Closing all too soon on November 27 at 1500 Gallery in Chelsea (named for the year Brazil was discovered by the Portuguese) is a small, informative exhibition “Brasilia,” a group of striking impressionist vintage photographs celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the inauguration of Brazil’s capital city.
The exhibition is curated by Brazilian photographer Murillo Meirelles who selected eight iconic images from thousands in a forgotten archive of negatives taken by photojournalists from 1958-1960 during the city’s construction phase. These stunning, large images represent a city being planned from its non-organic state in the center of Brazil into one with contemporary architecture, art, and symbolic statues. Collectors of vintage photography can see how simple, modern techniques – scanning the negatives, photo shop, and Digital-C prints resulted in an other-worldliness that lend an authenticity to a moment in time when the visionary idealism of its team of urban planners, architects, and landscape architects were realized.
Edition of 15 / 48″ x 60″ (122 x 152 cm), Edition of 15
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Edition of 15 / 48″ x 48″ (122 x 122 cm) including 5″ white border, Edition of 15
Jader Neves
1500 Gallery opened in early 2010 specializing in Brazilian photography and is the first in the world with this purpose. Brazil’s emergence as a player in the global arena is on fast-forward with the advent of the 2012 Summer Olympics when all eyes will be cast on its rich traditional culture and cutting-edge contemporary art, architecture, and design. http://1500gallery.com/, (212) 255-2010.
