THE 50th ANNIVERSARY OF BRASILIA
2010-09-06Brasilia, a group exhibition of vintage photographs celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the capital of Brazil is to be curated by Brazilian photographer Murillo Meirelles, the exhibition will include images that show Brasilia being planned, constructed and inaugurated from 1958-1960.
A city planned and built from scratch in the very center of the country, Brasilia replaced Rio de Janeiro as the capital of Brazil in 1960. The architectural, figurative and photojournalistic images in the Brasilia exhibition highlight the idealism of Juscelino Kubitschek’s socialist government and its team of visionary urban planners, architects and landscape designers including Lucio Costa, Oscar Niemeyer and Roberto Burle Marx.
Opposite – Untitled 5, Gervasio Batista, Digital C-Print
Exhibition runs from September 9th to November 27th, 2010
1500 Gallery
511 West 25th Street #607
New York
NY
10001
