Author Description

Sylvio Perlstein from an early age personally accompanied young artists that half a century later became icons of a generation: Rauschenberg, Sol LeWitt, Jasper Johns and others. From A very own vision on art, he acquired what the art market didn't bet on this or what time. His accurate intuition led him to collect during 50 years what seemed unusual, rarities and the best of each vanguard in the 20th century art. His collection resulted by translating of that period. "The Unusual collection of Sylvio Pearlstein" is a first time exhibition in in Brazil of his collection and arrives at the MASP after two months in Rio de Janeiro. In total, around 1,000 works comprise his collection, of which approximately 150 were selected by the Trustees Teixeira Coelho, of MASP, Luiz Camillo Osorio, of MAM-Rio, and Leonel Kaz, who mastermind of the project. Designed so the visitor can explore freely, the exhibition is divided in sections: Dada/Surrealism; Vintage Photo; New Realism/Pop Art; American Painting; Minimal Art; Concept Art/Land Art/Arte Povera. "Bringing this collection to MAM is to share a little of half a century of intimate coexistence of Sylvio Perlstein with seminal works of art - and little collectibles. It's split with the bold intervention of Leonel Kaz, that first conversation at Ipanema beach, in which he said I love Rio and want to show your collection here.