Manaus Agile tourism and culture of AmazonasThe residences have been fully restored and will house the collection of one of the main Amazonian artists, who died in June this year.
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Photo: Leonardo Leão/Manauscult
On the day Manaus will celebrate its 350th anniversary - October 24 - the city gains a new space for the promotion of culture, the Óscar Ramos Cultural Centerinstalled in the capital's oldest houses, numbers 69 and 77, on Bernardo Ramos street, Manaus Historical Center. The residences were fully restored by City Hall and will house the collection of one of the leading artists of Amazonas, who died in June this year.
The mini-museum is curated by artist José Cardoso, vice president of the Municipal Foundation of Culture, Tourism and Events (Manauscult), and artistic direction of multi-artist Sergio Cardoso. Built in 1819, the little houses, made of mud and wood and stone, were considered the first dwellings in Manaus and carry in their architecture a part of the city's history, from the colonial period.
Casa 69 will host Óscar Ramos' permanent exhibition. Works such as paintings, writings, costumes, productions, the artist's fashion designs, personal objects such as the furniture used by Óscar, and LP covers, will be among the items and objects on display there. House 77 will host temporary exhibitions of artists such as Óscar Ramos, with paintings that have never been exhibited by Óscar, among other materials.
"Óscar Ramos worked with the Manaus City Hall in his last seven years of life, as curator of the Paço da Liberdade. He taught many people and united the whole artistic class, he was almost unanimous. Unfortunately he is gone, but he is still present here in his work, in his art, here at House 69," declared José Cardoso.
A unique artist
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Photo: Ingrid Anne/Manauscult
Óscar Ramos was born in Itacoatiara, in the countryside of the state of Amazonas (269 kilometers from Manaus), and is considered one of the leading names in the visual arts in Brazil, having even worked with big names in Brazilian music, signing album covers for Caetano Veloso, Maria Betânia, Gilberto Gil, and Gal Costa, for example, as well as award-winning works abroad. Ramos has a long trajectory, consisting of over 60 years of production, marked by the experimentalism of universal appeal.
With information from Viva Manaus
