Damián Ortega, Brasilia (Access Gardens to the Oscar Niemeyer Buildings in Brasilia, 2003
Artist: Damián Ortega (born 1967 in Mexico City, Mexico; lives and works in Mexico City and Berlin, Germany). Materials: C-prints; 50.8 x 61 cm. Description: A triptych of c-prints showing human pathways between Niemeyer buildings. They are shortcuts rather than designed walkways, humanizing the city.
Runo Lagomarsino, ContreTiempos, 2010
Artist: Runo Lagomarsino (born 1977 in LundRun, Sweden; lives and works São Paulo, Brazil). Materials: Projection of 27 color 35 mm slides; 5 minutes 24 seconds. Description: “ContraTiempos documents the findings of Runo Lagomarsino’s wanderings under the Marquise, a concrete canopy that connects the different buildings in Oscar Niemeyer and Roberto Burle Marx’s 1954 Ibirapuera Park […]
Stefan Brüggemann, The World Trapped in the Self (Mirrors for Windows), 2011
Artist: Stefan Brüggemann (Born 1975 in Mexico City, Mexico; lives and works in London, England and Mexico City, Mexico). Materials: Mixed media installation. Description: “Stefan Brüggemann—facing up to the intimidating challenge of showing in Barcelona’s Mies van der Rohe Pavilion—follows the famous maxims less is more and the God is in the details. In order […]
Armando Andrade Tudela, Sedimento, 2012
Artist: Armando Andrade Tudela (born 1975 in Lima, Peru; lives and works in St. Etienne, France and Berlin, Germany). Materials: Wood. Description: “The artwork Sedimento [Sediment] makes reference to the chairs designed for children by Lina Bo Bardi for the lounge area at SESC Pompéia, São Paulo. Tudela has [rescaled] the original design, transforming it […]
Laura Lima, “Wheelchairs” series, 2011-14
Artist: Laura Lima (born 1971 in Minas Gerais, Brazil; lives ad works in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil). Materials: Knoll Saarinen Arm Chair, Eames Lounge Chair, Red and Blue Rietveld, Le Corbusier lc1 armchair, and Charles Rennie Mackintosh Willow Chair; each placed on wheelchairs. Description: “The seats of five wheelchairs have been replaced by five […]
Gabriel Orozco, Shade Between Rings of Air, 2003
Artist: Gabriel Orozco (born 1962 in Jalapa, Mexico; lives and works in New York City, USA; Paris, France; and Mexico City, Mexico). Description: “[At the 2003 Venice Biennale Shade Between Rings of Air] was placed next to the patio of the Italian Pavilion where stood the original concrete structure, named La Pensilina. “La Pensilina, constructed by […]
“Tomorrow Was Already Here,” 2012
Curator: Julieta González (lives and works in Mexico City, DF). Description: Tomorrow Was Already Here, curated by Julieta González, on view at the Museo Tamayo, Mexico City, DF from August 21st, 2012 to January 27th, 2013. Artists in the exhibition: Julieta Aranda, Carol Bove, Fernando Bryce, Gerard Byrne, Johan Grimonprez, Kiluanji Kia Henda, Július Koller, […]
“The Insides Are on the Outside,” 2013
Curator: Hans Ulrich Obrist (born 1968 in Zurich, Switzerland; lives and works in London, England). Description: “The Insides Are on the Outside” is a group exhibition curated by Hans Ulrich Obrist at Casa de Vidro and the SESC Pompéia in São Paulo, Brazil from April to May 2013. “Setting a major art exhibition inside modernist architect […]
Heidrun Holzfeind, Pedregulho, 2002
Artist: Heidrun Holzfeind (born 1972 in Lienz, Austria; lives and works in New York, USA and Vienna, Austria). Materials: Series of digital c-prints; variable dimensions. Description: Photography series on the Pedregulho Housing Complex in the Benfica neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro. “Conjunto Residencial Prefeito Mendes de Morais Pedregulho was built between 1948 and 1958 by […]
Mark Lewis, Staircase at the Edificio Copan, 2014
Artist: Mark Lewis (born 1958 in Vancouver, Canada; lives and works in London, England). Materials: Digital video; Approx. 5 minutes 30 seconds Description: “The films that comprise Invention (and there are 14 of them) cover a lot of ground. Lewis’ compilation feature covers three cities on three different continents: Toronto, Paris, and São Paolo. Invention […]
