Hélio Oiticica: Propositions
07.17.2014
The Irish Museum of Modern Art presents a major retrospective exhibition of the work of Hélio Oiticica. Propositions will include a succinct selection of works by Oiticica, including vital examples from throughout his prolific career with a view to illuminating his art historical importance and relevance to contemporary practice.
Oiticica was as an innovator of interactive and experiential artworks whose work has influenced many of the key contemporary artists working today. Audiences will be encouraged to engage, explore and participate in this colourful exhibition - visitors can try on his wearable Parangolés and enjoy the fun of dressing up as a mobile sculpture.
The exhibition highlights Oiticica as an artist whose impulse to depart from the traditional conception of the artwork, with a constant urge for renewal and experimentation, was working significantly ahead of his time. A particular focus of this exhibition is the scripts and proposals, which were an important aspect of Oiticica’s practice. Works will be displayed which illustrate the artist’s driving conviction that colour and form should emancipate themselves from the surface into space and time, and that the integration of the viewer is intrinsic to the art experience. This exhibition is co-curated by César Oiticica Filho, nephew of the artist.
Tags: imma, ireland, heliooiticica, oiticica, retrospective, exhibition, propositions, contemporaryart, arthistory, parangole, csaroiticicafilho, solo, experimentation.
Hélio Oiticica | Parangolé P4 Cape 1 | 1964 (credits: IMMA/Sergio Zalis)