Titled “ Siamo Foresta ”, the new Fondation Cartier exhibition, which opened at the end of June, was conceived especially for the Triennale Milano and portrays the concept of the forest as a meeting place for cultures . Open until October 29, the exhibition is curated by Bruce Albert and Hervé Chandés and features works by 27 artists from different countries – 15 of whom are Brazilian . In an unprecedented dialogue between thinkers and defenders of the forest – from indigenous artists to non-indigenous artists from Brazil, China, Colombia and France –, the exhibition is inspired by an aesthetic (and political) vision of the forest as a kind of egalitarian multiverse of living beings , thus offering a vibrant allegory of a possible world beyond ours, at the center of which we have always placed man alone.

The project connects the artists with each other through their ideals and also through the scenographic solutions of the Brazilian Luiz Zerbini , who transformed the exhibition space into a lush forest , encompassing all the works and allowing the forest, with its elements and vital rhythm, to enter the rooms of the Triennale Milano.

Participating artists

Focusing on artists from Latin America, the exhibition at the Fondation Cartier brings together 27 artists from different countries. Of these, 15 are Brazilian, nine of whom are indigenous. Check out the full list: Fernando Allen (Paraguay), Efacio Álvarez (Nivaklé, Paraguay), Cleiber Bane (Huni Kuin, Brazil), Cai Guo-Qiang (China), Johanna Calle (Colombia), Fredi Casco (Paraguay), Alex Cerveny (Brazil), Jaider Esbell (Makuxi, Brazil), Floriberta Fermín (Nivaklé, Paraguay), Sheroanawe Hakihiiwe (Yanomami, Venezuela), Aida Harika (Yanomami, Brazil), Fabrice Hyber (France), Morzaniel Ɨramari (Yanomami, Brazil), Angélica Klassen (Nivaklé, Paraguay), Esteban Klassen (Nivaklé, Paraguay), Joseca Mokahesi (Yanomami, Brazil), Bruno Novelli (Brazil), Virgil Ortiz (Pueblo Cochiti, New Mexico, United States), Santídio Pereira (Brazil), Solange Pessoa (Brazil), Brus Rubio Churay (Murui-Bora, Peru), André Taniki (Yanomami, Brazil), Edmar Tokorino (Yanomami, Brazil), Adriana Varejao (Brazil), Ehuana Yaira (Yanomami, Brazil), Roseane Yariana (Yanomami, Brazil), Luiz Zerbini (Brazil).