An edition of Ásia (2020)

Ásia

a terra, os homens, os deuses

Ásia
Fausto Godoy, Fausto Godoy
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An edition of Ásia (2020)

Ásia

a terra, os homens, os deuses

The 2020 exhibition is the second edition of the beautiful exhibition "Asia: the earth, men, the gods". Inaugurated in March 2018, the show had a renovation of about 50% form the first exhibits and began to be divided by nuclei of regions and civilizations. This new configuration better visualizes what a small house in Japan was like or the cabinet of a Mandarin literati in 17th century China, for example. Two years ago, diplomat Fausto Godoy of Sao Paulo, donated to MON a collection of nearly 3,000 Asian pieces of Asian art gathered by him throughout his career as ambassador to countries such as China, Japan, India, Pakistan, Bhutan, Iran, Afghanistan and Myanmar. During this period, the ambassador made some visits to the museum, to analyze, evaluate and make sure the good conditions of the space to house a collection of this size. Before that, institutions and collectors vied for the collection. After careful evaluation, he decided to donate to the Oscar Niemeyer Museum. This collection was in line with the new curatorial line proposed by the MON cultural council, with an emphasis on Asian, African and Latin American art, in line with the great museums of the world, making it distinct from the Eurocentric trend that dominates Western culture. With this donation, MON now has around 7,000 works in its collection, in addition to one of the most significant Asian collections in Brazil and South America. "This book, as well as the exhibition that inspired it, is a miniature of the collection that comprises the Japanese set of nested dolls with its seven gods of good luck (although this idea came from China), is a world within itself." --Page 162.

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Portuguese
Pages
189

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Ásia: a terra, os homens, os deuses
2020, Museu Oscar Niemeyer, ITAIPU
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Table of Contents

A coleção asiática do Museu Oscar Niemeyer / Agnaldo Farias
Gesto e detalhe / Teixeira Coelho
Um testemunho / Fausto Godoy
Primórdios: o gesto
Grande estatuaria: compreender (também) o mundo ocidental
Mobiliário: outra ideia de beleza
Obras sobre papel: outra medida do gosto
Pessoais, domésticos, rituais: O antigo e o novo lado a lado
A terra dourada: cultura e arte
O homem cósmico: o novo muda o passado, que continua no presente
Asia: the Earth, the men, the gods. English version.

Edition Notes

Exposed stitched binding (Japanese bookbinding).

Published on the occasion of the exhibition held in 2020 at the Museu Oscar Niemeyer (MON), in Curitiba, Brazil.

Includes bibliographical references.

Texts in Portuguese and English.

Published in
Curitiba, Foz do Iguaçu
Other Titles
Terra, os homens, os deuses, Global studies. Asia., Global studies. Asia. English.

Classifications

Library of Congress
N7262 .A85 2020

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Pagination
189 pages
Number of pages
189

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL44012598M
ISBN 10
8560638539
ISBN 13
9788560638536
OCLC/WorldCat
1191453532

Work Identifiers

Work ID
OL32265615W

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