Brasilea Foundation

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Exterior view of the Brasilea Foundation building at the Rheinhafen

The Brasilea Foundation is an international exhibition center in Basel , Switzerland, with a focus on Brazilian artists and art that deals thematically with Brazil.

The exhibition house is located in Basel's Rheinhafen directly in the three-country corner , bordering France and Germany . The collection of the founder Walter Wüthrich has been accessible to the public since 2005.

history

Founder Walter Wüthrich set out from the Basel Rhine port, where the exhibition center is today, in 1939 with the aim of South America . His trip took him to Rio de Janeiro . At the beginning of the 1950s he met the Austrian-Brazilian painter Franz Josef Widmar in Rio. A lifelong friendship developed and Walter Wüthrich supported his friend as a patron and bought the painter's first paintings. In 1995, on his deathbed, he promised Widmar that he would do his best to exhibit his paintings in a permanent gallery and thus to honor his complete work.

At this point in time, Wüthrich had already acquired over 400 paintings by Widmar. After his death, he also bought the rest of the work and set about concretizing the “Brasilea Foundation” project, with which the idea of ​​a cultural exchange between Switzerland and Brazil was linked from the beginning. In Basel he met the photographer Onorio Mansutti, who later became the first president of the Brasilea Foundation, and asked him to look around for suitable premises for the implementation of the foundation project. Walter Wüthrich died in Rio de Janeiro in 2002. He was privileged to know that his ideas would be implemented in a former ship engine workshop in Basel's Rheinhafen exactly where he had left for South America 63 years earlier.

The Brasilea Foundation was only officially established after Wüthrich's death on September 22, 2003. The building on Westquai 39 in the Rheinhafen was also only acquired after his death. Since moving into the house in May 2005, the Brasilea Foundation has made an important contribution to the promotion and mediation of Brazilian art and cultural projects in Switzerland, which is unique in this form in Europe. The initial financial difficulties could be avoided by the sale of works of art and the leasing of foundation premises for event purposes and thus the preservation of the Brasilea Foundation was secured.

Cooperations

In order to achieve the foundation's purpose of promoting cultural exchange between Switzerland and Brazil, the Brasilea Foundation cooperates with the numerous Brazilians living in Switzerland with a number of other institutions. The cooperation partners include the Goethe Institute and the Brazilian embassy in Switzerland.

Buildings / architecture

The four-storey workshop building for Rhine shipping was built in 1964 in the immediate vicinity of France and Germany in the triangle of three countries. It is positioned directly in the green strip of the berm slope parallel to the Rhine. The building was converted into the foundation's headquarters in 2004/2005, is container-shaped, green and opens exclusively to the water side thanks to its horizontal light strips. The external appearance is structured and determined by two materials: reinforced concrete in the area of ​​the basement and translucent material made of green light corrugated sheets made of fiberglass on the floors above. Depending on the incidence of light and the location of the beholder, this facade cladding shimmers and glitters, reflecting different things from the surroundings. Untreated materials were consciously used in order to do justice to both the original use and the new use as an art and culture house. Simplicity and robustness are intended to express that architecture is to be understood as an everyday article. The aesthetic effect of the building in the harbor is deliberately staged; the former industrial elegance should be reflected and the changes in the port area symbolized at the same time. The cantilevered crane system is a significant contemporary witness and functions as a landmark of the building and the port.

The collection

The origin of the foundation is the permanent Walter Wüthrich collection with over 500 pictures by the artist Franz Josef Widmar and personal items, which are shown separately as the centerpiece on the 1st floor. The Walter Wüthrich Collection is owned by the “Children In Brazil.” Foundation

The collection now includes works by numerous other artists such as by José Bechara, Maureen Bisilliat, Marcelo Bratke, Luiz Dolino, Alex Flemming, Anja Ganster, Hilal Sami Hilal, Mariannita Luzzati, Oscar Muñoz, Mira Schendel , Manfredo de Souzanetto, Evandro Teixeira, Pierre Verger and Zezão.

Exhibitions

Exhibition opening Claudia Melli and João de Orleans e Bragança

Temporary exhibitions of fine art and photography as well as cultural events such as concerts, films, lectures and readings are presented on the basement and mezzanine floor.

The Brasilea Foundation holds three to four exhibitions of contemporary art every year.

Artist talk with artist Anja Ganster
Workshop on the anniversary day of the 10th anniversary of the Brasilea Foundation

(Selection):

  • July 18–17. August 2005: Black gods in exile
  • 2007: Oscar Niemeyer
  • January 21–10. March 2011: Street art & graffiti from São Paulo
  • April 14–19. May 2011: Adalardo Nunciato Santiago - "Psychorealism"
  • September 20-22 November 2012: Carlos Bracher
  • January 17th – April 14th March 2013: Manfredo Souzanetto
  • April 11–16. June 2013: Anja Ganster - "Deslocamento"
  • September 12th-12th December 2013: Brasilea Foundation - anniversary retrospective
  • September 14–20. December 2013: Zezão
  • January 17th – April 27th February 2014: Brasilea - anniversary exhibition
  • April 10th – April 14th May 2014: Mariannita Luzzati & Marcelo Bratke - "No Land"
  • June 12th-13th July 2014: Pelé - King of football
  • June 12th-13th July 2014: Ordem e Paixão / Order and Passion
  • September 11–30. October 2014: Claudia Melli - "Série Azul" & João de Orleans e Brangança - "Reflexos"
  • January 15–5. March 2015: Maria-Carmen Perlingeiro Esculturas
  • January 21–3. March 2016: Claudia Jaguaribe Fotografias
  • January 26–16. March 2017: Christina Oiticica Quatro Elementos

Library

The Brasilea Foundation also has its own specialist library with over 2,500 volumes on art history, history, literature and architecture in Brazil and Latin America.

