"Xingu. Spirit pictures from another world" exhibition by Maureen Bisilliat at Instituto Cervantes, 48, Hanuman Road, CP > Opening at 4pm on 2nd June 2013

Time : 4:00 pm - Opening

Entry : Free

Place : Instituto Cervantes, 48, Hanuman Road, Connaught Place (CP), New Delhi - 110001
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Event Description : 'Xingu. Spirit pictures from another world' exhibition by Maureen Bisilliat

Synopsis: In Brazil's interior, indigenous ethnic groups still live within their cultural traditions, though in contact with the world of today. Fifteen separate tribes and four major language groups live along the Xingu River, a tributary of the Amazon that is nearly 2000 kilometers (1,200 miles) long. These works explore the world of the Xingu.

Biography: Maureen Bisilliat.  Her name isn't Brazilian. But for Brazilians she is as Brazil as samba; her instrument is her camera. Born in the village of Englefield Green  (Surrey) in 1931, her Irish mother was a painter and her Argentinean father was a diplomat. Initially drawn to painting, she studied in Paris and then in New York City at the Art Students League. She first moved to Brazil in 1952 and settled there permanently in 1957, taking up photography a few years later and becoming a photojournalist with numerous books to her credit. She lives and works in Brazil

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