Brasilia, a group exhibition of vintage photographs
celebrating
the 50th Anniversary of the capital of Brazil, will be
on view at 1500 Gallery
September 9-November 27, 2010. Curated by
Brazilian photographer Murillo
Meirelles, the exhibition will include images that
show Brasilia being planned,
constructed and inaugurated from 1958-1960. There
will be an opening reception
on Wednesday, September 15 from 6-8 pm. 1500
Gallery is located at 511 W 25th
St. #607, New York, NY.
A city planned and built from scratch in the very
center of the country, Brasilia
replaced Rio de Janeiro as the capital of Brazil in
1960. The architectural,
figurative and photojournalistic images in the
Brasilia exhibition highlight the
idealism of Juscelino Kubitschek’s socialist
government and its team of visionary
urban planners, architects and landscape designers
including Lucio Costa, Oscar
Niemeyer and Roberto Burle Marx. The nine
images in the exhibition include a
portrait of Oscar Niemeyer, pictures of workers
cutting steel and laying beams, an
aerial view of the Esplanade under construction,
and several images of the
National Congress.
About 1500 Gallery
Alexandre Bueno de Moraes and Andrew S. Klug
founded 1500 Gallery in 2010.
The gallery specializes in Brazilian photography and
is the first gallery in the
world with this explicit focus. 1500 interprets the
notion of “Brazilian
photography” to comprise photography made by
Brazilian photographers, as well
as images bearing a conceptual or thematic
relationship to Brazil. 1500
represents the work of 17 artists, both emerging
and established: 6 of 1500’s
photographers are represented in the Sao Paulo
Museum of Art’s Collection of
Photography. 1500’s collection of images includes
both contemporary and
vintage photography.
Celebrating 50th Anniversary of Brasilia
A group exhibition of vintage photographs celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the capital of Brazil.
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- Elena Sommariva
- 09 September 2010