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SCHEDULED FOR THE HOLIDAY September 7 at the Marcos Amaro Art Factory (FAMA) in have an individual at Galeria Estação, curated by Elisabeth Telsnig. The Austrian–born
Itu, the international seminar Art as a Construction of Worlds brings together four deaf and mute artist had his work and history known as gallery director Vilma Eid on trips
professionals who will present to the public the richness and diversity of artists suffering to the United States and Europe. In 2018, she went to see Telsnig’s work in front of the
from psychological distress. in Brazil and worldwide – linked to the movement initially representation of Hofer’s work and, at this moment, decided to show the artist’s work
coined by the French painter Jean Dubufett as Art Brut, also known as Art Outsider. to the Brazilian public. For her, it is important to foster interest in Art Brut in Brazil. “In
The guests debate about beauty and strength in the work of asylum artists. The Europe there is interest and also market, there is even a fair”, she comments.
meeting is held by FAMA–Marcos Amaro Art Factory, is supported by Galeria Estação
and organized by ARTE! Brasileiros. FAIRS ARTRIO | PAGES 26 TO 28
respectively president and director of FAMA. Amaro, who is a businessman, collector and ARTRIO IN MOVEMENT
The opening of the seminar will have speeches by Marcos Amaro and Raquel Fayad,

artist, has been systematically investing in the preservation and recovery of spaces at
the service of contemporary art and culture. Its foundation participates in the recovery WITH THE DEPARTURE OF TWO PARTNERS, THE FAIR IS ONLY CAPTAINED BY
of the collection of the artist Bispo do Rosário and the cell where he lived, which will be BRENDA VALANSI AND MAKES MARINA DA GLORIA ITS HOME
open to the public for visitation in Rio de Janeiro.
Elisabeth Telsnig, curator and PhD in Art History, is one of the participants who discuss BY JAMYLE RKAIN
the subject. Representative of the work of Austrian artist Josef Hofer, she will comment
on her production in a social organization for people with physical and intellectual THE PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT THAT TWO ARTRIO partners would leave the fair took many people
disabilities in Ried, Austria where she met Hofer in 1997. In addition, she will discuss the by surprise and could cause some concern about the direction of the Rio de Janeiro
artist’s work and intend to speak about the convergence between his works and those event. Institutional change, however, did not affect relationships with the galleries or
of the artist Egon Schiele. “Today, Hofer is considered an Art Brut classic and his works cause uncertainty in new exhibitors. The fair features rookie galleries such as Verve (Sao
are represented around the world in major collections and museums,” she points out. Paulo), Steiner (Sao Paulo) and Simone Cadinelli (Rio de Janeiro). Now, ahead of the fair
French curator Savine Faupin, responsible for Art Brut at the Museum of Modern, is only the businesswoman Brenda Valansi, who has the support of partner companies to
Contemporary and Art Brut de Lille, France, will reflect on the subject from Dubuffet. hold the ninth edition, scheduled to take place between 18 and 22 September. It will be
The institution of which it is part owns the artist’s Art Brut collection, with over 3500 the third time ArtRio has been held at Marina da Glória, something that was consolidated
works donated in 1999. in the previous edition of the fair. If at the first time there were still doubts as to whether
Author of the book The inside out of the imagination: contemporary art and psychoanalysis the new place would be welcomed by both the exhibitors and the public, the second the
(Cosac Naify, 2013) and curator of the exhibition Lugares do Delírio (Rio and Sesc Pompeia satisfaction of all who passed by made this issue resolved.
Art Museum), psychoanalyst Tania Rivera intends to present her research around her In the main program, Verve’s newcomers make a point of participating in all the fairs
work. article about Arthur Bispo do Rosário published in the recent issue 37 of the that exist in the country, says Ian Duarte Lucas, managing partner of the gallery. “We
magazine Arte & Ensaios, from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ). PhD in already have very good relationships with collectors and critics in Rio. It made a lot of
Psychology and professor at the Fluminense Federal University (UFF), Tania seeks in this sense for us to tighten these ties.” For the fair, Verve intends to curate, designing the
research to “suspend the romanticization veil of the figure of Arthur Bispo do Rosário booth around something, as it did at SP–Arte by associating the entire booth with a work
as a mad and marginal genius”. This tendency, according to her, ends up “naturalizing by Leonilson. This time, the bookshelf will be built according to works that address “the
her condition as a pathology relationships that occur in the consumer society and how affection is a response to that,”
and hide your immigrant status, poor and black ”. says Ian. In this tune, works by artists such as Giselle Beiguelman, Dudu Garcia, Luiz
Also about the artist, the doctor and director of the Bispo do Rosário Contemporary Art Martins and Marco Paulo Rolla will be exhibited. “We live in such troubled times that this
Museum, Raquel Fernandes, will report relationship of affection is necessary. Art has the ability to communicate this position very
the institution’s work “with its collection and how its actions unfold beyond the galleries, forcefully, ”he points out. For over half a century in operation, the Ipanema Art Gallery
in a relationship with its territory, which aim to establish new possibilities for socializing has in this ArtRio a special task: to honor the Venezuelan artist Carlos Cruz–Diez, who
mediated by art and culture”. Fernandes should talk about the works of the museum, died last July 27. Having a great relationship, working together for over 20 years, the
which is inside the Juliano Moreira Municipal Health Care Institute, in Rio de Janeiro, and gallery’s director, Luiz Sève, says that he should bring important works by the artist. The
offers patients and residents of the surrounding area an art school. Carbono and MUL.TI.PLO Art Space galleries will also exhibit works by the Venezuelan.
The seminar was conceived as part of the necessary reflection around the Bispo do In addition to him, the usual names of prestige, such as Alfredo Volpi, Tomie Ohtake and
Rosário, diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia. He has had his works exhibited in Cicero Dias, should appear on the Ipanema stand: “We will try to take mainly works of
numerous national and international exhibitions, including the São Paulo Biennial, and now great importance,” says Luiz.
opens an important retrospective in Itu, at FAMA. Bispo do Rosário: things in the world Filipe Massini, from Galeria Athena, comments that the intention this year “is to take

