Sergio Camargo’s unprecedented monumental exhibition will be launched in the Federal District on Wednesday (12/10), starting at 7pm, in a free event open to the public at the Claudio Santoro National Theater. This will be an opportunity to see the collection of the Brazilian sculptor who is considered one of the finest sculptors in the world. The exhibition he is promoting Capitals He turns the foyer of the Villa-Lobos room into something more than just an exhibition space: it becomes a journey of perceptions, where material breathes and light brings together the forms that have marked the artist’s path.
With free admission, viewers are invited to traverse this sensory zone and find – in every cut, curve and surface – the senses of the creator who has reinvented the way of sculpting silence, rhythm and depth. For curator Marcelo Dantas, Camargo is the greatest Brazilian sculptor.
“He died early, at the age of 60. However, he was highly regarded during his lifetime. He was the first Brazilian artist to exceed the US$1 million mark at an international auction. He was called upon to create the Itamaraty Palace at the age of 35. He studied with Lucio Fontana and had great experience and international recognition.”
“He played an important role in Brazilian art: he brought international critics closer to Brazilian art. It was he who created the bridge. If the world knows Hélio Oitica and Lygia Clark, it is because of the bridge he created, because he lived in Paris and connected these networks,” he highlights.
Camargo’s path reveals his success from a young age. At the age of twenty-three, in 1953, he opened the first Brazilian contemporary art gallery. “He paved the paths. Many of the artists who came later were successful because he paved those paths. He would be 95 now. He could have been alive. He died too soon, but he left behind a lot of work, a lot of language, and a powerful story.”
“By creating a visual system, he allowed other artists to continue the language. He created the alphabet; now others write their poems. Moreover, he was very generous, a friend of young artists, and many visited him. He was very open, lively and passionate…”, he emphasizes.
The exhibition is one of the largest in terms of the quantity of the sculptor’s works and enhances his role Capitals As one of the greats players For Brazilian culture. The project has a noteworthy stage: the foyer room of Villa Lobos, in the majestic National Theater of Brasilia, an emblematic place for art and the city. From December 10, the public will be able to visit the exhibition for free, which remains open until March 6.
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Exhibition “É Pau, é Pedra…” by Sergio Camargo, organized by Metropolis
Visitation from December 10 to March 6, in the foyer room of Villa Lobos, in the National Theater