14 March 2016



Sculpture (2008) of Darlan Rosa in front of Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil, Brasília
Sculpture (2008) of Darlan Rosa in front of Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil, Brasília

The Casulo Project - A fleet of outdoor sculptures in CCBB-DF.

The Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil (CCBB) Brasilia hosts the newest project from the artist Darlan Rosa: an interactive sculpture park designed for children and adolescents so that enchant adults.

The works Marquise, Caterpillar, Hive and Cocoon, which gives its name to the project, could not be anywhere else but at CCBB Brasília, gracing the vast garden that surrounds the absolute concrete building, through which every year dozens of plays, exhibits, films and other cultural events, allowing Brasilia living with art.

Casulo is night, is day, is child and adult, lit by colored lights that give life to the curves carved in steel spherical shapes. It is with the support and a partnership Brasilprev and joy and the smile of a child, the Cultural Center Bank of Brazil once again innovates and embraces a project not only unprecedented but permanent, which is here to stay and provide the public Brasiliense one more opportunity to see the world in a simple and colorful perspective of childhood.

See: Darlan Rosa

Darlan Rosa

Born in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil, Darlan Rosa began his artistic apprenticeship at early age with his father, a marble sculptor. In 1967, he relocated to Brasilia, Brazil´s modern capital, where he currently lives and works. Rosa´s artistic trajectory includes 25 solo exhibitions in Brasilia and in main Brazilian state capitals, where he has several public art currently installed. Among others, he has presented his artwork in renowned exhibitions such as the Sao Paulo International Biennal of 1976. Outside Brazil, his work has been exhibited multiple times in countries such as France, El Salvador, and Jordan. In addition, Rosa has taught art at the University Centro Unificado de Brasilia (Ceub) and at the University of Brasilia (UnB).

See: Darlan Rosa

Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil

The Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil (CCBB, in English: Bank of Brazil Cultural Center) is a cultural organization of the Banco do Brasil based in Brazil with centers in Rio de Janeiro, Brasilia, São Paulo and Belo Horizonte.

The CCBB began in 1986. It opened in Rio de Janeiro in 1989, Brasilia in 2000, São Paulo in 2001 and Belo Horizonte in 2013. Its three centers in Rio de Janeiro, Brasilia, and São Paulo are among the top hundred most visited art museums in the world. In 2013, the three centers combined had 4.4 million visitors: 2,034,397 visitors in Rio de Janeiro, 1,468,818 visitors in Brasilia, and 931,639 visitors in São Paulo.

The largest of the CCBB institutions is located in Rio de Janeiro, in an art-deco building designed by Francisco Joaquim Bethencourt da Silva. Similar in size is the São Paulo institution, designed in the same style by Hippolyto Pujol. The smallest of the three complexes the Brasilia branch, designed by Alba Rabelo Cunha. Both the Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo branches contain theatres, cinemas, and multiple art galleries.

See: wikipedia



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