Cildo Meireles emerged under Brazil’s military dictatorship with works that inserted political messages into circuits of circulation, including Coca-Cola bottles and banknotes. Later installations use sound, scale, money, smell and architecture to create physically immersive situations.
Conceptual art; installation; sculpture
Artist Films
Cildo Meireles | TateShots
Major Works
- 1970Insertions into Ideological Circuits: Coca-Cola Project
- 1970Insertions into Ideological Circuits: Banknote Project
- 2001Babel
- 1987Missão/Missões (How to Build Cathedrals)
- 1980–94Volatile
- 1992/2008Fontes
- 1967–84Desvio para o vermelho
- 1969–70Southern Cross
- 1983–89Through
- 1973–79The Sermon on the Mount: Fiat Lux
Interviews & Writing
- Museum-quality video search →RESEARCH QUEUEvideo
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