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Cildo Meireles
July 18 - October 19, 2003


New Work Gallery

Cildo Meireles Strictu 1999 Installation view (detail) Courtesy of Galeria Luisa Strina, Sao Paulo, BrazilCildo Meireles, born in Rio de Janeiro, is one of Brazil's most significant living artists and a pioneer of conceptual art, which he embarked on in the 1960s. He is best known for dramatic, multi-sensory environments that intimately involve the viewer. His project for MAM features a room-size installation entitled Strictu, which is being exhibited for the first time in the United States. Strictu is a walk-through environment in which the spectator travels a winding path formed by chains on the floor, ending at a sharply lit table with two chairs. The work explores relationships of power and control and other aspects of authoritarianism.

Organized by Miami Art Museum as part of its New Work series of projects by contemporary artists. Curated by MAM Associate Curator Cheryl Hartup.

 
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