One of today’s most respected contemporary artists, Ernesto Neto, will have his work permanently installed in Goiânia. He will be in the capital on March 9, when he takes part in a cocktail party to hand over the sculpture Camelocama, the banknotes of the iconic work Dengo, which can be seen on the 3rd floor, of the Flamboyant Shopping Center, next to Louis Vuitton . This initiative comes within the framework of the celebrations of the 40th anniversary of the first commercial center in the country, which has an important history in supporting the arts and encouraging culture.
In celebration of this path, the artwork, which marks one of Ernesto Neto’s most emblematic signatures, arrives with the suggestion of sharing and inclusion, embodying a concept that inspires comfort, contemplation and stimulation to new perceptions. “It is a concept that inspires us, because just like art in its infinite forms of expression, we understand the mall as a living organism, in constant renewal. Our commitment is to preserve Flamboyant as a space for experiences. We want to expand the possibilities of interaction for all the people who visit us daily. The arrival of Ernesto’s sculpture marks an important milestone on This path, since we believe in the role of art as an active factor in development and transformation,” defines Flamboyant Group shareholder Isadora Louza.
A leading name in the art world, Ernesto Neto has significant solo exhibitions in the world’s most sought after museums and galleries, with a focus on cities such as New York and Houston in the US; Johannesburg, South Africa; São Paulo and Buenos Aires, in South America; Outside Europe in cities like Barcelona, Finland and Bilbao. The artist still works in important public collections in countries such as Japan, Spain, France, Switzerland, Mexico, the United States, Sweden, the Netherlands, Qatar, the United Kingdom, and more.
Interactive and sensory architecture in the mall
Primarily involving installations and sculptures, Ernesto Neto’s work maintains a long-standing dialogue with the spatial interactions promoted by architecture. In Camelocama, which will be on the third floor of Flamboyant Shopping, the artist offers to build a funny space full of stimulation and color, using gravity as a central element. The proposal is for the audience to relate to the artwork in the most varied ways, from meditation to interaction that activates the five senses.
The artist produces large immersive sculptures and installations, using craft techniques such as crochet to create flexible structures. Thus, the architectural result that reaches the city does not impose walls or blocks. On the contrary, it is a design that invites the audience to lie on a huge bed of balls or walk through the hanging drops like someone walking under a huge tree.
“The choice of the name of the mall was due to the fact that, at the time of its foundation, this mixture was one of the most abundant trees in the city, and it stands as a symbol of the identity of the Guyanese. The interesting thing about the artwork is that each individual, from his repertoire, can make his own associations and interpretations. As soon as we saw Kamilukama, it referred us to the fiery tree. Warm and lively. We also associate the tree of life with the lessons of nature, its cycles, and the possibility of fruits. And so we connected with it. We hope that each of our customers, like us, can exercise their creativity, and in this game, have a good experience in bonding With the mall and why not, with the city,” highlights Grupo Flamboyant shareholder Isadora Louza.
Camelocama, originally part of Dengo’s exhibition, held at the Museum of Modern Art in São Paulo, in 2010, was the artist’s first show entirely in crochet. Care was taken to think of the audience, not only as an observer, but integrated into the project in the spaces to be traversed, traversed and inhabited. In addition, there is a built-in relationship in Ernesto’s spaces with nature, both in the organic forms assumed by the structures, and in the welcome offered by the facilities.
cocktail – Ernesto Neto will be in Goiânia on March 9 when he participates in an artwork handover event. The event will be hosted by Grupo Flamboyant contributors Alessandra Lozza, Emanuele Lozza and Isadora Lozza and will be attended by personalities from the art world, as well as fine art collectors and journalists. From March 10, customers and connoisseurs will be able to see and interact with the artwork, which will be permanently installed on the third floor of the mall, next to Louis Vuitton.
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Kamilukama, by Ernesto Netto
Location: Level 3, next to Louis Vuitton
Entry: Open to the public from March 10
More of the artist’s work around the world
Some of her recent solo exhibitions are Between Earth and Sky, Tania Bonakdar Gallery, New York, USA (2022); Niobe Xandó & Ernesto Neto, Gomide & Co, São Paulo, Brazil (2022); SunForceOceanLife, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, USA (2021); Sopro, Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil; MALBA – Museum of Latin American Art, Buenos Aires, Argentina (2021); One Day We Were All Fish and the Belly of the Earth, Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa, Museum der Bildenden Kunst, Leipzig, Germany (2018); Once We Were All Fish, Blueproject Foundation, Barcelona, Spain (2017); Boa, Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki, Finland (2016) and The Body That Holds Me, Guggenheim Bilbao, Bilbao, Spain (2014).
The artist has works in important public collections, such as the 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, Japan; Galician Center for Contemporary Art, Santiago de Compostela, Spain; Center Georges Pompidou, Paris, France; Centro de Arte Contemporáneo Málaga, Málaga, Spain; Darus Latin America, Zurich, Switzerland; La Caixa Foundation, Barcelona, Spain; Fundación Televisa, Mexico; Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C., United States; Inotim, Brumadinho, Brazil; Magasin 3 Stockholm Konsthall, Stockholm, Sweden; Milwaukee Museum of Art, Milwaukee, US; MoMA – Museum of Modern Art, New York, United States; Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Chicago, United States; Boijmans van Beuningen Museum, Rotterdam, Netherlands; Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, United States; Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, Spain; Purchase Fund, Washington, D.C., United States; Qatar Museum, Doha, Qatar; SFMoMA – San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, United States; Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, US and American Fund of the Tate Gallery Collection, London, UK;
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