Cultural ContributionsArts

The richness of art comes from its power to stir peoples' emotions and influence their vision of the world. In this way, art helps construct the identity of each social group. By sponsoring studies and then later elaborating books on the topic, Odebrecht contributes so that increasingly more people may enjoy this experience.

Over recent years, the Organization has supported projects on the modernism of Tarsila do Amaral, the lenses of Cravo Neto, the Bahia of Caymmi, the classics of Villa-Lobos, the cordel of Elomar, the talent of Clarival do Prado Valladares and the paintings of Lula Cardoso Ayres, Alberto Valença and Portinari, among other important artists.

This archive presents works on the most diverse art forms, such as music, painting, sculpture, poetry, tapestry and pottery.

 

African Art Collection

Collecting art objects from different countries in Africa was for many years the “second profession” of Michael Alexander Heymann, a South African doctor. Over time, his personal archive became vast enough to represent a significant overview of "Black Africa” art.

“African Art Collection” is the record of this archive, which consists of sculptures, masks and ceremonial objects made from gold, wood, marble and iron collected in 13 different countries on the African continent. These are: Mali, Alto Volta, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Daomé/Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, Zaire and Angola.

Published in English in 1982, African Art Collection was supervised by Everardo Magalhães Castro and features photos by Michael Heymann himself. The text is by Brazilian writer Antônio Olinto, who served as cultural attaché in Lagos, Nigeria at the start of the 1960s.