Personal details

The director of the Brasilea Foundation is Daniel Faust, who was already responsible for the renovation as the project-leading architect.

Members of the Board of Trustees are: Raffaello Tondolo (President), Donald Stückelberger (Vice President), Enrico Tarelli and Jean-Marc Wallach.

Former members of the Board of Trustees are: Claudia Bracher-Wolfensberger, Arthur Fischer, Hans-Ruedi Graber, Onorio Mansutti (first President of the Brasilea Foundation) and Freddy Serra.

literature

  • Brasilea Foundation (ed.): The Walter Wüthrich Collection. Franz Josef Widmar. Brasilea Foundation, Basel 2007, digital version (PDF; 3.05 MB) .
  • Art. Brasilea Foundation. In: Dominique Auzias, Jean-Paul Labourdette: Bâle 2014–2015. Petit Futé, Basel 2014, p. 106, ( limited preview in Google book search).

Web links

Commons : Brasilea Foundation  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e Art. Brasilea Foundation. in: Dominique Auzias and Jean-Paul Labourdette: Bâle 2014–2015 , Petit Futé, Basel 2014, p. 106 ( limited preview in the Google book search).
  2. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p Denise Muchenberger: From Brazil to Brasilea , in: Basler Zeitung of March 15, 2014.
  3. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Stiftung Brasilea (ed.): The Walter Wüthrich Collection. Franz Josef Widmar. Brasilea Foundation, Basel 2007, p. 2, digital version (PDF; 3.05 MB) .
  4. ↑ a b c d Brasilea Foundation , on the artagenda.com website .
  5. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Beat Eglin: Brasilea - Art from Brazil. ( Memento from December 7, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) In: Baselland Zeitung from April 25, 2014.
  6. ↑ a b c d e Brasilea Foundation. Claudia Melli and João de Orleans e Bragança: photographic painter, painting photographer , in: Badische Zeitung from September 12, 2014.
  7. ↑ a b c Savera Kang: Illegal and full of energy: the Brazilian graffiti artist Zezão in Basel. ( Memento from January 2, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) In: fudder.de from September 13, 2013.
  8. ↑ a b c Xenia Keller: First exhibition (until November 22, 2012) by the Brazilian artist Carlos Bracher in Switzerland , in: Punto Latino from September 21, 2012.
  9. ↑ a b Black Gods in Exile , on the website of the Goethe Institute .
  10. ↑ a b c d Rhine shipping. Cultural center opened in Basel. In: BauNetz from June 17, 2005.
  11. ↑ a b 2003-09 Brasilea , on the subpage Projects on the homepage of the executing architecture firm Fischerart.
  12. ↑ Industrial elegance at the port. Brasilea Foundation. in: Shutters - Gates - Sun Protection Systems. Vol. 4, No. 12 (2006), ISSN  1612-6599 , pp. 48-49. ( IRB ).
  13. ↑ Official website of Luiz Dolino .
  14. ^ Official website of Anja Ganster .
  15. ^ Official website of Hilal Sami .
  16. ↑ Official website of Mariannita Luzzati .
  17. ↑ Oscar Muñoz ( Memento of December 9, 2014 in the Internet Archive ), on the website of the Sicardi Gallery .
  18. ↑ a b Streetart from São Paulo , interview with the Basler Zeitung on YouTube from January 21, 2011.
  19. ↑ Vital builder. Oscar Niemeyer exhibition in Basel , in: Neue Zürcher Zeitung from February 9, 2007.
  20. ^ Galeria Choque Cultural - Street Art & Graffiti from São Paulo. ( Memento of December 7, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) In: Monopoly .
  21. ↑ Adalardo Nunciato Santiago - PSYCHO REALISM. ( Memento of December 7, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) In: Monopoly .
  22. ↑ Anja Ganster: Deslocamento. Solo Exhibition at Brasilea Foundation Basel , in: Vernissage TV from April 15, 2013 on YouTube .
  23. ^ Graziella Kuhn: Art against Brazilian prison sadness , in: Basler Zeitung from April 10, 2014.
  24. ↑ a b c Basel. "Pelé - King of Football" , in: Die Oberbadische from June 15, 2014.
  25. ^ Daniel Faust: Maria-Carmen Perlingeiro - Esculturas , Brasilea Foundation, Basel 2015.
  26. ^ Daniel Faust: Claudia Jaguaribe. Fotografias , Brasilea Foundation, Basel 2016.
  27. ^ Daniel Faust: Christina Oiticica. Quatros Elementos. Brasilea Foundation, Basel 2017.
  28. ↑ Laudation on the award of an honorary doctorate to Onorio Mansutti ( memento from December 19, 2014 in the Internet Archive ), on the University of Basel's website from October 25, 2014.

Coordinates: 47 ° 35 '10.1 "  N , 7 ° 35' 17.4"  E ; CH1903:  611249  /  270616