Ernesto Neto, born in 1964 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, lives and works in Rio de Janeiro
2014 Ernesto Neto: The Body that Carries Me – Museo Guggenheim de Arte Moderno y Contemporáneo, Bilbao, Spain
2010 Ernesto Neto: Navedenga – MoMA – Museum of Modern Art, New York City, NY, USA
Public Collections (selection) : MoMA, New-York, USA, Tate Modern London, UK, Centre Pompidou Paris, France
Galerie Max Hetzler Berlin I Paris
Work
Ernesto Neto´s work occupies the space between architecture and biomorphism, with his organic sculptures, stretchable forms filled with fragrant spices, which are both monstrous and delicate. They explore the relationship between the species (animal, vegetable and mineral) and the idea of unity formed by all parts of a body.
« Through his formal vocabulary, Brazilian artist Ernesto Neto engages with the idea of social interaction. Neto has gained acclaim for his large experimental environments that dramatically alter our surroundings, engage all the senses, and invite to interact.
… Constantly opening new formal and conceptual developments in his work, Ernesto Neto describes sculpture as a living organism transgressing all limitations. »
The artiste is a graduate of la Escola de Artes Visuais Pargua Lage, Rio de Janeiro
The Body that Carries Me, Guggenheim Bilbao, 2014
© Ernesto Neto & Galerie Max Hetzler Berlin I Paris
Project : Ernesto Neto and Huni Kuin / Aru Kuxipa in Paris for COP21
Aru Kuxipa expresses the vision and dream of the Brazilian artist Ernesto Neto and the Amazonian artists, plant masters, and pajés (shamans) of the thirty-two Jordão Huni Kuin communities. Together they co-create a place of transformation, a zone of encounter and expression, and a site of healing away from their ancestral lands.
This shared journey marks a crucial extension of concerns that have been evident in Ernesto Neto’s oeuvre over the past twenty years: an appreciation of the sensuality of being, the unity of bodies and nature, the celebration of life, and a search for deeper forms of union and correspondence.
After having installed Aru Kuxipa from June to November 2015 at Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary – Augarten in Vienna, Ernesto Neto and the Huni Kuin, with the support of Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary, have decided to bring their voice to COP21 in Paris on two different occasions:
- On 26-27 November, they will participate to the “Indigenous & Climate” conference at Musée de l’Homme, Paris,
- As the 29 November March has been cancelled in Paris, the project of a “boa” has been transferred to the March in Vienna
Climate March, Vienna, 29 November 2015
© Ernesto Neto & Galerie Max Hetzler Berlin I Paris
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