OREANDA-NEWS. October 16, 2012. The exhibit "The Closer Air and other materials" is open for visitation at the Ibere Camargo Foundation of the renowned Brazilian artist Waltercio Caldas. The exhibition, which brings together 87 works of art including installations, sculptures, objects, and drawings produced during more than four decades will remain at the Foundation until October 18. The same exhibit will be shown in 2013 at the Pinacoteca do Estado de Sao Paulo, in Sao Paulo (SP), and at the Blanton Museum of Art, in Texas (USA).

Gerdau, through the Gerdau Institute, is one of the main sponsors of Ibere Camargo Foundation. The foundation's headquarter is located in Porto Alegre (RS), have become a reference in architecture, and receives exhibits of contemporary art. Opened in 2008, the building was designed by Alvaro Siza, one of the most important contemporary architects in the world. In 2002 the project received the Golden Lion Award at the Venice Architecture Biennale and special merit at the Milan Design Triennale.

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