One Hundred Years, on the gallery façade, is a celebration of lasting marriages. Traditionally, in Western culture, the gift given to the couple in the celebration of each year lived in a marriage must be made with a specific material. Initiated in medieval Germany, the tradition of celebrating a union provided that on the 25th wedding anniversary the bride and groom were presented with a silver crown and, at 50, with a gold crown. Over time, other symbols were created for each year celebrated. A list of one hundred words is what can be seen and read in the installation that Rosângela Rennó proposes, in collaboration with Daniela Seixas, for the gallery’s façade. On a silver background, the one hundred weddings and their respective materials are listed, in a cataloging exercise that represents the timeline that goes from the first year of matrimony to the centennial.
One Hundred Years, on the gallery façade, is a celebration of lasting marriages. Traditionally, in Western culture, the gift given to the couple in the celebration of each year lived in a marriage must be made with a specific material. Initiated in medieval Germany, the tradition of celebrating a union provided that on the 25th wedding anniversary the bride and groom were presented with a silver crown and, at 50, with a gold crown. Over time, other symbols were created for each year celebrated. A list of one hundred words is what can be seen and read in the installation that Rosângela Rennó proposes, in collaboration with Daniela Seixas, for the gallery’s façade. On a silver background, the one hundred weddings and their respective materials are listed, in a cataloging exercise that represents the timeline that goes from the first year of matrimony to the centennial.
