BrasilConnects
dal 15/10/2001 al 3/2/2002
Segnalato da
15/10/2001
BrasilConnects
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
In 2000 Associacao Brasil+500 produced the Rediscovery Exhibition, showing art and culture in Brazil from pre-colonial times to the present day. In May 2001 Associacao Brasil+500 became BrasilConnects: an independent, not-for-profit organisation that celebrates, preserves and supports Brazil's most treasured assets by connecting the country¹s past with its future, its culture with its ecology, and its people with the world. There are two further exhibitions from Brazil to be held in Oxford this autumn...
In 2000 Associacao Brasil+500 produced the Rediscovery Exhibition, showing
art and culture in Brazil from pre-colonial times to the present day. In
May 2001 Associacao Brasil+500 became BrasilConnects: an independent,
not-for-profit organisation that celebrates, preserves and supports Brazil¹s
most treasured assets by connecting the country¹s past with its future, its
culture with its ecology, and its people with the world.
There are two further exhibitions from Brazil to be held in Oxford this
autumn:
Opulence and Devotion: Brazilian Baroque Art
The Ashmolean, Oxford
16 October  3 February 2002
This will be the first exhibition in Britain of Brazilian Baroque art. It
includes a rich array of painted and gilded sculpture as well as small
altarpieces, selected from private and public collections.
For further
information, please contact Sarah Brown at the Ashmolean on 01865 288298 or
at sarah.brown@ashmus.ox.ac.uk
Acts of Faith: Brazilian Contemporary Photography
Pitt Rivers Museum at The Ashmolean
16 October 2001 - 3 February 2002
Acts of Faith brings together five of the best Brazilian documentary
photographers in an exploration of the visual culture of religious
experience in Brazil from popular Catholicism to African religions. For
further information, please contact Kate White at the Pitt Rivers Museum on
01865 270927 or at kate.white@prm.ox.ac.uk
For further information about BrasilConnects, call Tassy Barham on 0207 399 9240.
For information about BrasilConnects exhibitions taking place in Britain, please contact BrasilConnects on 0207 6209 9008 or visit:
http://www.brasilconnects.org
The Ashmolean, Oxford UK