(Quebec, Canada)
DHC/ART Foundation for Contemporary Art holds until March the group show “Imagine Brazil”, a major exhibition of contemporary art from Brazil.
“We all have our own idea of Brazil. It is a country that is close to us and yet at the same time distant, mysterious and uncanny. In a certain way, Brazil is an imaginary country. It is a country of spectacular nature and magic, of ethnic and social diversity. In fact, it is not one country but multiple, variable, rich and overwhelming lands. There is thus no one way to sum up the nation or the country, and the same goes for its art scene.
This is why we have called our exhibition IMAGINE BRAZIL. What you will see is a constellation of works by young artists, our view on emerging Brazilian contemporary art. We also present two further exhibitions within the exhibition: a selection of more established artists who have been invited into the show by the younger ones whom we have chosen, providing a story of recent art in Brazil, and an exhibition of artists’ books by emerging practitioners, curated by Jacopo Crivelli Visconti and Ana Luiza Fonseca. There is no attempt to tell a single truth through these selections, only to make hypotheses and propositions based on our knowledge, sensibility and experience, the personal choices of the young Brazilian artists and the expertise of the Brazilian curators.”
– Gunnar B. Kvaran, Hans-Ulrich Obrist, Thierry Raspail
Curators:
Gunnar B. Kvaran, Astrup Fearnley Museet (Oslo);
Hans-Ulrich Obrist, Serpentine Gallery (London);
Thierry Raspail, Musée d’art contemporain (Lyon),
together with Cheryl Sim, DHC/ART Foundation for Contemporary Art (Montreal).
Participating Artists
Imagine Brazil | exhibition
Arrigo Barnabé, J. Borges, Sofia Borges, Rodrigo Cass, Adriano Costa, Jonathas de Andrade, Deyson Gilbert, Fernanda Gomes, Marcellvs L., Milton Machado, Montez Magno, Cinthia Marcelle, Thiago Martins de Melo, Rodrigo Matheus, Cildo Meireles, Pedro Moraleida, Paulo Nazareth, Rivane Neuenschwander, Paulo Nimer Pjota, Sara Ramo, Mayana Redin, Gustavo Speridião, Tunga, Adriana Varejão, Caetano Veloso, and Carlos Zilio.
Artists’ books | exhibition within the exhibition
Marlon de Azambuja, Chiara Banfi, Artur Barrio, Debora Bolsoni, Waltercio Caldas, Felipe Cohen, Marilá Dardot, Detanico Lain, Ana Luiza Dias Batista, Marcius Galan, João Loureiro, Milton Marques, Lúcia Mindlin, Leya Mira Brander, Fabio Morais, Carlos Nunes, Nicolás Robbio, and Lucas Simões.
“Imagine Brazil”, group exhibition with Adriano Costa, Chiara Banfi, Cildo Meireles, Cinthia Marcelle, Debora Bolsoni, Felipe Cohen, Gustavo Speridião, Jonathas de Andrade, Marcellvs L., Marcius Galan, João Loureiro, Marilá Dardot, Mayana Redin, Paulo Nazareth, Paulo Nimer Pjota, Rodrigo Matheus, Sara Ramo, Sofia Borges, Thiago Martins de Melo and Waltercio Caldas
Curated by Gunnar B. Kvaran, Hans-Ulrich Obrist, Thierry Raspail and Cheryl Sim
On view through 13th March 2016
Free admission
DHC/ART Foundation for Contemporary Art
451 & 465, St-Jean Street, Montréal
Working hours: Wednesday to Friday, from 12pm to 7pm; Saturdays and Sundays, from 11am to 6pm
t: 1 514 849 3742 | 1 888 934 2278
info@dhc-art.org
*featured image: “40 nego bom é um real”, work by Jonathas de Andrade