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Benjamin Silva
'Massacre of Tlatelolco', Plaza de las Tres Culturas, Mexican Olympics, Rio MAM

1968

$2,400
£1,819.92
€2,105.73
CA$3,392.49
A$3,781.97
CHF 1,972.45
MX$45,732.80
NOK 24,794.71
SEK 23,460.75
DKK 15,717.11

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:
  • Movement & Style:
  • Period:
  • Condition:
    minor losses, minor restoration; unframed. shows well.
  • Gallery Location:
    Santa Cruz, CA
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU34416841392

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