ART IN MOTION
I love to see art move, it has life, it's going places, meeting people, traveling all around.
FLUTUARTE, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
[ flü-tü-ahr-chee ] noun - Floating Art
FlutuArte is a "floating gallery" comprised of sixty painted fishing boats that can be seen from both land and sky. Its mission is to explore the degree to which art in public spaces can transform the community that owns it.
FlutuArte is a "floating gallery" comprised of sixty painted fishing boats that can be seen from both land and sky. Its mission is to explore the degree to which art in public spaces can transform the community that owns it.
Project by Nicolina and Maxine Nienow, with support of The Free Art Society
Forty-Five Artists from Rio and around the world have painted murals on the rooftops of fishing boats in the Quadrado da Urca, a harbor framed by the iconic statue of Christ the Redeemer and the Sugarloaf mountain in Rio de Janeiro. Each mural begins with a collaboration, a discussion between the artist and the fisherman. They sit together and form an idea for a painting that will combine their unique voices into a common vision. Sixty boats in the Quadrado have been painted, resulting in artworks that become a part of a larger whole --a public gallery that belongs to the fishermen and the community.
Forty-Five Artists from Rio and around the world have painted murals on the rooftops of fishing boats in the Quadrado da Urca, a harbor framed by the iconic statue of Christ the Redeemer and the Sugarloaf mountain in Rio de Janeiro. Each mural begins with a collaboration, a discussion between the artist and the fisherman. They sit together and form an idea for a painting that will combine their unique voices into a common vision. Sixty boats in the Quadrado have been painted, resulting in artworks that become a part of a larger whole --a public gallery that belongs to the fishermen and the community.
FlutuArte was conceived by artists Nicolina and Maxine Nienow, who were inspired to create the gallery after painting the top of a single boat and witnessing the positive effect it had on it's owner and the community. By bringing art outdoors, FlutuArte gives the public an opportunity to experience its transformative and powerful impact.
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