Leonilson: Exhibition walk-through with curator Krist Gruijthuijsen from diary catalogue Watch Video
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Description: Regie: Tara Afsah nKamera, Schnitt: Alexander BracknnZweite Kamera: Frank SperlingnnnKW Institute for Contemporary Art is pleased to present the first major retrospective of Brazilian artist Leonilson (1957–1993) in Europe. Leonilson was one of the major exponents of a generation of Brazilian artists known as Geração 80 (80s Generation). After the end of Brazil’s military dictatorship in the mid-1980s, this group of artists celebrated their newly acquired freedom with a gestural, colorful,