ERNESTO NETO

Ernesto Neto (B. 1964 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. 

Selected past exhibitions: ​​

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Hayward Gallery, London, England (2024)

MAAT, Lisboa, Portugal (2024)

The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, USA (2021)

Kunsthal Rotterdam (2022)

Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Chicago (2020)

 (MALBA), Buenos Aires, Argentina (2020)

Fondation Beyeler, Zurich, Switzerland (2018)
 

Selected public collections:​

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Tate Gallery London

Centre Pompidou - Musée National d´Art Moderne, Paris

The Museum of Modern Art in New York

Kunsthalle Basel, Basel​

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York

Museum of Modern Art, New York

Museo Jumex, Mexico City, Mexico

Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao, Spain

Fundació La Caixa, Barcelona

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