Estádio Firulete: Pablo Reinoso
The Estadio Firulete is built upon a joyful metaphor—the magic that football represents.
The theme of firulete originates from significant elements of porteño culture (Buenos Aires), the city of Pablo Reinoso's birth. The word firulete is used both to describe a football player’s skillful dribbling and to refer to tango dance steps.
Baró Galeria is housed in a former hangar. Its architectural proportions recall industrial activities, but at the same time, they also evoke sports facilities in a proportional manner.
The intervention that Pablo Reinoso carries out in this space with his installation Futebol Firulete highlights the transformation of a cultural space into a sports arena. His Arcos Firuletes and corresponding Tribunas Firuletes were specially created for the gallery.
The curatorial approach of this exhibition is, in fact, the organization of an indoor football championship. Brazil is home to the world's greatest football and is set to host the upcoming World Cup. The nation's deep-rooted connection with the sport is a central topic of discussion among Brazilians and serves as an example to the rest of the world. The Estadio Firulete is built upon a joyful metaphor—the magic that football represents. The theme of firulete originates from significant elements of porteño culture (Buenos Aires), the city of Pablo Reinoso's birth.
The word firulete is used both to describe a football player’s skillful dribbling and to refer to tango dance steps. It also refers to a type of decorative graphic commonly seen on buses in Buenos Aires. This design is deeply rooted in natural motifs. The reference to the natural world and its capacity for regeneration, despite human mistreatment of nature, has been an implicit and recurrent theme in Pablo Reinoso’s works over the past decade. Football, nature, and art come together in this exhibition, where the spectator steps onto the field to take part.
Pablo Reinoso
