Ernesto Neto. Touchy, Feely, Smelly!

Ernesto Neto was born in Brazil in 1964 and began work (exhibiting) in Scotland in 1988. He is now based in Rio de Janeiro.

This is what we are talking about. Neto does large “sculptures” which the viewer engages with. You are encouraged to touch or walk through the shapes or membranes. There are sometimes smells or noises which firmly place Ernresto Neto as top of my Non Visual artists (although the installations are also able to be seen!) The installations provide viewers with an experience.

A note of some of his works:

“Léviathan Thot” at The Panthéon in Paris.

2009 “Anthropodino” at Park Avenue Armory New York

1994, 1997 Exhibitions in Escola de Artes Visuais Parque Lage, Rio de Janeiro

1994-96 Exhibition at The Museu de Arte Moderna, Rio de Janeiro

1998 “Navedenga” (a clear-lycra floor to ceiling chamber

2010 “Edges of the World” in the Hayward Gallery London

2012"The tongue of Ernesto" at the College of San Ildefonso, Mexico

2017 Exhibition at The Venice Biennale in the Arsenale.

2018 Gaia MotherTree” at the central train station in Zurich, Switzerland (hand-knotted cotton strips in oranges and yellows)

2019 “Children of the Earth” at the Tanya Bonakdar Gallery in Los Angeles, California (a work to engage al”l five senses)

2021 “SunForceOceanLife” at The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

Here’s an interview with super pictures of some of his work: https://www.designboom.com/tag/ernesto-neto/

A Youtube video: https://youtu.be/NvEDrK3rXpw

Picture By Warburg1866 - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=36543829