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H茅lio Oiticica: Propositions
IMMA presents a major exhibition of the work of the internationally renowned Brazilian artist H茅lio Oiticica (1937鈥�1980). Propositions will include a succinct selection of works by Oiticica, including vital examples from throughout his prolific career with a view to illuminating his art historical importance and relevance to contemporary practice.
To mark the opening of the exhibition IMMA presents SUMMER RISING: The IMMA Festival running from Friday 18 (opening night of the exhibition) to Saturday 26 July. H茅lio Oiticica proposed with his work ways 鈥榦f giving the individual the possibility to 鈥榚xperiment鈥� to no longer be the spectator and become the participant鈥�, and it is in this spirit that IMMA invites you to be part of the SUMMER RISING 鈥� to taste, to listen, to look , to enjoy and most of all to take part. Click here for more information on SUMMER RISING.
Oiticica was as an innovator of interactive and experiential artworks whose work has influenced many of the key contemporary artists working today. Audiences will be encouraged to engage, explore and participate in this colourful exhibition - visitors can try on his wearable 鈥楶arangol茅s鈥� and enjoy the fun of dressing up as a mobile sculpture.
The exhibition highlights Oiticica as an artist whose impulse to depart from the traditional conception of the artwork, with a constant urge for renewal and experimentation, was working significantly ahead of his time. A particular focus of this exhibition is the proposals and re-enactments laid out by Oiticica. Works will be displayed which illustrate the artist鈥檚 driving conviction that colour and form should emancipate themselves from the surface into space and time, and that the integration of the viewer is intrinsic to the art experience.
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IMMA presents a major exhibition of the work of the internationally renowned Brazilian artist H茅lio Oiticica (1937鈥�1980). Propositions will include a succinct selection of works by Oiticica, including vital examples from throughout his prolific career with a view to illuminating his art historical importance and relevance to contemporary practice.
To mark the opening of the exhibition IMMA presents SUMMER RISING: The IMMA Festival running from Friday 18 (opening night of the exhibition) to Saturday 26 July. H茅lio Oiticica proposed with his work ways 鈥榦f giving the individual the possibility to 鈥榚xperiment鈥� to no longer be the spectator and become the participant鈥�, and it is in this spirit that IMMA invites you to be part of the SUMMER RISING 鈥� to taste, to listen, to look , to enjoy and most of all to take part. Click here for more information on SUMMER RISING.
Oiticica was as an innovator of interactive and experiential artworks whose work has influenced many of the key contemporary artists working today. Audiences will be encouraged to engage, explore and participate in this colourful exhibition - visitors can try on his wearable 鈥楶arangol茅s鈥� and enjoy the fun of dressing up as a mobile sculpture.
The exhibition highlights Oiticica as an artist whose impulse to depart from the traditional conception of the artwork, with a constant urge for renewal and experimentation, was working significantly ahead of his time. A particular focus of this exhibition is the proposals and re-enactments laid out by Oiticica. Works will be displayed which illustrate the artist鈥檚 driving conviction that colour and form should emancipate themselves from the surface into space and time, and that the integration of the viewer is intrinsic to the art experience.
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