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Benjamin Silva'Massacre of Tlatelolco', Plaza de las Tres Culturas, Mexican Olympics, Rio MAM1968
1968
About the Item
Signed lower center with artist monogram, 'B.S.' for Benjamin Silva (Brazilian, born 1927) and dated with roman numerals, 1968; additionally signed, verso, dated and titled.
A dramatic and animated oil painting of a crowd scene showing the feared, mounted police of Mexico City in action against the students in the demonstrations of October 2nd that preceded the opening of the Mexican Olympic Games held in 1968.
Benjamin Silva first studied painting with the artist Inimá Paula and Sigaud at Rio the People's School and, subsequently, at the Museum of Modern Art in Rio de Janeiro. He later attended the college of
Arts nnd Crafts where he studied with Orlando Silva. He then moved to Paris where he attended the Academie de la Grande Chaumiere (1960-63) and studied under the Post-Impressionist painter, Maurice Brianchon. The recipient of numerous medals, prizes and juried awards, Benjamin Silva has exhibited with success worldwide including in New York, Washington DC, Venice, London, Lisbon and Belgrade, among numerous other cities..
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
1957 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - Single, the Academic Board of Enba
1958 - Sao Paulo SP - Single, at the Art Gallery of Leaves
1959 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - Individual and Barcinsky Gallery
1963 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - Individual and Relief Gallery
1964 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - Single in Gallery Montmartre-Jorge
1966 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - Single in Gallery Meira
1969 - Washington (U.S.) - Single, Brazilian American Cultural Institute Inc.
1971 - Venice (Italy) - Individual and Art Gallery Ullysses
1971 - Sao Paulo SP - Single, in the Palace of Arts
1974 - New York (United States) - Individual and Barney Gallery
1976 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - Individual and Mini Galery
1983 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - Individual and Bonino Gallery
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
1953 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - 2nd National Salon of Modern Art
1953 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - Municipal Hall of Rio de Janeiro - Jury Waiver
1954 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - 3rd National Salon of Modern Art - Jury Waiver
1954 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - Black And White Hall in the Palace of Culture
1955 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - 4th National Salon of Modern Art
1956 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - 1st Hall Railway, the MEC / RJ
1956 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - 5th National Salon of Modern Art
1957 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - 6th National Exhibition of Modern Art
1958 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - 7th National Salon of Modern Art - Award Niomar Muniz Sodré
1958 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - Work in Arts in MNBA
1958 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - Eight Contemporary Artists in Funarte. Macunaíma gallery
1959 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - 8th National Exhibition of Modern Art - Travel Award Abroad
1959 - Sao Paulo SP - 5th International Biennial of Sao Paulo, the MAM / SP
1962 - Paris (France) - l'oeil de Boeuf
1962c. - London (England) - Show at the Royal College of Art
1962c. - Paris (France) - Hall Comparaisons
1963 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - 12th National Salon of Modern Art
1963 - Sao Paulo SP - 7th International Biennial of São Paulo Biennale Foundation
1964 - Brasilia DF - I Salon of Modern Art of the Federal District
1964 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - 13th National Salon of Modern Art
1964 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - 2 The Face and the Work in Ibeu Copacabana Gallery
1965 - Europe - Itinerant Brazilian Art Current
1965 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - 14th National Salon of Modern Art
1965 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - 1st Hall Esso Young Artists at the MAM / RJ
1965 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - 3rd Summary JB Art at the MAM / RJ
1965 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - Esso Salon of Young Artists
1965 - Sao Paulo SP - 8th International Biennial of São Paulo Biennale Foundation
1965 - Sao Paulo SP -1st Esso Salon of Young Artists, the MAC / USP
1965 - Vienna (Austria) - Show on Stubering Museum
1966 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - Self-Portraits in Ibeu Copacabana Gallery
1967 - Lisbon (Portugal) - Brazilian Art in Lisbon
1968 - Germany - Itinerant Four Brazilian Artists
1968 - Belgrade (Yugoslavia) - Four Brazilian Artists
1969 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - 18th National Salon of Modern Art
1969 - Sao Paulo SP - 1 Paulista Contemporary Art Exhibition at MASP
1969 - Sao Paulo SP - I Paulista Contemporary Art Exhibition
1970 - Sao Paulo SP - 2nd Panorama of Current Brazilian Art at the MAM / SP
1972 - Sao Paulo SP - Art / Brazil / Today: 50 years later, the gallery Collectio
1973 - Sao Paulo SP - 12th International Biennial of São Paulo Biennale Foundation
1976 - Sao Paulo SP - 8 Panorama of Current Brazilian Art at the MAM / SP
1981c. - Germany - Moderne Kunst Brasilianishe in Dresoner Bank
1983 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - 6th National Exhibition of Fine Arts at the MAM / RJ
1983 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - Self-Portraits Brazilians, at the Art Gallery Banerj
1984 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - Brazilian Painting Acting in Petrobras Space
1985 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - 8th National Exhibition of Fine Arts at the MAM / RJ
1992 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - Eco Art at the MAM / RJ
1996 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - River views, the MAM / RJ
- Creator:Benjamin Silva (1927, Brazilian)
- Creation Year:1968
- Dimensions:Height: 18 in (45.72 cm)Width: 21.75 in (55.25 cm)Depth: 0.75 in (1.91 cm)
- Medium:
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- Condition:minor losses, minor restoration; unframed. shows well.
- Gallery Location:Santa Cruz, CA
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU3449088752
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