{"id":317944,"date":"2022-09-13T10:58:22","date_gmt":"2022-09-13T13:58:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/?p=317944"},"modified":"2022-09-14T14:25:32","modified_gmt":"2022-09-14T17:25:32","slug":"egypt-as-seen-by-brazilian-modernists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/egypt-as-seen-by-brazilian-modernists\/","title":{"rendered":"Egypt as seen by Brazilian modernists"},"content":{"rendered":"

S\u00e3o Paulo \u2013 What did Egypt bring to the Brazilian Modernism? Many things, the curators of the exhibition Desvairar 22<\/strong> discovered. Showing at SESC Pinheiros in S\u00e3o Paulo, Brazil, until January 15, 2023, the exhibit brings over 270 items, including a sarcophagus<\/strong> from 3000 BC, pictures of the expedition of D. Pedro II to Egypt, and popular songs such as \u201cAllah-La \u00d4\u201d. You can also find among them works by modernists such as Tarsila do Amaral as well as new-generation artists.<\/p>\n

The show celebrates 100 years of the Week of Modern Art that took place in 1922 at Theatro Municipal de S\u00e3o Paulo and changed Brazilian culture, and the Bicentennial of the Independence of Brazil. It has free admission and showcases visual arts, music, literature and architecture divided into four sections.<\/p>\n

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Works by Tarsila do Amaral were influenced by trips to the Arab country<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Since 2019, Marta Mestre, Veronica Stigger and Eduardo Sterzi<\/strong> have worked in curating the exhibition. \u201cIt was Mestre\u2019s idea. It all came from the fact that Dom Pedro II traveled to Egypt, when he brought a lot of things, including mummies and treasures. He was a savvy character, and it\u2019s interesting to notice how this trip already began to create an image of what Egypt was. An image from another place, another possible life and experience,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

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The sarcophagus in the exhibition is an original piece and dates from 3000 BC<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

But another expedition also marks the development of the show. \u201cAnother thing that Mestre brough was the trip that some Modernist artists like Tarsila do Amaral and Oswald de Andrade took to Egypt. And Tarsila do Amaral<\/strong> made an album containing a series of clippings and drawings she did. And some of them served as an inspiration for the painting that opens the exhibition, Calmness II. There we can see already an idea of \u2018Egypt\u2019 caught in the geometrization of shapes,\u201d Stigger<\/strong> told ANBA.<\/p>\n

From a sarcophagus to \u00c9 o Tchan<\/strong><\/p>\n

The curator believes that the image of Egypt goes beyond the paintings, being present in literature and music. \u201cIn Edgar Morin\u2019s book Man and Death <\/em>[by Menotti del Picchia], one of the characters is an architect that wants to build a sphinx,\u201d she said. Another example is a charge by Brazilian cartoon artist Laerte<\/strong> where a sphinx asks, \u201cDecipher me some other time.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Even the mosquito Aedes aegypti was depicted. Pictured, \u201cParty at the Latifundium\u201d by Vivian Caccuri.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

But another expedition also marks the development of the show. \u201cAnother thing that Mestre brough was the trip that some Modernist artists like Tarsila do Amaral and Oswald de Andrade took to Egypt. And Tarsila do Amaral<\/strong> made an album containing a series of clippings and drawings she did. And some of them served as an inspiration for the painting that opens the exhibition, Calmness II. There we can see already an idea of \u2018Egypt\u2019 caught in the geometrization of shapes,\u201d Stigger<\/strong> told ANBA.<\/p>\n

From a sarcophagus to \u00c9 o Tchan<\/strong><\/p>\n

The curator believes that the image of Egypt goes beyond the paintings, being present in literature and music. \u201cIn Edgar Morin\u2019s book Man and Death<\/em>, one of the characters is an architect that wants to build a sphinx,\u201d she said. Another example is a charge by Brazilian cartoon artist Laerte<\/strong> where a sphinx asks, \u201cDecipher me some other time.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The idea of Egypt brings other possibilities of experience, curator says.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Other works are scattered across the section Longing for Egypt<\/strong>, which brings together pictures of the expedition that Dom Pedro II<\/strong> did to Egypt in the 1870, newspapers of the time reporting the discovery of the Tomb of Tutankhamun<\/strong>, and photos by Marcel Gautherot of the pharaonic architecture of<\/strong> Bras\u00edlia<\/strong>. There are also Egyptian inspirations in artworks like the opera Aida<\/em>, songs by Margareth Menezes<\/strong> and Jorge Ben Jor<\/strong>, and a music video by \u00c9 o Tchan<\/strong>. Furthermore, the black roots of the African country are highlighted in works by Abdias do Nascimento<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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Sculptures represent orisha Eshu and his dimensions<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The section \u201cBones of the World,\u201d there are also figures that refer to the mummies in works like Cristiano Leenhardt<\/strong>\u2019s. And even the mosquito Aedes aegypti<\/em>, native from Egypt, is depicted in works like Oswald de Andrade Filho\u2019s. The section \u201cMeans of Transportation\u201d includes records like the visit of airship Graf Zeppelin to Brazil in the 1930s and a stuck trolley photographed by M\u00e1rio de Andrade. Finally, \u201c\u00cdndios Errantes\u201d showcases works by artists such as Anna Maria Maiolino, Caryb\u00e9, Lygia Pape, Paulo Nazareth, and Regina Parra.<\/p>\n

In addition to the collective work, the trio of curators also invited Gabriel Haddad and Leonardo Bora of Carnaval<\/strong> school Acad\u00eamicos do Grande Rio<\/strong> to collaborate in the show. \u201cWe had the idea of adding an allegorical car, so we invited Haddad and Bora, who won Carnaval [in Rio de Janeiro] this year. Since the allegorical car is huge, they proposed to take the top of the last car, which has exunauts<\/strong>, a mix of Es\u00fa and astronauts. And those who go to the balcony see that they are looking up, into the great beyond,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

The installation Exunauts is at the balcony of the space and ends the show, which is part of the network \u201cDiverse 22: Projects, Memories, Connections\u201d developed by SESC S\u00e3o Paulo.<\/p>\n

Quick facts<\/strong><\/p>\n

Exhibition \u201cDesvairar 22\u201d
\n<\/em>Visitation until January 15, 2023
\nTuesday to Saturday, 10:30 am to 9 pm | Sundays and holidays, 10:30 am to 6 pm
\nSESC Pinheiros \u2013 Address: Rua Paes Leme, 195, Pinheiros, S\u00e3o Paulo, SP
\nFree admission<\/p>\n

Translated by Guilherme Miranda<\/strong><\/p>\n

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