Bilbao
Brazil: Body and Soul
Guggenheim Museum | Bilbao
Avenida Abandoibarra, 2
June 29, 2002–January 1, 2003
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum | New York
1071 Fifth Avenue
October 19, 2001–May 29, 2002
The Guggenheim’s done China. It’s done Africa. But if Brazil sounds a tad more manageable, it’s still quite a lot to fit into one exhibition: four centuries of art and culture represented by 350 items ranging from Dutch depictions of the Brazilian landscape, Amazonian feather capes, and a monumental Baroque altarpiece to Neo-Concrete objects by Hélio Oiticica and Lygia Clark and works by contemporary artists like Ernesto Neto. Organized by an international team led by Edward J. Sullivan, the exhibition aims to show visual art in the context of performance, music, and ritual. Get ready to samba up the spiral.