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Galeria Fortes Vila�a: Grand Illusion - Sara Ramo & Cinthia Marcelle - 3 July 2010 to 21 Aug 2010 Current Exhibition |
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Grand Illusion - Sara Ramo & Cinthia Marcelle � Galeria Fortes Vila�a 03.07.2010 | 21.08.2010 Galp�o Fortes Vila�a and Galeria Vermelho are pleased to present the third collaboration between the artists Sara Ramo and Cinthia Marcelle. A Grande Ilus�o is an installation that deals with the object and representation, and man�s need to create limits and borders with the aim of organizing and protecting himself. The installation is based on the comedy of errors Grand Illusion (1937) by French film director Jean Renoir. This film, set in World War I, concerns the relation between the individual who imprisons and the person imprisoned. The plot takes place entirely within a German prison in such a way that the war appears as an external character and as a starting point for human questionings. The visitors enter a completely closed and darkened room. Gradually, as they get used to the darkness, they encounter a movie-screen frame from which the actual screen itself has been removed. Through the screen they see a cement wall with a gap, through which a path of earth runs. The spectators then hear fragments of dialogs from the film, while they read the following dialog in the subtitles at the bottom of screen: - Are you sure that�s already Switzerland, right over there? - No doubt about it. - It looks the same to me. - What do you want? A boundary is something that cannot be seen. It is a man�s creation, even though nature doesn�t care much about it. Questions of representation and staging are constant in the works by Sara Ramo and Cinthia Marcelle. This tiny fragment of dialog, extracted from its original context, refers not only to the great rupture created by World War I, but to the idea of borders, physical or psychological obstacles, and how they are overcome. The two artists have previously participated in important national and international exhibitions, and will participate, separately, in the 29th Bienal de S�o Paulo. Last year, Sara Ramo participated in the Venice Biennale and had na individual show at the Photographer�s Gallery, London. Also participated at the 6� Bienal do Mercosul, Porto Alegre, RS, 2007 and at the Panorama da Arte Brasileira, 2003. Cinthia Marcelle�s shows have most notably included those at the Lyon Biennial (2007), Panorama da Arte Brasileira (2008), Camberwell College of Arts, England (2009), Sprovieri Projetti, England (2009); Funda��o Joaquim Nabuco, Brazil (2006); and Museu de Arte da Pampulha, Brazil (2004). Opens 3 July 2010 [Saturday 2 p.m. to 7 p.m.], runs from 3 July through 21 August, Galp�o Fortes Vila�a | Rua James Holland 71 S�o Paulo | Brazil | 01138-000| T +(55 11) 3392-3942 | F +(55 11) 3392-5969 Information: Alessandra Terpins [email protected] www.fortesvilaca.com.br Upcoming exhibitions: 29 July 2010 through 11 September 2010 Vik Muniz |Galeria 11 September 2010 through 23 October 2010 Luiz Zerbini |Galp�o |
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