Exhibitions at the National Library of Brasilia

The exhibition Retrospective 800° of Energy and Delicacy by the artist and ceramist Iá Oberlaender, curated by Nando Cosac, was inaugurated on January 15, 2010 at the Exhibition Hall of the Brasilia National Library. The exhibition had about 40 pieces by Iá Oberlaender, including porcelain paintings and oil paintings.

A painted piece intended mainly as a sample.

Since the 1970s, the plastic artist has worked and perfected her mastery of the art of firing and uses it to produce plates, jewelry boxes, vases, jugs and trays, fired at temperatures up to 800 degrees, with the same discipline and good humor which she has always displayed in her life.

The exhibition was also a tribute to her son, the plastic artist and photographer Márcio Oberlaender.

Born and raised in Copacabana, Iá Oberlaender began to practice her gift at the age of 10 – a gift that would lead her to become an artist half a century later. She moved to Brasília in 1962, then married Sebastião José Coelho. When she became widowed at the age of 65, she returned to the world of art.

She resumed her work copying works by great artists, including Rubens and Michelangelo. Soon she began to dedicate herself to painting on porcelain, attending the atelier of Vitória Ferreira, disciple of Djalma De Vicenzi, a pioneer of the art of fire in Brazil.

In 2013, the National Library of Brasília paid tribute to the capital's 53rd anniversary with the re-presentation of the exhibition Brasília Braziliense - 52 Years on the Pages of Our History, held by the Assis Chateaubriand Foundation.

The novelty of the event was the piece showing the cover of the Correio Braziliense newspaper of April 21, 2013.

The main events of the period that gained prominence in the local press were recorded in 54 paintings installed on 13 panels, which reproduced the front pages of newspapers published on April 21, from 1960 to 2013.

All the material that makes up the exhibition was donated to the BNB by the Assis Chateaubriand Foundation in 2012, after the celebrations for Brasília's 52nd anniversary.

After touring around 800 Brazilian municipalities, the exhibition, Rondon - The Construction of Brazil and the Indigenous Cause, arrived at the National Library of Brasilia in 2011.

The exhibition was composed of 16 panels, texts, and illustrations about the life and work of Marechal Rondon, also known as the Marshal of Peace.

Cândido Mariano da Silva Rondon was born in 1865, in Mato Grosso. Of Indian descent, he was in charge of installing telegraph lines in Brazil, having covered over 50 thousand kilometers of the country’s territory.

Considered a great pacifist, he established a new relationship between the State and the indigenous peoples, besides being one of the defenders of national integration.

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