Beatriz Milhazes and Roberto Burle-Marx at the Jewish Museum

From May 6 to September 18 of 2016, the Jewish Museum presents an installation by Beatriz Milhazes and an exhibition centered on the work of Roberto Burle-Marx. The work exhibited by Beatriz Milhazes (1960) belongs to a series commissioned by the Jewish Museum. Begun in 2003, that project invites creators to develop new works or adapt pieces already created to be displayed by the museum entrance. On this occasion, Milhazes was inspired by the yearly celebration of the carnival in Brazil. The objects that form the work were created with ephemeral materials painted with the same vibrant colors used to decorate the floats—for the project, Milhazes sought the collaboration of float makers. The scope of the exhibition "Roberto Burle-Marx: Brazilian Modernist" covers more than just his best known facet as a landscape architect. It shows paintings, sculptures, textile designs, jewelry, scenographies and costumes for theatre, ceramic and glass works that convey Burle-Marx's inquisitive nature and his ability to create. Regarded as one of the most influential and interesting landscape architects of the 20th century, Burle-Marx (1909-1994) is known for the iconography of the pavement promenade in Copacabana Beach and for his abstract gardens, in which he incorporated the colorful Brazilian vegetation.