Vanguarda Viperina (1985) is part of a set of works in which Tunga handles living beings, like in Laminadas Almas (2004). In it, we can see the black-and-white photo made by Lúcia Helena Zaremba of the performance held in 1985 at Instituto Vital Brazil, the institution responsible for producing antivenom. Once sedated, three snakes were … Continued
In X-estudo (2009), a silver tray is connected by metal threads to a structure similar to the one used in marionettes, except that covered in rough blocks of magnets, which creates a magnetic field. This field is the basis to the other elements articulated in the work. Due to their physical-chemical properties, the materials present … Continued
In Viewing Machine (2001), the experience and process regarding the audience perception lay among the central drives of Olafur Eliasson to create this work. The piece is based on the working principles of a kaleidoscope. Invited to manipulate the ‘viewing machine,’ the visitor can point it to whatever direction and observe through it a point … Continued
In her early artistic education, Yayoi Kusama studied Nihonga painting, a traditional Japanese technique, in Kyoto. Discontent with both technical and social limitations she was inserted in, she moved to the United States of America in the 1950s. The influence of abstract expressionism, surrealism, minimalism, pop art, and the movements Zero and Nul is noticeable … Continued
Vegetation Room Inhotim (2010-2012) is a work conceived for a glade in the forest of Instituto Inhotim. As the artist herself defined: ‘I built a vegetal, roofless, open-air room in the middle of the forest, with stainless steel walls reflecting nature and, therefore, disappearing, camouflaging itself.’ The work consists of a mirrored structure whose interior … Continued
Contrary to many works of Instituto Inhotim that mingle with the landscape, Desert Park (2010) was idealized to be a deliberately dissonant element. It puts together a small collection of different typologies of bus shelters, in real size and made of concrete, locally prefabricated. The artist takes appropriation of an important reference to modernist street … Continued
Beam Drop Inhotim (2008) is the re-creation of a work made in 1984 at the Art Park, a sculpture park in the state of New York, USA, destroyed three years later. For its version accomplished for Instituto Inhotim, 71 steel beams collected in junkyards close to Belo Horizonte were hoisted 45 meters high by a … Continued
Uma das plantas mais fotografadas do Inhotim é a agave-polvo, que pode ser encontrada próxima à obra Olafur Eliasson, Viewing machine, 2001. Com folhas carnosas e que lembram tentáculos de polvo, não possui caule e é uma suculenta natural de desertos e montanhas.
In the polyptych Carnívoras (2008), the artist goes back to the tiles, a recurring element in her painting, and represents species of carnivorous plants: Darlingtonia, Dionaea, Drosera, Heliamphora, and Nepenthes, as a reference to the formality of botanic cataloging. The idea of the work came up from the artist’s observation when the gallery was finished. … Continued
Did you ever think of tasting chamomile (Matricaria chamomilla) in one of Inhotim’s gardens? Or how about a candy leaf (Stevia rebaudiana), used to produce sweeteners? This garden provides visitors with a multisensory experience, where one can observe more than 75 species in three mandalas made of medicinal and aromatic, condiment and toxic plants, in … Continued