Ernesto Neto
Slug Turtle, TemplEarth, 2022 (installation)
Commissioned by Qatar Museums, Qatar
Ernesto Neto’s immersive installation Slug Turtle, TemplEarth, 2022, has been unveiled in the desert of Qatar’s northernmost region, near the Al Zubarah and Ain Mohammed heritage sites. Composed of 8 football goal frames arranged in an octagonal ring and surrounded by white crocheted netting, the site-specific installation invites viewers to communicate with the spirit of the desert. ‘The work creates a space to meditate about our present, past and future in a social-ecological network shared by humans, birds, bugs, plants and all forms of life,’ the artist explains.
The work joins more than 100 public artworks commissioned by Qatar Museums in time for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022.
Ernesto Neto
Camelocama (installation)
Flamboyant Shopping, Goiânia
Ernesto Neto's Camelocama, 2010, is now on view at the Flamboyant Shopping Centre in Goiânia. Evoking the canopy of a tree, the crochet installation takes inspiration from the makeshift architecture of street vendors in the artist's native Brazil and uses gravity as its central element, inviting visitors to lay under or walk through the structure's hanging appendages.
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Healing Bug Acupun Earth (installation)
2023 Elevation 1049, Gstaad
3 February – 16 April 2023
Ernesto Neto’s outdoor installation Healing Bug Acupun Earth, 2023, is part of the 2023 Elevation 1049 programme, inaugurated on 3 February in Gstaad, Switzerland. The work consists of two insect-like structures which link the mountain-top to the valley floor, forming both an environment and a trail among the snowy slopes of the alpine town. Ushered in by a samba-based ritual performance by Brazilian and Swiss Musicians, the installation will remain in situ until the 16th of April.
First launched by the LUMA Foundation in 2014, the 2023 edition of Elevation 1049 invites established and emerging contemporary artists to create live performances at various indoor and outdoor sites throughout Gstaad. Many of the works explore the gap between the human body and its surrounding environment, drawing new links with the spectacular alpine landscape.