Cildo Meireles

Quick Facts

Full Name	Cildo Meireles
Occupation	Sculptor
Date Of Birth	Feb 9, 1948(1948-02-09)
Age	76
Birthplace	Rio de Janeiro
Country	Brazil
Birth City	Rio de Janeiro
Horoscope	Pisces

Cildo Meireles Biography

Cildo Meireles is one of the most popular and richest Sculptor who was born on February 9, 1948 in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Cildo Meireles Net Worth

Cildo Meireles is one of the richest Sculptor from Brazil. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Cildo Meireles 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

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Cirilo Ranked on the list of most popular Sculptor. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Brazil. Cildo Meireles celebrates birthday on February 9 of every year.

What inspired cildo Meireles?

In the 60s, Meireles’ interest in politics was as strong as his interest in art and his plan was to find some clever approach and make artworks which are subversive but delicate and never aggressive. Dadaism was one of his main sources of inspiration, because of its irony and tongue-in-cheek approach.

How are the Coca-Cola bottles used by Cildo Meireles a part of a

conceptual project?

For Brazilian conceptual artist Cildo Meireles, the Coca-Cola bottle was more than a vehicle for a consumer product. His 1970 piece, Insertions into Ideological Circuits: Coca-Cola Project, employs the classic bottles as a signifier of American hegemony and a medium for subversive communication.

How did Meireles raise social awareness while evading censorship in his

Coca-Cola bottles?

The bottles’ performativity consisted in asking consumers to articulate their own position within a dispersed social field, to confront their own sense of social reality in conversation with the bottles ‘ and to know that other people would be doing this same thing.

Where is Babel 2001?

In a dark-lit room at the Tate Modern , you are immersed in a sonic sensory overload. This is Brazilian artist Cildo Meireles’s 2001 installation Babel.

What unusual medium did cildo Meireles use to protest against the

Brazilian government?

He was angry at the American funded military government which was ruling Brazil. Meireles purchased filled, sealed bottles of Coca-Cola , modified them by writing slogans on the outside of the bottle, then sent them back into circulation, to be bought and drunk by the public.