IT'S SACRED, IT'S MODERN

Sacred Art of the Modernists

Museu de Arte Sacra de São Paulo – MAS / SP, institution of the Department of Culture and Economy of the State of São Paulo Creative, open to exhibition, “It's Sacred, It is Modern – Sacred Art of the Modernists”, under the curatorship of Beatriz Cruz and By Bonetti who, with careful selection and research, it forms a set of works by artists from the segment, present or not in Modern Art Week. The guiding thread of the presented clipping is the dominance of the 'sacred' theme, or pertaining to 'sacred', present in all jobs.

Aldo Bonadei, Alfredo Ceschiatti, Alfredo Volpi, Anita Malfatti, Antonio Gomide, Cândido Portinari, Clóvis Graciano, By Cavalvanti, Djanira, George Przyrembel, Heitor Villa Lobos, Gino Bruno, Mario de Andrade, Paulo Rossi Osir, Samsom Flexor, Sylvio Alves, Thomaz Ianelli, Victor Brecheret, have works inIt's Sacred, It is Modern – Sacred Art of the Modernists”. Although not everyone participated in the "Week of 22”, lived together, were friends, exchanged experiences and influenced each other. Anita Malfatti, “Mother of Brazilian Modernism”, was the precursor. It was the trigger that drove the aesthetic renovation, after gathering knowledge base through studies in Europe and the United States. One of the first painters who risked painting in her own way, boldly to play with colors and shapes. It is fair to say that the vast majority of São Paulo artists and intellectuals in the 1990s 20, knew each other and frequented. Anita Malfatti was very close to Tarsila do Amaral, because the families were friends. In Paris, Anita had his studio close to that of Brecheret and had socializing during the 5 years he lived there. Anita was, also, great encourager of Di Cavalcanti, came to teach him, when he came from Rio de Janeiro to live in São Paulo. Volpi, Bonadei, Gomide, Portinari, Gino Bruno and Sylvio Alves, one way and another, they knew each other, lived together or were friends.

At the exhibition, you have the opportunity, maybe first, of a contact directed to a set of works of the modernist production of Sacred Art, the paint is, sculpture, music or literature. Architecture was also included because, after 100 years, access to the plans and sketches of the “Taperinha”, conceived in a neocolonial style and presented by Przyrembel at the Week of 22. By his side, the sketches of the project of one of his best known works in São Paulo, the Basilica of Nossa Senhora do Carmo. ‘Consciously or unconsciously rooted, the sacred themes continued to be addressed by modernist artists, that from a new aesthetic produced, often seen as profane, brought new perspectives to the sacred”, emphasizes curation.

“The purpose of bringing together works by these modern artists, sacred, certifies in a palpable way, the religiosity impregnated in each of them through family influence, and, of the great masters”, explains Beatriz Cruz.

“THIS IS THE STYLE THAT PASSADISTS EXPECT FROM US, TO HANG US, ONE BY ONE, IN THE THIN BARRELS OF THE WHISTLES OF YOUR BOOTS. FOR THEM WE ARE A BANK OF AESTHETIC BOLCHEVISTS, RUNNING TO 80 H.P. TOWARDS PARANOIA. WE ARE THE SCANDAL WITH TWO LEGS, ORGANIZED CABOTISM IN SCHOOL.JUDGE US SOME PROSE CANGACEIROS, BACK, OF SCULPTURE, PAINTING, CHOREOGRAPHY, FROM MUSIC, MUTINERS IN THE JAGUNÇAD OF THE LITERARY CANUDOS OF PAULICEIA DEVAAIRADA.” Menotti Del Picchia, 17 February 1922

Exhibition: “Modernism: Sacred Art and Religiosity”

Artist: Aldo Bonadei, Alfredo Ceschiatti, Alfredo Volpi, Anita Malfatti, Antonio Gomide, Cândido Portinari, Clóvis Graciano, By Cavalvanti, Djanira, George Przyrembel, Heitor Villa Lobos, Gino Bruno, Mario de Andrade, Paulo Rossi Osir, Samsom Flexor, Sylvio Alves, Thomaz Ianelli, Victor Brecheret.

Curated By: Beatriz Cruz and Di Bonetti

Opening: 09 April – Saturday – 11 am to 2 pm

Period: from 09 April to 10 June 2022

Local: Museu de Arte Sacra de São Paulo || MAS / SP

Address: Avenida Tiradentes, 676 -Light, São Paulo (Tiradentes station of subway)

free parking/alternative access: Rua Jorge Miranda, 43 (subject to capacity)

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Timetables: From Tuesday to Sunday, from 09 às 17h (entry allowed until 4:30 pm)

Entrance: R$ 6,00 (One piece) | R$ 3,00 (half national entry for students, private school teachers and I.D. Young – upon proof) | Free Saturdays | exemptions: children up to 7 years, adults from 60, public school teachers, disabled people, ICOM members, police and military – upon proof

MANDATORY USE OF A MASK AND PRESENTATION OF PROOF OF VACCINATION

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Number of works: approximately 40

Techniques: paintings, drawings, sculptures, photographs

Dimensions: varied

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• The Museum

The Museu de Arte Sacra de São Paulo, institution of the Department of Culture and Economy of the State of São Paulo Creative, It is one of the most important of its kind in the country. It is the result of an agreement signed between the State Government and Mitra Archdiocese of Sao Paulo, in 28 October 1969, and its installation date 29 June 1970. Since then, the Museu de Arte Sacra de São Paulo He came to occupy wing of the Monastery of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception of Light, on Avenida Tiradentes, downtown São Paulo. The building is one of the most important monuments of colonial architecture São Paulo, built of rammed earth, rare remaining example in the city, last farm convent city. It was listed by the Historical and Artistic Heritage Institute National, in 1943, and the Council for the Defense of Heritage, Architectural artistic and the State of São Paulo, in 1979. It has much of its collection also listed by IPHAN, since 1969, whose priceless heritage includes relics of stories in Brazil and worldwide. The Museu de Arte Sacra de São Paulo holds a vast collection of works created between the 16th and 20th centuries, counting with rare specimens and significant. There are more than 10 thousand items in the collection. Has works of recognized names, as Frei Agostinho da Piedade, Frei Agostinho de Jesus, Antonio Francisco Lisboa, the "Aleijadinho" and Benedito Calixto de Jesus, Among many, anonymous or not. Noteworthy are also the collections of nativity scenes, silverware and jewelery, Lampadarios, furniture, altarpieces, altars, clothing, liturgical books and numismatic.

• OF SACRED ART MUSEUM SAO PAULO - MAS / SP

Chairman of the Board of Directors – José Roberto Marcellino dos Santos
CEO – José Carlos Marcal de Barros
Director of Planning and Management – Luiz Henrique Neves Marcon
Museóloga - Beatriz Cruz