are curated by Ricardo Resende, who will be the seminar’s mediator. “Bispo’s selection a little of the latest production of artists when it comes to the contemporary part.”
of works observed the gesture of serializing, organizing and multiplying as an artistic According to him, there will be some highlights, such as André Griffo, which will be on
practice, as seen in the textile industry, when the workers ‘produced’ the things that would display at the gallery simultaneously to the fair, and Raquel Versieux, one of the artists
be used in daily life,” writes Resende in curatorial text. Simultaneous exhibitions of Pola participating in the 36th Panorama of Brazilian Art. Matheus Rocha Pitta, participant
Fernandez (winner of the Institution’s Occupation Notice) unfold in the FAMA space, with artist of Conversas ArtRio held in August, is another name of the booth, presenting more
works produced during residency at the Bispo do Rosário Museum, and a collective of current works. The artist has two international exhibitions scheduled for early 2020.
artists with works that talk to Bishop: Carmela’s production. Gross, Louise Bourgeois, Athena’s secondary market cutout for ArtRio will be Frank Stella, Di Cavalcanti, Hélio
Nazareth Pacheco and Sonia Gomes. As part of the seminar program and for a better Oiticica and Wifredo Lam, among others.
appreciation of the density and uniqueness of these artists, on September 9 the Galeria In turn, the gallery A Gentil Carioca should arrive at ArtRio with a majority of – or even
Estação opens, in São Paulo, exhibitions by Brazilian Fernando Diniz and Austrian Josef all – unpublished works produced by the artists they represent, says Márcio Botner,
Hofer. Deceased in March 1999, Diniz was, for Mário Pedrosa, an artist with a decorative founding partner of the gallery. Arjan Martins, Laura Lima, OPAVIVARÁ !, Jarbas Lopes
force that never disarmed. The artist attended the Occupational Therapy Section (STO) of and Maxwell Alexandre are some of the artists who have confirmed works at the booth.
the Pedro II Psychiatric Center. STO was founded by Nise da Silveira to stimulate patients’ “The idea is to bring freshness,” points out Botner. The highlight is a set of works by
expression skills. The show, curated by Luiz Carlos Mello and Eurípedes Junior, cuts out Maxwell Alexandre discussing the Most Beautiful Thing series, which debuted on Netflix
the 30,000 pieces produced by the artist. Diniz’s exhibition is an institutional partnership streaming in March. The artist works the possibilities of women who could star in the
with the Unconscious Images Museum (MII). For the first time in Brazil, Josef Hofer will production, where three of the four protagonists are white women.

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