Néle Azevedo

[1][2] Azevedo was born in Santos Dumont, a municipality in the south-eastern Minas Gerais state of Brazil, in 1950.

In 1998, Azevedo launched a solo exhibition with an installation of iron sculptures at the Brazilian Post Cultural Center in Rio de Janeiro and won the acquisition prize in the Santo André Art Hall in São Paulo.

The whole installation usually melts within the next 30 minutes, depending on local conditions, and draws a crowd to watch the unfolding events.

[2][4] The Minimum Monument project,[1] along with the other urban interventions developed by Azevedo including "Glory to Inglorious Fights" and "Anhangabau: A River For The Absent Ones",[5] have their genesis in local history.

The interventions have resulted in videos, pictures and drawings and gained attention in different local, national and international media.