Liuba Wolf – Auroras

We are pleased to present an exhibition by the artist Liuba Wolf (1923, Sofia, Bulgaria — 2005, São Paulo, Brazil) commemorating the centenary of her birth. The sculptor developed her work in Brazil, creating a very particular formal repertoire, a bestiary that followed a constructive logic and a specifically sculptural interest in the articulation between matter and empty spaces, line and movement.

At auroras, the artist presents a set of sculptures in the garden. In this way, these creatures finally “return” to what seems to be their natural habitat. Her works in external areas also point to the artist’s interest in the approximation between her sculptures and architecture, as it was possible to verify in her exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art in Rio de Janeiro, in 1965, where the works installed in the garden dialogued with the iconic building.

Inside the house, LIUBA also presents sculptures in the upstairs room alongside the “Structural Studies” series of drawings by American artist Amy Sillman.

Liuba Wolf (1923, Sofia, Bulgaria – 2005, São Paulo, Brazil) studied in Europe with Germaine Richier – first in Switzerland, then in Paris – before establishing her studio in São Paulo, in 1949, but it was not until 1958 when she decided to live between São Paulo and Paris. She actively participated in the Brazilian art circuit, being awarded at the VII Bienal de São Paulo, in 1963 and also integrating the VIII, IX and XIII editions. Between the 1970s and 1980s, she was part of six editions of the Panorama of Brazilian Art held by the Museum of Modern Art in São Paulo. Her works are part of important public collections such as the Fond National d’Art Contemporain in Paris (France); the Kunsthalle in Nuremberg (Germany); the Hakone Open Air Museum (Japan); the Musée de La Sculpture en Plein Air de La Ville de Paris (France); Museum of Modern Art of São Paulo, Pinacoteca of the State of São Paulo, Museum of Contemporary Art of São Paulo and the Bienal de São Paulo Collection (Brazil).