The exhibition “Multiple Looks over Five Cities”, four talented plastic artists with diverse styles, created 63 works depicting landscapes and significant points that best characterize five of the most important Brazilian cities : Salvador, São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Belo Horizonte and Brasília. It is another opportunity for the population and tourists to get to know five of the most important capitals of the country

For each city, a historical text was created, by Leonardo José Magalhães Gomes, presenting its main historical and cultural characteristics, and for each place or monument an entry was made with historical, stylistic or author data. Salvador, São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Belo Horizonte and Brasília – through 61 works of art by artists José Octavio Cavalcanti (drawing) , Júlia Bianchi (watercolor), Roberto Marques (collage) and Altino Caldeira (acrylic).

Altino Caldeira produced fifteen large-format canvases in which he affirms the playful aspect and accentuates unexpected details of the urban landscape through the games of very vivid colors and recreated forms, which suggest an unusual universe, discerned in the stereotyped urban tangle by the artist’s special vision. José Octavio Cavalcanti’s trait is distinguished by precision, detail and characteristic poiesis , fruits of a creative observation that integrates the apprehension capacity of the urban universe to the flame of fantasy and emotion.

Júlia Bianchi’s watercolors portray both wide urban landscapes and specific buildings and small details of the places visited, proving, for her beauty and property in the treatment of motives, the creativity and versatility of the artist and the mastery of the medium of expression chosen by her. On the other hand, Roberto Marques defines his collage technique as a “drawing with scissors”, that is: first, he conceives the images on paper, then cuts them out, using scissors or, according to the need for precision, surgical scalpels. Then, they are glued and thus start to compose the desired objects, scenarios, landscapes and characters.

Bank of Brazil Cultural Center in Belo Horizonte
The Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil (CCBB BH), which is part of Praça da Liberdade Cultural Circuit, one of the tourists favourites destinations, the schedule is full of exhibitions, theatrical performances and music concerts. CCBB offers, as well, workshops and laboratories developed by the Educational Program, which tells not only the history of the capital but the history of the whole country.

Besides the diversified and accessible schedule for all publics, CCBB BH has, as well, bilingual support (Portuguese-English) to the visitors, which facilitates the access of foreign tourists. The schedule of CCBB’s Educational Program offers story telling, dramatized visit and experimentation laboratories. The diversified subjects of the activities attracts visitors of all ages and facilitates the understanding of tourists who are interested in learning more about Brazil.

The Praça da Liberdade (Liberty Square) is an architectural complex of great historical and cultural value. It is an authentic example in Belo Horizonte of eclectic and neoclassical architecture in its old buildings and other modern and contemporary constructions. The building that now houses the CCBB hosted the headquarters of the revolutionary forces of Minas Gerais during the Revolution of 1930 – the year in which the building opened. In 1931, the building hosted another important milestone: the visit of the British Royal Family to Belo Horizonte. The princes Edward VIII and George VI were greeted by authorities of the Minas Gerais State with a feast and decorations in the colors of Great Britain’s flag.

The Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil Belo Horizonte occupies a building from 1930, fully renovated in 2009, with six floors and 12 thousand square meters of constructed area which puts the CCBB BH among the greatest cultural centers of Brazil. The building has a theatre with seating capacity for 264 people, a multipurpose room for audiovisual, a bookstore and two cafeterias , as well as large exhibition galleries.