2019-06-02

MASP MUSÉU de Arte de São Paulo


I  have  been  MASPED



"One might even think it is ugly, and I say :
 MASP is not beautiful, 
it was never beautiful. 
I did not seek beauty, I sought freedom. 
The intellectuals did not like it, 
the people liked it. They liked it a lot. 

You know who did that? It was a woman" 


 Lina Bo Bardi




Lina Bo Bardi at MASP 

as it was built showing her unique 

minimal modernist
art stand in glass and concrete
 that is still being
used to day throughout the museum. 

The permanent exhibit at MASP still uses the Lina Bo Bardi
art stands in glass and concrete
that offers a unique  way to display art. 




MASP is currently considered the most important art museum in the Southern Hemisphere, with about 10,000 pieces of art from Africa, Asia, Europe, the Americas including Brazil, from time periods spanning from antiquity to the 21st century and including paintings, sculptures, drawings, photographs, clothing and other media.



I´VE BEEN MASPED. I TRIED MASPIFIED FIRST BUT IT DID NOT ROLL OF MY TOUNGUE EXACTLY. MASPed meaning, 
I have visited and seen the museum 
and the exhibit that had the longest line out under the belly of 
MASP was : 


Tarsila Do Amaral : Canabalizing Modernism (will come back to this exhibit later here on the blog)

On the bottom of my post you 
find what I came for: 

Lina Bo Bardi : Habitat 

Lina has a deeply intimate relationship with MASP
she is the author of this building, inaugurated in 1968, 
and conceived exhibitions at the former headquarters of the museum on 7de Abril street from the time of its foundation in 1947 in São Paulo, Brazil 







Brecheret the sculptor (to whom I have not been introduced to prior to this stroll in the park) has created in Parq Trianon you see in the photo above which was part of the magnificent castle of a building that Joaqin Eugenio de Lima owned and when he donated his property to the municipality (which is a story of its own...) with the promise that his view should never be altered which is the reason 
WHY Lina Bo Bardi choose a suspended building for it to preserve the view of 
the previous owner.
(Don't be to surprised if there are more than 1 explanation. This is Brasil  

Many wanted to build where MASP was planned and other museums were also interested in this prominent city center position at Avenida Paulista in Sao Paulo 1968.



Trianon long before MASP was born. 

A  photograhic recollection of the history of Avenida Paulista
on display in  Parq Trianon.




Elevated so that the view would not be
(completely)spoiled.
Which is a kind of funny take on it all, 
don't you think? 





Interesting is that MASP now so 
connected to its red color was meant 
to be yellow first. In a later stage 
changed to the red columns that 
hold the structure of ground 
is part of the exhibit on 
Lina Bo Bardi  at MASP at the moment. 


The view of MASP that I love.
The garden balconies placement and impact is impressive.  





LINA BO BARDI 
THE STAIRCASE at MASP





IF YOU ARE A CONSTRUCTIVIST THEN YOU SEE THAT 
THE BASE OF THE STRUCTURE HOLDS 
THE ENTIRE PIECE OF LONG NECKED STAIRCASE 
TO THE EXTENT THAT IF YOU STAND AT THE HIGHEST POINT 

AND JUMP UP&DOWN AND 
WEIGH AROUND 80 KG, 
LIKE ME THEN THE 
CEMENT STRUCTURE MOVES 
LIKE A SPRING BOARD. 


A very happy me getting a shot (and then using GoArt)
 of the whole staircase from a far.
As you see there are no columns holding up
the structure of this gigantic room
perfected for exhibitions without any architecural interruptions. 


LINA BO BARDI
December 5 1914- March 20 1992 
was an italian-born B
razilian modernist architect. 
She deovoted her working 
life as a designer 
and architect spent 
in Brazil promoting the social 
and cultural potential 
in architecture and design. 



Above ground MASP on AVENIDA PAULISTA
you see the held glass structure.
Below ground is the largest
part of the museum
of MASP as seen in this photo above.  


For the concrete to be able to hold the glass properly
a wooden piece is added to the unique art display designed by

Lina Bo Bardi



The underbelly of MASP is huge and used as a 
market square with artisanal products sold in the weekends 
and lots of performances of all kinds take place here. 


First here below is me sitting 
in the Giraffe chair 
(found all over at the museum) 
by Lina Bo Bardi
but all chairs below are hers :




Lina Bo Bardi

Foldable clever minimalism



                                                            Lina Bo Bardi




My favorite and now on my wishlist along with Giraffe



Lina Bo Bardi





Lina Bo Bardi




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Lina Bo Bardi





Lina Bo Bardi has become a favorite 
designer and architect 
after learning more 
about her here at MASP





Please ask me if you have any questions. 
There is so much to say about MASP 
and Lina Bo Bardi that i needed to 
edit down so much to not write a book 
about it. 


Below you see Masp from above. 
At last I want to loudly applaude MASP 
for being bilingual and providing a 
good translated english text so that 
not only Brazilian 
is used as i most other 
museums in Sao Paulo. 

Stay in touch 

Jimmy 





Sensational SP with the 
jewel in the crown MASP






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