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Welcome to the exhibition
Walk around the Cidade Matarazzo through this virtual tour of the 2014 exhibition titled "Made by... Feito por Brasileiros", held at the old Matarazzo Hospital. Discover some of the works that were part of this iconic exhibition...
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"Cure in Nature" by Rodrigo Bueno
You might come across this scene, which was created through statues of saints and plants which were collected at the Hospital.
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"Fragile Future" by Studio Drift
Look up and see a sculpture containing real dandelion seeds connected to LED lights. This is a statement against mass production and throwaway culture, functioning as a symbolic work rather than as a tool to simply illuminate the dark.
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"Piano Dentelle #2" by Joana Vasconcelos
This piano and bench is elegantly upholstered with detailed crochet covers that create a psychedelic effect. Unlike the crocheted doilies that once decorated and protected the furniture here, the artist’s intervention re-created this tradition in a whole new dimension.
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"Room 153" by Henrique Oliveira
Oliveira explains: "On my visit to the old Matarazzo Hospital, the peeling walls and cramped size of the rooms reminded me of the claustrophobic settings of Francis Bacon’s paintings. Using a trolley bed as the support for my sculpture meant the memory of the place was maintained in the work."
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"La Folie 2" by Wang Du
This metal sculpture packed with used newspapers is a direct reference to the large amounts of irrelevant information available in the contemporary world. Obsessed with media, Wang Du questions the implications of our globalized information circulation.
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"Silence" by Rochelle Costi
The idea behind this work is to restore the rhythm of passing time to the empty space, symbolizing the rhythm and silence of waiting.
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"The Invisible, the Mimesis, ..." by Sofia Borges
Borges explains this work: "There were years when, in an attempt to understand the invisible (which I saw covering everything like a thin film), I started to look for metaphors, symbologies, and comparisons."
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"Untitled" by Musée de l'Invisible
For this work, the Tree Academy at the Museum of the Invisible asked a group of artists to contribute to a Tree Manifesto, based on the awakening to trees mediated by the healer and hypnotist Pierre Capelle during the Bahia Biennial.
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"Rubber Tree" by Charley Case
The artist’s work derives from his travels among cultures and exploration of Japanese, Arabic, and Tibetan calligraphy, in which drawing is a form of communication with the invisible powers of the cosmos.
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"Annunciation" by Nino Cais
Upon entering the installation, visitors see a rectangular rack of six chairs raised three meters off the ground and draped in flowing, white curtains to form a cramped enclosure.
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"The Quick and the Dead" by Daniel Senise
In this mirrored work, Daniel Senise aims to makes the past and future share one in the same space at the Matarazzo Hospital.
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"The Curious Case..." by Vik Muniz
The work of Vik Muniz tells a story about Agenor Andrade Filho, showcasing documents, hospital objects, furniture, and a wall-written story.
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"Souls" by Marcia Xavier
Xavier explains this work: “The idea of the project was to bring the shadows cast through the windows into the ground floor corridor."
