May is here and that means more exhibitions have arrived on the cultural calendar of the city of
São Paulo . Among the exhibitions in the capital, highlights include
Paul Gauguin (MASP),
Iole de Freitas (IMS) and the last days of the
immersive Michelangelo exhibition (MIS Experience). Below, we list
7 exhibitions that you can't miss this May in the capital of São Paulo!
1. Iole de Freitas — IMS
The exhibition, which runs from
May 6 to September 24 , brings together photos and films from the times when artist
Iole de Freitas lived in Milan, London and New York. Little known to the Brazilian public, the works also address themes such as
movement and the
passage of time. By bringing together Iole's production from
the 1970s , the exhibition highlights the power of these works by the artist which, seen in the light of contemporary debates, continue to raise new questions and perspectives. When visiting the exhibition, the public will be able to learn about a
central period in the artist's career, in which she began to explore themes such as
movement and
transparency , which would come to mark all of her subsequent work.
2. "Skeleton Woman", by Lidia Lisbôa — SESC Pompéia
On display until
July 30 , life and art intertwine in the proposals of
Lidia Lisbôa , who weaves cocoons, uteruses, umbilical cords and teats in the exhibition
Skeleton Woman , at
Sesc Pompeia. Lidia works with sculpture, engraving, painting, sewing and crochet. Her artistic practice develops at the intersection of art object, performance and ritual. Each step taken in the construction of her poetics points to an unfolding in the form of
performative action . In Skeleton Woman, the artist presents works from various periods, including previously unpublished works, and uses as
a guiding thread the chapter of the same title from the exhibition that makes up Clarissa Pinkola Estés' book “Women Who Run with the Wolves”. The artist reflects on the possibility of
recomposing herself , structuring the restructuring of the
self , not relationships, in the process of retreat.
3. Paul Gauguin: The Other and I — MASP
Paul Gauguin (1848-1903) is considered one of the
most important modern artists to emerge in France in the 19th century. His modernity lies in the
denial of a single style in painting and in the diversity of forms and elements he used. Gauguin renewed painting
by incorporating references to images of the “other”, outside the European cultural panorama, with landscapes and characters from Tahiti, the island in the Pacific Ocean that is part of French Polynesia.
Until May 22, the exhibition
“Marc Chagall: dream of love” , at CCBB SP, brings
191 works by the French-Russian artist of Jewish origin who marked the 20th century with the revolutionary use of shapes and colors, creating a unique universe in his paintings – making them true
poetic works .
It is no coincidence that the exhibition will present some of his
poems and tell the story of Chagall's career, guided by the love he devoted to life and the arts.
5. Tina Turner: A Journey into the Future— MIS
The first Brazilian exhibition dedicated to the living legend, “
Tina Turner: a journey to the future ” reveals the beginning of the eternal
queen of rock's career from the early 1960s to the late 1990s through the lenses of photographers who were part of the musical and cultural revolution that took place in America in those decades.
Curated and creatively directed by the MOOC creative ecosystem and co-curated by
Adriana Couto , “Tina Turner: a journey to the future” – which runs until July 9 – brings together around
120 photos from The Music Photo Gallery’s collection and was organized around four main themes related to Tina’s life: her unparalleled
musical career ; the
feminine power that makes the artist a reference for overcoming; her remarkable
participation in the seventh art; and her
unique style reflected in her costumes and iconic hairstyles, involving collaborations with big names in fashion.
6. Breathe, by Ana Zveibil — Correios Cultural Center
From May 9 to June 10, visual artist
Ana Niski Zveibil will exhibit her works in the installation “Respira” at the Centro Cultural Correios – Vale do Anhangabaú, São Paulo. In this solo installation by the artist, the observer will come across
baby carriages, cocoons and
animals made of woolen threads and a green waterfall, a
tapestry of complex intertwining with flowers and leaves.
7. Michelangelo: The Master of the Sistine Chapel — MIS Experince
Until
May 31st , the public will be able to immerse themselves in the
largest immersive exhibition ever held in Brazil about the
Sistine Chapel and the works of
Michelangelo , which are among the most famous in the history of art.
With
a thousand square meters divided into
14 exhibition rooms , the exhibition features, in addition to the immersion room with giant projections on the ceiling and walls, spaces dedicated to the architecture, history and curiosities of the Sistine Chapel. The contents of the rooms, prepared by professor and art historian
Luiz Marques (who curated the exhibition), provide information about the construction of the chapel, its traditions and its use by the Vatican, with highlights including a
model and a
replica of the church key.
