Representative work by Ernesto Neto
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Artist

Ernesto Neto

b. 1964, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil · Brazilian · Based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

  • Escola de Artes Visuais do Parque Lage
  • Museum of Modern Art, Rio de Janeiro
  • Biomorphic Fabric Architecture
  • Polyamide Lycra
  • Aromatic Spices

Ernesto Neto creates soft, immersive installations from stretch fabric, spices, beads and suspended forms. His environments invite viewers to walk through, touch, smell and inhabit sculpture rather than observe it from outside.

Sculpture; installation; textile

Gallery Representation

Artist Films

Major Works

  • 1998Navedenga
  • 2006Leviathan Thot
  • 2010The Edges of the World
  • 2009Anthropodino
  • 2000It Happens When the Body Is Anatomy of Time
  • 2000sWe Fishing the Time
  • 2018GaiaMotherTree
  • 2012SunForceOceanLife
  • 2001Humanoids
  • 2010sThe Body That Carries Me

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Interviews & Writing

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