SAUDADEOlaf Heine

Saudade presenta alrededor de 35 obras, en su mayoría de gran formato, del reconocido retratista y fotógrafo de música Olaf Heine. Desde 2010, Heine ha estado rastreando el alma de Brasil conSince 2010 he has been tracing Brazil’s soul with a demonstrable sensitivity for form and texture and brings to life the words of the legendary Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer: “The whole universe is made of curves.” Curves in architecture and in human bodies – and also in the attitude to life. When everything is made of curves, nothing follows a straight line. The images capture not only the richness of curves in buildings and Brazilian women, but also show how life is flexible and in a state of constant flux. From the intensity of longing to the lightness of forms, Olaf Heine shows us a fascinating, multifaceted country in all its beauty. This is all the more impressive given the headlines of the last weeks and months. The rule of President Jair Bolsonaro since he took office earlier this year has been marked by a display of brutal power. Criminals have been executed in the streets, homosexuals have been imprisoned, and the destruction of nature and the Brazilian rainforest has been driven forward. In contrast, Heine reveals the place of longing that the first generation of Brazilian modernists created in architecture, literature, and music in the mid-20th century as the aesthetic expression of a country changing for the better into a social, political, and urbane society. A vision of utopia that many look back on with longing, especially in today’s context: Saudade!