Benches, chairs, sofas, boxes, dressers, desks, wardrobes, hammocks, mats and beds. All of these items are part of our daily lives and reveal how we practice three basic human actions: sitting, storing and sleeping.
Focusing on these three human actions and the furniture adopted in different eras to carry them out, the Ipiranga Museum presents the exhibition “Sitting, storing, sleeping: Museu da Casa Brasileira and Museu Paulista in dialogue”. The exhibition displays furniture produced between the 16th and 21st centuries, with pieces created according to the social demands of each period.
The 159 pieces chosen establish a dialogue between the collections of the Museu da Casa Brasileira, with 113 pieces of furniture, and the Museu Paulista, with 46 pieces, exposing the complementarity of the collections of the two state institutions of São Paulo. The items highlight Brazil's cultural and social diversity, addressing indigenous, Portuguese and Afro-Brazilian heritages, as well as those linked to the various immigrations and migrations that have marked our society.
The curators are Maria Aparecida de Menezes Borrego and Paulo César Garcez Marins, professors at the Museu Paulista, and guest Giancarlo Latorraca, architect and former technical director of the Museu da Casa Brasileira. Assistants Rogério Ricciluca Matiello Félix and Wilton Guerra also collaborated on the curation.
The exhibition is housed in the temporary exhibition hall, a modern, accessible and air-conditioned space measuring 850m2, located on the garden floor, the new floor of the Ipiranga Museum. Tickets to the exhibition are free.
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Exhibition | Sitting, storing, sleeping: Museu da Casa Brasileira and Museu Paulista in dialogue
From June 11th to September 29th
Tuesday to Sunday, from 10pm to 17pm
