LANDSCAPE FILM: ROBERTO BURLE MARX

May 16 - May 16,2020

Join us for a free digital screening of João Vargas Penna’s Landscape Film: Roberto Burle Marx on May 16th at 8pm CST through our Ballroom Marfa Film channel on Vimeo. This documentary explores the art and life of the Brazilian landscape architect and painter, Roberto Burle Marx, best known for the iconic black-and-white mosaic promenades that line Rio de Janeiro’s Copacabana Beach. The film provides a special glimpse into Burle Marx’s passion for native flora, and the many new species he discovered on his research trips. From his investigation, Burle Marx was able to pioneer a new form of tropical landscaping by organizing native plants in accordance with the aesthetic principles of Cubism and abstractionism. To compliment her current exhibition Longilonge artist Solange Pessoa specially selected this film to be screened.

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