ERNESTO NETO

Ernesto Neto ( born in 1964 in Rio De Janeiro) is a brazilian artist currently living and working in Rio De Janeiro. His work engages with the idea of social interaction. Neto has gained acclaim for his large experimental sculptures and installations that dramatically alter our surroundings, activating the senses and inviting viewer participation. “For me, mind and body are one thing, always together,” the artist has said. “I believe in the sensual body, and it is through the movement of such body-minds that we connect the things in this world”. The unconventional choice of materials, the simultaneity of internal and external structures, the contrast between the organic and the mechanical, and the qualities of sensuality and tactility, are all deeply inherent to the artist's practice. 

 Some of the past exhibitions: ​​

• (2022) Kunsthal Rotterdam

• (2020) Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires (MALBA), Buenos Aires

• (2018) Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg 

• (2018) Fondation Beyeler in the Zurich Main station, Zurich 
   

Permanently collected by: ​

• Tate Gallery London

• Centre Pompidou in Paris

• The Museum of Modern Art in New York

• Kunsthalle Basel, Basel​

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