wall project | Rodrigo Sassi: Rizoma

Modernism, especially in the architecture field, followed functional tenets with an emphasis on rationality and the use of simple geometric shapes. It also incorporated materials such as concrete, which allowed new construction possibilities. Rodrigo Sassi dialogues with (...)

(...) with modernist ideas, but, instead of refusing the decorative in search of a cleaner aesthetic, he explores other possibilities of ornament. 

In a recent work at the Museu da Inconfidência, in Ouro Preto (MG), a MAM São Paulo partner institution in this project, the artist renewed notions on baroque from the perspective of contemporary art. 

It's precisely from the intersection between modern art and colonial art that his work developed. With references to panels by Burle Marx and Athos Bulcão, typical of the modern architecture of Rino Levi and Niemeyer, the artist also explores contradictions in modern design.

Among them is the emphasis on the working class, always undervalued, but fundamental for any construction. Therefore, the artist handcrafts concrete modules using traditional techniques.