Ernesto Neto

The organic shapes in his work rise from observing the body as a sort of internal landscape, creating an impression of fragility and sensuality. His works include sculptures and installations. Neto works with abstract installations that often take up the entire exhibition space, creating spatial labyrinths where thin membranes—stretched to the maximum and tied at different locations—are suspending, sometimes with the shape of enormous drops of different colours and scents (saffron, clove). His work emphasizes the elastic nature of fabric, the force of gravity, spices and polyethylene foam.

His work has been shown in many group and solo exhibitions around the world in museums such as MoMA, New York, Tate Modern Gallery, London, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, MNAM Centre George Pompidou, Paris, MOCA, Miami, among others museums and also at the 49th Venice Biennial, and the 5th Mercosur Biennial, Porto Alegre.

The goal of the Faena Arts Center is to provide a space for cutting-edge expressions in contemporary art through a program of exhibitions with a strong interdisciplinary focus.

The Faena Arts Center´s vision is that the boldest of today's art can be found along the borders where traditional disciplines come together: the lines where the visual arts merge with design, architecture, new technologies, fashion and literature. It´s aspiration is to create a program of exhibitions distinguished by its experimental, dynamic, local and international taste: it is a space that places no limits on risky art, a space that looks towards the future.

The center operates in what was once an old grain mill, an impressive space whose nourishing aspects we have worked to recover, only this time, from the perspective of culture. This building is a space like no other in Argentina, thanks to its size and style. Therefore, this allows us to get the goal for bringing together artists, designers and filmmakers from both Argentina and abroad, to create site-specific works that not only interacts with the monumental architecture of the old mill but also, explore the cultural and urban conditions of our surroundings.

O Bicho SusPenso na PaisaGen - until February 12, 2012

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