espoused geometric art, the artists who practiced informal abstraction in Brazil evince the consistency of their unique styles, their radicality in the exploration of the artistic material, and the visual lyricism of their compositions.
We invite the public for a fresh encounter with eight decades of informal abstraction in Brazil.
Felipe Chaimovich e Lauro Cavalcanti
Ernesto Neto
Sem título | Untitled, 1999
Felt-tip pen and gouache/paper, 24,0 x 33,0
Paulo Monteiro
Sem título | Untitled, 1992
Gouache/paper, 70,2 x 50,0
Carlito Carvalhosa
Sem título | Untitled, 1987
Encaustic/wood, 135,0 x 160,0
Célia Euvaldo
Sem título | Untitled, 1990
Acrylic/paper, 67,5 x 51,0
Antonio Bandeira
Il neige sur Notre Dame, 1962
Oil/canvas, 62,0 x 51,0
Shirley Paes Leme
Sem título | Untitled, 1998
Soot/paper, 42,0 x 29,7
Maria Martins
Insônia infinita da terra, 1954
Sermolite, lead and wood, 65,0 x 78,0 x 52,0
Jorge Guinle
O riacho, 1986
Oil/canvas, 200,0 x 200,0
Iberê Camargo
Vórtice-I (Vórtex I), 1973
Oil/canvas, 100 x 141 cm
Edith Derdyk
Sem título | Untitled, 1997
Vinyl glue and thread/paper, 121,0 x 96,5
Ivald Granato
Viva a pintura (detalhe), 1985
Acrylic/canvas, 104,3 x 387,5
Luiz Aquila
Composição, 1985
Acrylic/canvas, 100,0 x 140,0
Laurita Salles
Sem título | Untitled, 1995
Monotype/paper, 55,7 x 75,5
Tatiana Blass
Poltrona, 2003
Oil/canvas, 70,0 x 90,0
Dudi Maia Rosa
Sem título | Untitled, 1989
Fiberglass, paper, pigment and polyester resin, 150,3 x 151,6
Maria Tereza Louro
Ela. Três. (detalhe), 1998-99
Acrylic and graphite/canvas, 155,5 x 70,5
Vieira da Silva
Coucher de soleil, 1957
Oil/canvas, 81,0 x 129,0
Tikashi Fukushima
Pintura A, 1961
Oil/canvas, 110,0 x 130,0
Lucia Laguna
Estúdio nº41, 2012
Acrylic and oil/canvas, 120,2 x 120,5
Maria Bonomi
Salvo-conduto, 1970
Woodcut/rice paper, 110,2 x 94,0
Rodrigo Andrade
Sem título | Untitled, 1986
Cardboard and canvas collage, synthetic emanel and oil/wood, 100,0 x 120,0
![Sem título | Untitled [da série | from the series: Corpos associados]](https://s3.glbimg.com/v1/AUTH_918e2c6c05e4446cb0b58fbddb0d35fc/icrm_assets/artists/main_images/53/original/FLAVIA_RIBEIRO.jpg?1544109115)
Flávia Ribeiro
Sem título | Untitled [da série | from the series: Corpos associados], 1995-97
China ink and golden pigment/paper, 75,0 x 175,0
Burle Marx
Sem título | Untitled, 1989
Acrylic/canvas, 167,1 x 207,6
Nuno Ramos
Lamentação, 1985
Oil/canvas, 230,5 x 189,2
Manabu Mabe
Castelo do mar, 1983
Acrylic/canvas, 63,5 x 76,0
Maria Polo
(Veneza, Itália 1937 - Rio de Janeiro, Brasil, 1983)
Leda Catunda
Couros, 1993
Acrylic/leather and canvas, 170,0 x 252,0 x 8,0
Carlos Uchôa
Cais 2 (a escada de Jacó), 1998
Oil/canvas, 200,0 x 173,0
Márcia Pastore
Sem título | Untitled, 2000
Bronze, 83,0 x 315,0 x 35,0
Fernando Lindote
Cinemáquina (detalhe), 2009
Inkjet print/paper, Dimensões variáveis
Frida Baranek
Bolo, 1990
Iron wire and white marble rock, 80,0 x 180,0 x 130,0
Angelo Venosa
Sem título | Untitled, c. 1986
Bandage, plaster and tar/wood, 269,5 x 70,0 x 32,0
Karin Lambrecht
Fragmentos da cruz negra, 2006
Aquatint, etching and drypoint/paper, 64,8 x 49,1
Tomie Ohtake
Sem título | Untitled, 1970
Oil/canvas, 73,0 x 92,5
Antonio Hélio Cabral
Bruxe, 1992
Oil/cardboard, 100,7 x 80,6
Yolanda Mohalyi
Pintura nº1, 1970
Oil/canvas, 130 x 115 cm
Fábio Miguez
Sem título | Untitled, 1991
Wax and oil/canvas, 56,0 x 100,0
Thiago Rocha Pitta
Danäe nos Jardins de Górgona ou Saudades da Pangeia, 2011
Video, 14'56"
Exhibition
Ten views of the Roberto Marinho Collection
Dec 11 to Apr 02
Tuesday to Sunday from 12 am to 6 pm
R. Cosme Velho, 1105
Rio de Janeiro, RJ
Exhibition
Ten views of the Roberto Marinho Collection
Dec 11 to Apr 02
Tuesday to Sunday from 12 am to 6 pm
R. Cosme Velho, 1105
Rio de Janeiro, RJ
Casa Roberto Marinho
Rio de Janeiro - AUG 19 TO NOV 20 2022
Trusteeship: Max Perlingeiro
Casa Roberto Marinho
Rio de Janeiro - MAR 12 TO JUN 26 2022
Trusteeship: Isabella Rjeille e Fernanda Lopes
Casa Roberto Marinho
Rio de Janeiro - MAR 12 TO JUN 26 2022
Trusteeship: Lauro Cavalcanti
Casa Roberto Marinho
Rio de Janeiro - OCT 30 TO FEB 06 2022
Trusteeship: Lauro Cavalcanti e Isabela Ono
Casa Roberto Marinho
Rio de Janeiro - AUG 21 TO SEP 19 2021
Trusteeship: Lauro Cavalcanti
Casa Roberto Marinho
Rio de Janeiro - MAR 13 TO AUG 08 2021
Trusteeship: Lauro Cavalcanti
Casa Roberto Marinho
Rio de Janeiro - MAR 13 TO SEP 19 2021
