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Marco Maggi's Delicate Interventions at Museu Brasileiro de Escultura

exhibition · 2026-04-23

Uruguayan artist Marco Maggi presents subtle, nearly invisible interventions at the Museu Brasileiro de Escultura in São Paulo. His work, characterized by delicate paper cuttings and folds, creates miniature landscapes on stacks of A4 paper. Curator Cauê Alves describes the practice as exploring the 'materiality of the idea,' engaging with scale, depth, and light. The exhibition highlights a dialogue with the museum's architecture by Paulo Mendes da Rocha. A key piece, 'Assunto pendente,' features over a thousand yellow labels with tiny adhesive paper interventions. Another work, 'Miopia Global (parágrafo no canto),' derived from an installation for the 56th Venice Biennale, consists of thousands of carefully cut paper pieces on a wall. A video, 'Linguagem em Residência,' made with Maria Ines Arrillaga, shows visitors in an exhibition space where Maggi's work is invisible, emphasizing its subtlety. The show runs until an unspecified date.

Key facts

  • Marco Maggi is a Uruguayan artist.
  • The exhibition is at the Museu Brasileiro de Escultura.
  • Works include delicate paper cuttings and folds on stacks of A4 paper.
  • Curator Cauê Alves describes the work as exploring 'materiality of the idea.'
  • The exhibition engages with the museum's architecture by Paulo Mendes da Rocha.
  • A piece titled 'Assunto pendente' uses over a thousand yellow labels.
  • 'Miopia Global (parágrafo no canto)' is derived from a Venice Biennale installation.
  • A video work, 'Linguagem em Residência,' was made with Maria Ines Arrillaga.

Entities

Artists

  • Marco Maggi
  • Cauê Alves
  • Paulo Mendes da Rocha
  • Maria Ines Arrillaga

Institutions

  • Museu Brasileiro de Escultura

Locations

  • São Paulo
  • Brazil

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