Descripción de la Exposición
On May 20th, the Brazil Institute of the Wilson Center will bring to Washington the Brazilian artist Denise Milan's "Mist of the Earth," an exhibition of photographs and photo-collages that joins memory and history and invites viewers on a journey of imagination and reflection about the environmental challenges of development.
One of Brazil's visionary artists and a well-known eco-activist, Denise Milan uses photography, sculpture and collage to produce what the Brazilian poet Haroldo de Campos once described as an action of disconnecting structures from their natural scenery "by interfering in an extremely creative way in terms of aesthetic information. An aspect of nature - already splendid in itself - is granted as a Brazilian endowment to such sensitive artist."
Among Milan's many international admirers are New York art collectors and trend setters Zoe e Joe Dictrow.
"Mist of the Earth" revisits Milan's deeply humanistic work of the past quarter century as an ecological and arts education activist, as well as an artist. Her diverse artwork draws actively from her experiences living with and interviewing people both in the lush Brazilian coastal village of Paraty and the dry desolate lands of Bahia in Brazil's northeast.
Milan's vision of her country takes the viewer through three thematic zones: "Paradise", "Paradise Lost," and "Paradise Regained." -- "Paradise" brims with images that playfully conjure a verdant natural world of abundance and exuberance. "Paradise Lost" depicts an Earth that has been torn apart, despoiled in which the torment of the people parallels the ravages of the land. And finally, "Paradise Regained" asserts the possibility of hope after darkness.
The exhibition is the culmination of this experience and the embodiment of the artist's ongoing concerns-as much a testament to a troubling legacy of colonization, the enslavement of African peoples, and the despoilment of whole regions, as to the more life-asserting side of Brazil, its beauty and soaring spirit.
"Mist of the Earth" will open with a workshop on Art and Sustainability to be held as part of the series "Managing Our Planet," which the Wilson Center's Brazil Institute and Environmental Change and Security Program have co-hosted for the since 2012 with George Mason University's Environmental Science and Policy Program. Speakers will include Thomas E. Lovejoy, Professor, George Mason University; Manuela Mena, Senior Curator, Nineteenth Century Painting and Goya, Museo del Prado, Madrid; and Naomi Moniz, Professor Emeritus, Georgetown University.
Exposición. 19 nov de 2024 - 02 mar de 2025 / Museo Nacional del Prado / Madrid, España
Formación. 23 nov de 2024 - 29 nov de 2024 / Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía (MNCARS) / Madrid, España
