OPAVIVARÁ!: QUEM VIVER VIVARÁ!

A Gentil Carioca is pleased to present the exhibition “QUEM VIVER VIVARÁ!”, celebrating 20 years of the OPAVIVARÁ! collective. The show's critical text is written by curator Pollyana Quintella.

Part of the show will present an overview of the collective's work, including works never seen in Brazil or São Paulo, as well as new objects and installations. As is characteristic of the group, all the works are relational and require the active participation of the public, which, by interacting with them, contributes to the construction of an authorial horizontality.

“In a world that is fractured, fragmented and hyper-individualized by virtual relationships, we have always created works that call for being together, sharing desires, bringing bodies closer together and horizontalizing relationships,” says the collective. For them, the “public moment” is activated in the shared experience — it is not something given or instituted, but generated in collective and open coexistence.

OPAVIVARÁ! is one of the longest-running art collectives in the country, recognized for promoting moments of interaction and coexistence through activations, actions and experiences that involve visitors in public or private spaces. Their works are part of important collections such as: Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum NY, Museum of Modern Art of Rio de Janeiro (MAM/RJ), Museum of Contemporary Art of the University of São Paulo (MAC-USP), Museum of Modern Art of São Paulo (MAM/SP), PIPA Foundation, Catherine Petitgas, Missoni, among others.

Read the exhibition text by Pollyana Quintella