Statues - Hither & Thither

Description

Two large reliefs of fiberglass with automotive paint, on the walls of the Galeria Praça:

Rodoviária de Brumadinho / Bus Station of Brumadinho (2005) "depicts the bus station in Brumadinho and the people who move through it, a place that is not only a center of transport, but of social life as well, as it is also home to popular dances" (text from information sign).

Abre a Porta / Open the Door (2006) "depicts a solemn and spirited religious procession that takes place every year at the chapel next tp this mural and uphill from it, that is enacted by the 'Congado and Moçambique', two brances of a local population of African lineage descended from slaves who practice a kind of Catholicism that has absorbed animistic deities" (text from information sign).

Sculptors

• John Ahearn (Binghamton 1951), American sculptor and painter (Website Wikipedia – RKDartists&).
  
• Rigoberto Torres (Aguadilla, Puerto Rico 1960), American sculptor (John Ahearn's website – Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

• Inhotim, Official website.
• Wikipedia, Inhotim.

Tags

Locatie (S 20°7'27" - W 44°13'9") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

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