Collection of works

Hélio Oiticica (1937 - 1980)

Tate Collection

1958-1967

This group of seven works consists of the following: 1-2) Metaesquemas 083 and 249, 1958; 3) Bilateral 'TEMAN', 1959; 4) Spatial Relief, 1959; 5) Box Bolide 9, 1964; 6) Glass Bolide 5 Homage to Mondrian, 1965; 7) Tropicalia Penetrables PN2 and PN3, 1967. Tropicalia features a sandy space filled with cabins which visitors can wander into. One cabin has a television with a Brazilian broadcast and poems of the Brazilian poet Roberta Salgado are propped up on the plants.

• Medium: various
• Dimensions: various
• Art Fund Grant: £150000 ( Total: £1,731,675)
• ArtFunded in: 2007
• Vendor: César and Claudio Oiticica

Provenance

The artist; Projeto Hélio Oiticica, the estate of the artist, from 1980.

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