Pontes sobre Abismos #17

Aline Motta and the personal diving into collective memory

The multimedia artist, one of the winners of the 7th Marcantonio Vilaça Award, departs from a thorough research on his family history to address major topics such as slavery, African heritage and a patriarchal structure that remains in Brazil today

Under the lens of Bárbara Wagner and Benjamin de Burca

With a multidisciplinary audiovisual work produced in universes at once pop and marginalized from different cities in the world, the duo wins prominent position and will represent Brazil at the Venice Biennale

José Damasceno and Mona Lisa’s smile

It gives a certain relief to enter José Damasceno’s exhibition, Moto-continuo, at Estação Pinacoteca, in such an unfavorable context, when a CPI unveils all...

New collaboration platforms for contemporary art seek to revise Biennials

Diana Wechsler, Argentine researcher at Conicet (National Council for Scientific and Technical Research) and director of the art and culture area at the National University of Tres de Febrero (UNTREF), has been following BIENALSUR since its inception and now in its second edition, comments on the results. this challenge
Joseph Beuys, La Rivoluzioni Siamo Noi (1972). Foto: Cortesia Bergamin & Gomide.

Joseph Beuys and the abandonment of art

One of the most radical and influential artists of the second half of the 20th century, an inescapable reference for contemporary production, would complete 100 years in 2021; arte!brasileiros publishes text that analyzes different moments and works of the german artist’s trajectory
"À Procura de Emprego", 1948. Courtesy: Galeria Utópica

The restless and tireless look of German Lorca

One of the great modern photographers of our country, member of Foto Cine Clube Bandeirante in the 1950s, born in São Paulo, he left a legacy of more than 70 years transiting through urban records, experimental or advertising photographs

A book of many hands, minds and lives

Organized by Flávio dos Santos Gomes, Jaime Lauriano and Lilia Schwarcz, "Encilopédia Negra" confronts the historiography that denies visibility to the contributions of black people; publication also unfolds in an exhibition at the Pinacoteca
Liz Under, Mudo, 2016

Always Gay, the transgressor voice of young artists

Free from technical ties they are commites to the libertarian experimentation of a forbidden universe
Vista de parte da exposição que está em cartaz no SESC 24 de Maio.

A Curatorship

By Aracy Amaral A CURATORSHIP  IS NOT AN EASY TASK TO BE CONCEIVED. Especially if the number of participants is extensive, the space difficult, and...
Overview of the "Língua Solta" exhibition, in the foreground "Olha Minha Lingua", by Alex dos Santos. Photo: Ciete Silverio.

Words in the world of things

The first exhibition opened at the Museum of the Portuguese Language, Língua Solta is curated by Moacir dos Anjos and Fabiana Moraes and puts contemporary works of art in dialogue with objects, posters and other elements of everyday life