Diana Danon: the São Paulo Metrô
The São Paulo Metrô, through Linha da Cultura, turns to its collection looking for the different points of view that can tell its history and, in the same way, narrate the memory of the city.
Clóvis Bevilacqua Square. (1972) by Diana Dorothèa DanonMetrô de São Paulo
The Metrô collection houses approximately 730 drawings and watercolors documents, photographs, videos and studies of the São Paulo artist Diana Danon, which were produced from 1972 to 2013.
Interconnection with CPTM at Luz. (2011) by Diana Dorothèa DanonMetrô de São Paulo
Luz Station Construction (2009) by Diana Dorothèa DanonMetrô de São Paulo
Diana's artistic process in linked to the relationship with the landscape and with the experience that the place provided. In the artist's own words: "I like to feel the dirt feel the clay, feel the wind (...) theses things that give the content!"
Tamanduateí Station Construction (2009) by Diana Dorothèa DanonMetrô de São Paulo
São Paulo-Morumbi Station Construction (2009) by Diana Dorothèa DanonMetrô de São Paulo
Anhangabaú Station Construction. (1977) by Diana Dorothèa DanonMetrô de São Paulo
Diana Danon, graduated from the School of Fine Arts (1959) and Archeology and Art History from the University of São Paulo - USP (1967), followed and portrayed the works and details of the construction of the São Paulo Metro almost daily.
Clínicas Station Construction. (1990) by Diana Dorothèa DanonMetrô de São Paulo
Brigadeiro Station Construction (1990) by Diana Dorothèa DanonMetrô de São Paulo
This exhibition is an excerpt with different views of the artist on the construction and expansion of the Metro lines. They are portraits of workers, construction scenes, urban landscapes and sketches of machine parts that also draw the hours, days and years of everyday life.
Construction workers resting - Paraíso Station (1990) by Diana Dorothèa DanonMetrô de São Paulo
Butantã Station Construction (2009) by Diana Dorothèa DanonMetrô de São Paulo
Construction between Luz and Sé Stations (1972) by Diana Dorothèa DanonMetrô de São Paulo
Paulista Station Construction (2008) by Diana Dorothèa DanonMetrô de São Paulo
The artist started the career as a documentarist, important fact to understand the way how Diana documented the agile and expressive traces of construction sites, the ground, the steel, the looks of the workers. All of this materiality became a vast subject in her watercolors.
High line São Judas Station. (1972) by Diana Dorothèa DanonMetrô de São Paulo
Danon was instigated by the anticipation of the sensation that dissipated at the end of each stage of the construction. What intrigued her was the process.
Brás Station Construction. (1979) by Diana Dorothèa DanonMetrô de São Paulo
Clínicas Station Platform. (1993) by Diana Dorothèa DanonMetrô de São Paulo
Sé Station. (1979) by Diana Dorothèa DanonMetrô de São Paulo
Tatuapé Station Operation. (1982) by Diana Dorothèa DanonMetrô de São Paulo
Santos-Imigrantes Station Escalators. (2006) by Diana Dorothèa DanonMetrô de São Paulo
The artist's unique and precise look mixes technique and instinct, and reveals itself in the lines and colors, sometimes light, sometimes voracious, of each work presented in this exhibition.
Butantã Station Construction (2010) by Diana Dorothèa DanonMetrô de São Paulo
Pedro II Station Construction. (1980) by Diana Dorothèa DanonMetrô de São Paulo
Vila Prudente Station Construction. (2010) by Diana Dorothèa DanonMetrô de São Paulo
Population visit to the Trianon-Masp Station Construction. (1990) by Diana Dorothèa DanonMetrô de São Paulo
Diana Danon witnessed much of the history of the São Paulo Metro. They are records with an extensive palette of colors, techniques and stories that can be accessed in the Metro collection.
Work safety helmets (1972) by Diana Dorothèa DanonMetrô de São Paulo
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