ExhibitionMay 22, 2021
Mario Cravo Neto. Spirits without a name
The Instituto Moreira Salles (IMS) presents the exhibition "Mario Cravo Neto: Espíritos sem nome" (Mario Cravo Neto: Spirits Without Name) curated by Luiz Camilo Osorio and held in collaboration with the Instituto Mario Cravo Neto (IMCN).
The exhibition brings together nearly 100,000 of the photographer's photographs. Photographs, sculptures, illustrated notebooks, letters, and original engravings by the artist, among others, were selected.
"Mario Cravo Neto: Espíritos sem nome" does not take a chronological approach but develops from an articulated set of series that mark the development of his works. It focuses mainly on photography to show his poetic restlessness throughout four decades of intense creativity. It presents some drawings, films, books, scrapbooks, and installations, in addition to a documentary set, which was relevant in his photographic work.
The career of Brazilian photographer Mario Cravo Neto (1947-2009) began in the mid-1960s, but it was during his one-year stay in New York between 1969 and 1970 that his photographic work acquired experimental power. From the 1970s until he died in 2009, his work went through different moments, exploring different atmospheres, textures, and themes, from magnificent portraits on an infinite background to themes related to popular culture and Afro-Brazilian religions. Including no less remarkable series of cars and the subway in New York, the fire in the landscape, the nests. Cravo Neto is one of the first photographers to enter the visual arts circuit and is undoubtedly a great colorist. In addition to photographs and objects, videos and a series of drawings and watercolors will also be presented.
The exhibition brings together nearly 100,000 of the photographer's photographs. Photographs, sculptures, illustrated notebooks, letters, and original engravings by the artist, among others, were selected.
"Mario Cravo Neto: Espíritos sem nome" does not take a chronological approach but develops from an articulated set of series that mark the development of his works. It focuses mainly on photography to show his poetic restlessness throughout four decades of intense creativity. It presents some drawings, films, books, scrapbooks, and installations, in addition to a documentary set, which was relevant in his photographic work.
The career of Brazilian photographer Mario Cravo Neto (1947-2009) began in the mid-1960s, but it was during his one-year stay in New York between 1969 and 1970 that his photographic work acquired experimental power. From the 1970s until he died in 2009, his work went through different moments, exploring different atmospheres, textures, and themes, from magnificent portraits on an infinite background to themes related to popular culture and Afro-Brazilian religions. Including no less remarkable series of cars and the subway in New York, the fire in the landscape, the nests. Cravo Neto is one of the first photographers to enter the visual arts circuit and is undoubtedly a great colorist. In addition to photographs and objects, videos and a series of drawings and watercolors will also be presented.
