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Galeria Fortes Vila�a: Dami�n Ortega - Materialista | Phantasmagoria -Thaddeus Strode - 10 Mar 2009 to 17 May 2009 Current Exhibition |
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Dami�n Ortega - Materialista, 2008
Truck pieces and steel cable 500 x 800 x 270 cm |
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Materialista � Dami�n Ortega 07.03.2009 | 17.05.2009 Galeria Fortes Vila�a 16.04.2009 | 09.05.2009 Phantasmagoria -Thaddeus Strode Galeria Materialista � Dami�n Ortega [scroll down for English] Materialista � o t�tulo da instala��o in�dita que o artista mexicano Dami�n Ortega criou especialmente para o Galp�o Fortes Vila�a. Com oito metros de extens�o, a obra engendra caracter�sticas fundamentais do trabalho de Ortega: a apropria��o de objetos cotidianos, a desconstru��o e os jogos com a linguagem. Materialista � a palavra utilizada no M�xico para designar um caminh�o que transporta materiais de constru��o. Ao entrar no Galp�o, � exatamente isso que se v�: um caminh�o pendurado por cabos de a�o ao teto do galp�o. No entanto, o que nossa mente identifica imediatamente como um caminh�o � uma escultura feita apenas de suas partes cromadas e de vazio. O radiador, o para choques, os para lamas, os espelhos, todas as partes cromadas est�o penduradas ali como se houvesse de fato um motor, uma cabine e uma bol�ia. Mas h� apenas espa�o vazio entre elas. Nosso entendimento das pe�as presentes se d� pelo contexto no qual elas est�o inclu�das, pois apenas uma pe�a solta seria inidentific�vel e sua fun��o impercept�vel. Forma-se assim uma estrutura que se assemelha a uma constela��o. O jogo de sentidos entre o t�tulo da obra e o objeto da qual ela parte � um dado importante do trabalho. O caminh�o materialista identifica-se com a distribui��o de bens concretos, usados para constru��o, e, portanto est� inserido numa l�gica conhecida ou previs�vel de pesos e valores dos objetos que s�o levados de um lado para outro � vista de todos. Em oposi��o, a estrutura oca da obra enfatiza sua carga simb�lica. Trata-se de um materialismo que se relaciona tanto a pot�ncia da mat�ria e da anti-mat�ria, quanto � pr�pria l�gica de valores do mercado de arte, onde o valor atribu�do aos objetos nem sempre � vis�vel. A primeira vez em que Dami�n Ortega desmembrou um autom�vel foi em 2002. Diferente de Materialista, sua obra Cosmic Thing trazia um fusca - �cone da promessa de modernidade - dilacerado, com todos os seus peda�os minuciosamente suspensos por finos fios de a�o presos ao teto. Cosmic Thing foi exposta no ICA Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, USA, e depois na 50� Bienal de Veneza, em 2003. Dami�n Ortega � um dos artistas de maior proje��o internacional de sua gera��o. Em 2008-2009 realizou uma grande exposi��o individual no Centre Pompidou, em Paris, na qual mostrou sua instala��o Champ de Vision. Participou da 27� Bienal de S�o Paulo em 2006; em 2007, foi selecionado para o Preis Der Nationalgalerie fur junge kunst, na Alemanha e em 2005 foi indicado ao Pr�mio Hugo Boss. [English] Materialista [Materialist] is the title of the never-before-shown installation created by Mexican artist Dami�n Ortega especially for the Galp�o Fortes Vila�a. This eight-meter-long artwork resorts to fundamental characteristics of Ortega�s work: the appropriation of objects of daily life, deconstruction, and playful treatment of language. Materialista is the word used in Mexico to designate a truck that transports construction materials. When one enters the Galp�o, this is precisely what one sees: a truck hanging from steel cables from the gallery�s ceiling. However, what our mind immediately identifies as a truck is actually only the vehicle�s chromed parts and the voids between them. The radiator, the bumpers, the mud flaps, the mirrors � all of the chromed parts � are hung there as if there were in fact a motor, a driver�s cabin and seat. But there is only empty space between them. Our understanding of the pieces present takes place through the context in which they are included, since only a lone piece would be unidentifiable and its function imperceptible. The structure that is formed thus resembles a constellation. The play on words between the artwork�s title and the object it is based on is an important element of the work. The �materialist� truck is identified with the distribution of concrete goods, used for construction, and is therefore inserted in a known or predictable logic of the weights and values of the objects brought from one place to another in plain sight of everyone. In opposition, the hollow structure of the artwork emphasizes its symbolic charge. This materialism is related not only with the power of matter and antimatter, but also with the logic of values in the art market, where the value attributed to the objects is not always visible. The first time that Dami�n Ortega dismembered an automobile was in 2002. Unlike Materialista, his artwork Cosmic Thing presented a Volkswagen beetle � the icon of the promise of modernity � as in an �exploded view� technical diagram, with all its pieces held in space by steel wires attached to the ceiling. Cosmic Thing was shown at the Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA), Philadelphia, USA, and subsequently at the 50th Venice Biennale, in 2003. Dami�n Ortega is one of