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GALERIA LEME: JOS� CARLOS MARTINAT || LUCIA PRANCHA - 20 June 2013 to 20 July 2013 Current Exhibition |
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Jos� Carlos Martinat, Ejerci�cios Superficiales Sobre Dispositivos de Deleite 3, 2013
Copper sheet 106 x 70 x 90 cm |
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EJERCÍCIOS SUPERFICIALES SOBRE DISPOSITIVOS DE DELEITE JOSÉ CARLOS MARTINAT 06.20.13 _ 07.20.13 In his second solo exhibition at Galeria Leme, Peruvian artist José Carlos Martinat develops his critic and social investigation, now applied to other techniques and urban elements. The artist has as main focus the exploration and discussion of political, economic and social aspects, usually associated with its respective cultural contexts. Martinat thinks and realizes his work in the site where it will be exhibited in order to create a close dialogue with the place and to reach the spectator in the most contusing way. In his new series of works the artist uses aluminum sheets to make appropriations of public sculptures. When putting the sheets onto a torso, statue, monument or other and molding it on the selected object, the results are superficial sculptures, thin and delicate, but still carrying the serious visage that comes from the original work. Martinat uses the street as his mold and takes advantage of it to copy elements that interest him. His actions on the street are always made in an independent way, generating an ambiguity aspect in his process. The spectator encounters known works from one’s quotidian, transported to the gallery space. With a really different aesthetic approach from the ones seen in their original spaces, the work becomes a visual rereading of what one may consider trite in the city space. About the artist: José Carlos Martinat (Lima, 1974). Lives and works between Lima, Peru and Mexico City, Mexico. His recent solo exhibitions include the individuals: “Superficial Exercises” Baginski Gallery, Lisbon, Portugal (2012); “Ejercícios Superficiales para Galeria”, Galeria Leme, São Paulo, Brazil (2010) and the group shows: “Ruins in Reverse”, TATE Modern, London, United Kingdom (2013); 9th Shanghai Biennial, China (2012); 5th Noord-Holland Biennale, Hoorn, Netherlands (2012); “Modify, As Needed, Knight Exhibition Series, Museum of Contemporary Art, Miami, USA (2011); “Monumentos Vandalizables: Abstracción de Poder II, MALI, Lima, Peru (2010) e 7th Mercosul Biennial, Porto Alegre, Brazil (2009). A REALIDADE MORDE A PRÓPRIA CAUDA LUCIA PRANCHA 06.20.13 _ 07.20.13 A realidade morde a própria cauda [Reality bites its own tail] is the first exhibition by Portuguese artist Lúcia Prancha at Galeria Leme. The show will present a series of sculptures, or invisible structures, which lie in the intersection with the circularity of events. Her work seeks a new idea of reality through the articulation of facts, fictions, characters and historical events. Through different kinds of associations, the artist develops a process of transferring meanings to images that she transforms into her own “objects-phenomenon”. Starting from an event, which can be represented in many ways, or through the accumulation of moments of the present, any attempt of its representation will be a “snapshot”, a fragment in time. Prancha started working with objects because of their quality as containers that can be inhabited by stories and therefore transformed. Sculptures that arise from these transformations and tensions of objects are at the core of her practice. The object does not capture a succession of moments that document an event but rather encapsulates a “possibility-force” of the moment that can be unfolded a posteriori. The artist considers the work to exist in that interim moment (like a still image) between the ranges of decisions she went through to actualize it and present it within the exhibition space, and the possible array of conceptual connections performed by the viewer. About the artist: Lúcia Prancha (Coruche, 1985). Lives and works in São Paulo, Brazil. Graduated in Visual Arts at the Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Lisbon, Portugal (2009) and the University of São Paulo, Brazil (2012). Her first solo show “O sol que emite uma luz negra” was shown at Red Bull House of Art, Lisbon, Portugal (2012). Amongst her recent group shows stand out: “Say what you have to say, put it on the table and walk away… and see what it does”, Baginski Galeria / Projectos, Lisboa, Portugal (2012); “Princípios Flexor”, Galeria Gramatura, São Paulo, Brazil (2012); “TEXT´o-&-figura”, curated by Rolando Castellon, Museo Nacional de Costa Rica (Museo de los Niños), San José, Costa Rica (2010). Her residencies include: Residências ZDB, Zé dos Bois, Lison, Portugal (2013 and 2009); Red Bull House of Art, Lisbon, Portugal (2012); FAAP, Fundação Armando Álvares Penteado, São Paulo, Brazil (2010). . |
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