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Cildo Meireles
Brazilian artist
Cildo Meireles (born 1948) is a Brazilian conceptual artist, installation artist and sculptor. He is noted especially for his installations, many of which express resistance to political oppression in Brazil.
These works, often large and dense, encourage a phenomenological experience via the viewer's interaction.
Life
Meireles was born in Rio de Janeiro in 1948.
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From an early age, Meireles showed a keen interest in drawing and spatial relations. He was especially interested in how this has been explored in animated film.[1] His father, who encouraged Meireles' creativity, worked for the Indian Protection Service and their family traveled extensively within rural Brazil.[2]
In an interview with Nuria Enguita, Meireles described a time when he was "seven or eight" and living in the countryside that had a huge impact on him.
He said that he was startled by an impoverished man wandering through the trees. The next day, the