Helio Oiticica
dal 26/9/2013 al 11/1/2014
Segnalato da
26/9/2013
Helio Oiticica
MMK - Museum fur Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt
The Great Labyrinth. The most comprehensive retrospective on the prominent Brazilian artist (1937-1980). His oeuvre encompasses his early neo-Concrete abstract paintings, reliefs which float freely in space, and room installations which can be entered and explored by the visitor.
The most comprehensive retrospective on the prominent Brazilian artist Hélio Oiticica (1937–1980)
to take place to date will present works from all phases of his career at the MMK Museum für
Moderne Kunst Frankfurt/Main. Originally a painter, Oiticica already began realizing ideas for
extending art into space in the early 1960s. These activities made him a pioneer of participatory art,
i.e. art which opens up new realms of experience through the viewer's active participation. His
oeuvre encompasses his early neo-Concrete abstract paintings, reliefs which float freely in space,
and room installations which can be entered and explored by the visitor. During a stay of several
years in New York in the seventies, he engaged in intensive exchange with American and European
avant-garde artists of the time.
Concurrently with Joseph Beuys in Germany, Oiticica likewise strove to dissolve the finalized
character of artworks and to make art accessible to society and vice versa. His usable works,
performances and environments as well as his writings – which will also be included in the show –
will convey these ideas to striking effect.
Hélio Oiticica (1937–1980) is considered a pioneer of participatory art. In the early 1960s he
developed strategies for opening up new socio-political perspectives in art. He conceived of
himself as a constructer of materiality, colour, time, space and situations.
In cooperation with the Frankfurt Palmengarten, the exhibition will be enhanced by three works to
be presented at the Palmengarten Frankfurt from 31 August to 27 October 2013. The walk-in
pavilions (Pentetráveis) developed by Oiticica in the seventies create special realms of perception
and interaction for the visitors. During the show, interventions by contemporary artists will take
place in one of the three pavilions, Penetrável P.N. 14: performances with sound, lectures and
dance as well as a film series. The programme was developed jointly by students of the masters
course in “Curatorial Studies – Theorie – Geschichte – Kritik” (Goethe-Universität and Städelschule)
and the MMK Museum für Moderne Kunst Frankfurt am Main.
The retrospective is being curated by César Oiticica Filho and Fernando Cocchiarale in cooperation
with Peter Gorschlüter, deputy director of the MMK.
The exhibition is part of the programme on the culture of Brazil as the guest of honour at the 2013
Frankfurt Book Fair, and is being made possible with support from the FUNARTE / MinC – Brazilian
Ministry of Culture and the MRE – Brazilian Foreign Ministry and the artEDU Foundation.
Press contacts:
Christina Henneke christina.henneke@stadt-frankfurt.de Phone +49 69 21237761
Daniela Denninger daniela.denninger@stadt-frankfurt.de
Julia Haecker julia.haecker@stadt-frankfurt.de
Phone +49 69 21235844 - Fax +49 69 21237882
Image: Portrait Hélio Oiticica, 1979
Press conference: Thursday, 26 September, 11 am at the
Opening: Friday, 27 September, 8 pm at the MMK
MMK Museum für Moderne Kunst
Domstraße 10 · 60311 Frankfurt/Main
Hours:
Tuesday – Sunday: 10 am – 6 pm
Wednesday: 10 am – 8 pm
Closed on Monday
Opening Hours Feast Days:
Thursday, 3 October 2013, 10am - 6pm
Dienstag, 24 December 2013, closed
Wednesday, 25 December 2013, closed
Thursday, 26 December 2013, 10am - 6pm
Tuesday, 31 December 2013, closed
Wednesday, 1 January 2014, 10am - 6pm
Admission:
regular € 10 / reduced* € 5
School classes 3 € per persons
Admission is free for children aged 6