"Then and Now: Brazilian Legacy at MAC Niterói Oscar Niemeyer's iconic Museum of Contemporary Art in Niterói in Rio de Janeiro hosts Then and Now: Brazilian Legacy, a landmark exhibition curated by Galerie Philia. The show stages a dialogue between mid-century modernists and a new generation of contemporary designers, situating Brazilian design within the larger arc of cultural history and architectural innovation."
"Galerie Philia organizes the exhibition as a continuation of its mission to create site-specific encounters in architecturally significant spaces - in the past the gallery has activated Le Corbusier's famed Kolektiv Cité Radieuse in Marseille (see here), along with Milan's historic San Vittore church (see here). In Oscar Niemeyer's circular galleries, sixty works unfold across disciplines, contrasting the legacy of modernist masters with the urgency of contemporary voices."
"With the Oscar Niemeyer landmark as an apt location, Galerie Philia's exhibition presents figures who shaped Brazil's mid-century identity through design - Joaquim Tenreiro, Lina Bo Bardi, José Zanine Caldas, Jorge Zalszupin, Sergio Rodrigues, Giuseppe Scapinelli, Ricardo Fasanello, and Oscar Niemeyer himself. Their pieces trace a history in which furniture became more than functional, serving as an embodiment of cultural imagination and national aspiration."
Galerie Philia curates Then and Now: Brazilian Legacy at Oscar Niemeyer's Museum of Contemporary Art in Niterói. The presentation occupies Niemeyer's circular galleries with sixty modernist and contemporary works spanning furniture, craft, and design. The show pairs mid-century figures — Joaquim Tenreiro, Lina Bo Bardi, José Zanine Caldas, Jorge Zalszupin, Sergio Rodrigues, Giuseppe Scapinelli, Ricardo Fasanello, and Oscar Niemeyer — with a new generation of designers. The selected pieces illustrate furniture as cultural expression and national aspiration, integrating architecture, craft, and industry. Distinct approaches such as Tenreiro's lightness, Bo Bardi's social engagement, Caldas' carved protest, and Rodrigues' sensual warmth are highlighted.
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