the most internationally well-known artists of his generation. In 2008�2009 he held a large solo at Centre Pompidou, in Paris, where he showed his installation Champ de Vision. In 2006 he participated in the 27th Bienal de S�o Paulo; in 2007 he was nominated for the Preis Der Nationalgalerie fur Junge Kunst, in Germany; and in 2005 he was nominated for the Hugo Boss Prize Thaddeus Strode Phantasmagoria 16.04.2009 - 09.05.2009 [scroll down for English] A Galeria Fortes Vila�a tem o prazer de apresentar a primeira exposi��o do artista norte-americano Thaddeus Strode no pa�s. Sob o t�tulo de Phantasmagoria, a mostra � formada por um conjunto de sete vibrantes pinturas de grandes dimens�es, nas quais o artista cria realidades inclinadas ao absurdo, misturando personagens enigm�ticos a fundos ativos de cores intensas. As refer�ncias de Strode s�o calcadas na cultura pop: passam pelas pinturas de rua, pela cultura do skate e do surf Californiano, pelo Rock, cinema e revistas em quadrinhos, culminando em uma est�tica que remete ao neo-expressionismo norte americano dos anos 1980. A for�a e o prazer visual de suas obras v�m das estranhas combina��es que o artista estabelece em uma mesma tela, conjugando elementos figurativos com manchas coloridas abstratas e sobrepondo frases truncadas e palavras soltas. O resultado � uma pintura gestual, com toques de humor e protesto. No universo de Strode, co-habitam curiosos fantasmas, bizarros macacos, monstros, homens com m�scaras medievais e uma infinidade de personagens de tra�ado forte. Todos eles parecem ter sido retirados de uma anima��o ambientada nos guetos nova-iorquinos ou de um limbo entre civiliza��o e primitivismo. Na pintura Incantation 2: And the building of a New Reality, um gorila aparece misturado a palavras soltas escritas em espanhol - uma refer�ncia � forte presen�a latina nos EUA � sobre um colorido e expressivo fundo amarelo, laranja e azul. Completando e equilibrando a composi��o, Strode pinta v�rios quadrados brancos deixando a tinta escorrer sobre o fundo colorido. Phantasmagoria define-se como uma s�rie de acontecimentos envolvendo mudan�as dr�sticas de intensidade de luzes e cores, mas pode tamb�m ser interpretada como um estado abstrato no qual o imagin�rio e o real e se misturam, um t�tulo perfeito para resumir a produ��o que Strode apresenta na Fortes Vila�a. Thaddeus Strode nasceu em Santa Monica, USA, em 1964. Atualmente vive e trabalha em Los Angeles. Possui grande reconhecimento internacional, tendo exposto em importantes galerias e participado de exposi��es em institui��es como Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago; Mus�e d'Art Contemporain, Montreal e Brandts Kunsthalle, Odense, Dinamarca. Em 2007, o artista teve uma retrospectiva no Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum at Washington University in St. Louis, intitulada Thaddeus Strode: Absolutes and Nothings. Galeria Fortes Vila�a is pleased to present North American artist Thaddeus Strode�s first exhibition in Brazil. Titled Phantasmagoria, the show features seven vibrant large-format paintings presenting realities tending toward the absurd, with enigmatic characters set off against active, intensively colored backgrounds. Strode�s references are drawn from pop culture, ranging from street paintings to skate and California surf culture, rock music, movies and comic books to culminate in an aesthetics reminiscent of North American 1980s neo-expressionism. The power and visual pleasure of his artworks spring from the strange combinations established within the same canvas, where figurative elements are side-by-side with abstract colored splotches, overlain with truncated phrases and loose words. The result is a gestural painting with touches of humor and protest. Strode�s universe is inhabited by curious goats, bizarre monkeys, monsters, men with medieval masks, and a myriad of vigorously delineated characters. They seem to have been taken from an animated movie whose story is set in a New York ghetto, or from a limbo between civilization and primitivism. In the painting Incantation 2: And the building of a New Reality, a gorilla appears mixed with loose words written in Spanish � a reference to the strong Latino presence in the US � against background of colorful and expressive yellow, orange and blue. Capping off and balancing the composition, Strode painted various white squares, allowing the paint to run down in streaks over the colored background. Phantasmagoria is defined as a series of happenings involving drastic changes in the intensity of lighting and colors, but can also be interpreted as an abstract state in which the imaginary and the real are blended; it is the perfect title to summarize the production Strode presents at Fortes Vila�a. Thaddeus Strode was born in Santa Monica, USA, in 1964. He currently lives in Los Angeles. He is widely known internationally, having exhibited in important galleries and participated in exhibitions at institutions such as Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago; Mus�e d�Art Contemporain, Montreal; and Brandts Kunsthalle, Odense, Denmark. In 2007, the artist had a retrospective show at Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum at Washington University in St. Louis, titled Thaddeus Strode: Absolutes and Nothings. |
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