Flexa and Tropigalpão space inaugurate in partnership the short-term exhibition The Kiss on the AsphaltThe Kiss on the Asphalt, curated by Ulisses Carrilho

Why visit the echoes of surrealism today? Why approach alternative cosmologies to the Western paradigm now—in other words, different ways of organizing shared reality? Various recent diagnoses remind us that we live in a time marked by the dulling of imagination, the dilution of the corporeal dimension in our dealings with the world, the undermining of the realm of dreams, and the resistance to dialogue with differences.

In the exhibition Rio: The Measure of Land, which marks the inauguration of Flexa, Rio de Janeiro is approached by different perspectives. Bringing together forty-six artists whose works are dated from the early 19th century to the present, the group show presents both historical and contemporary landscapes of the city. It features representative artworks of Neoconcretism — one of the most significant moments in the art history of Rio — in dialogue with echoes found in later productions. For last, the show features a selection of pieces that engage with political and social issues, such as urban violence and cultural resistance in the forms of festivity and Carnaval.