MAM São Paulo's 70th Anniversary Show Reimagines Brazilian Contemporary Art Collection
The Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo presents Passado/Futuro/Presente, an exhibition marking the institution's 70th anniversary. Curated by Cauê Alves and Vanessa Davidson, the show features 72 works from the museum's collection, eschewing chronological or thematic organization in favor of connections based on plastic, conceptual, or poetic power. The exhibition, occupying the main hall until April 21, is structured into five permeable sections: The Body/The Social Body; Mutable Identities; Reimagined Landscape; Impossible Objects; and Reinvention of the Monochrome. Works by José Damasceno, Laura Vinci, Rosangela Rennó, Antonio Manuel, Lenora de Barros, Efraim Almeida, Rochelle Costi, and Anna Bella Geiger explore identity through investigations of the body, landscape, and formal purity. Primarily created in the 1990s and 2000s, the selection mixes well-known and lesser-known productions, highlighting the museum's reliance on donations for collection growth. A concurrent exhibition of new acquisitions is on view in the Sala Paulo Figueiredo.
Key facts
- Exhibition Passado/Futuro/Presente celebrates MAM São Paulo's 70th anniversary.
- Curated by Cauê Alves and Vanessa Davidson.
- Features 72 works from the museum's collection.
- On view until April 21 in the museum's main hall.
- Organized into five non-chronological, permeable sections.
- Focuses on plastic, conceptual, and poetic connections between works.
- Highlights identity as a central theme in contemporary Brazilian production.
- Showcases works primarily from the 1990s and 2000s.
Entities
Artists
- Cauê Alves
- Vanessa Davidson
- José Damasceno
- Laura Vinci
- Rosangela Rennó
- Antonio Manuel
- Lenora de Barros
- Efraim Almeida
- Rochelle Costi
- Anna Bella Geiger
Institutions
- Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo
Locations
- São Paulo
- Brazil