The New York Botanical Garden's Brazilian Modern: The Living Art of Roberto Burle Marx celebrates the wide-ranging works of influential Brazilian modernist artist, landscape architect, and plant conservationist Roberto Burle Marx by ...See moreThe New York Botanical Garden's Brazilian Modern: The Living Art of Roberto Burle Marx celebrates the wide-ranging works of influential Brazilian modernist artist, landscape architect, and plant conservationist Roberto Burle Marx by bringing together a selective exhibition of his vibrant artworks and a horticultural tribute designed by Raymond Jungles, one of his protégés. Join Karen Daubmann, Associate Vice-President for Exhibitions and Public Engagement, and Todd A. Forrest, Arthur Ross Vice-President for Horticulture and Living Collections, as they discuss Burle Marx's boldly creative paintings, drawings, textiles, lush gardens, and botanical explorations in his native Brazil. "The garden is, it must be," Burle Marx emphatically declared, "an integral part of civilized life: a deeply felt, deeply rooted, spiritual, and emotional necessity."
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