not cancelled 2020

10 - 16 June 2020 notcancelled.art

Efrain Almeida Rodrigo Matheus

Efrain Almeida Boa Viagem, Brazil, 1964

Efrain Almeida works mostly in wood and bronze to create realistic sculptures that reference sexuality, religion, nature, humanity and identity on an intimate scale. The artist also uses watercolor in a series of works on paper in parallel with these three dimensional pieces. Almeida alludes to personal history and childhood memories from the northeast Brazil, as well as to art historical canons. Though usually small in scale, his works have a commanding occupation of space, and draw viewers closer for further exploration. Almeida’s oeuvre suggests a harmony between the popular and the scholarly, the intuitive and the calculated, the simple and the sophisticated.

Efrain Almeida lives and works in Rio de Janeiro. This November he will have a solo show at MAC Ceará (Fortaleza). Recent exhibitions include Fundação Joaquim Nabuco (Recife, 2017), Paço Imperial (Rio de Janeiro, 2015); SESC Santo Amaro (São Paulo, 2015); Casa França-Brasil (Rio de Janeiro, 2013); 29. Bienal de São Paulo (2010); 10. Bienal de Havana (2009). His work is present in several collections, such as: MoMA (New York), MAM-SP (São Paulo); Centro Galego de Arte Contemporânea (Santiago de Compostela); Toyota Municipal Museum of Art (Toyota); and Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo (São Paulo).

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Beija-flor + modernismo, 2020 Aquarela sobre papel [Watercolor on paper] 51 x 36 cm

Corrupião (Mandacaru), 2019 Aquarela sobre papel [Watercolor on paper] Emoldurada [Framed]: 76 x 61 x 4 cm

Folha, 2019 Bronze e óleo [Bronze and oil] 10 x 10 x 31 cm Ediçào de [Edition of] 3

Folha, 2019 Detalhe [Detail]

Folha, 2019

Expectador (Douro), 2017 Bronze e óleo [Bronze and oil] 38 x 12 x 10 cm Edição de [Edition of] 3 + 2 AP

Expectador (Douro), 2017 Detalhe [Detail]

O Outsider, 2017 Umburana e bordado sobre seda [Umburana and embroidery on silk] 66 x 57 x 5 cm

O Outsider, 2017 Detalhe [Detail]

Cabeça (Mestiço), 2017 Bronze e acrílica [Bronze and acrylic] 22 x 14 x 17 cm Edição de [Edition of] 3

Cabeça (Mestiço) 2017

Cabeça (Mestiço) 2017

d., 2017 Bronze e acrílica [Bronze and acrylic] 14 x 36 x 6 cm Edição de [Edition of] 3 + 2 AP

d., 2017

d., 2017

Mariposa / Moth, 2016 Bronze e acrílica [Bronze and acrylic] 9 x 11,5 x 2 cm Edição de [Edition of] 3 + 2 AP

Mariposa / Moth, 2016

Odilon, 2015 Bordado sobre organza de seda [Embroidery on silk organza] 195 x 125 cm

Odilon, 2015 Detalhe [Detail]

Odilon, 2015 Detalhe [Detail]

Rodrigo Matheus São Paulo, 1974

Rodrigo Matheus employs metaphorical assemblages of industrial design, architecture and natural materials to create installations, sculptures and collages that challenge ideas and assumptions we might have of certain objects. In the artist’s words: ”I am interested in the circulation of materials in the world and the possibilities of meanings for those materials that are not restricted to those intended for their function, for what they represent psychologically, for the historicity or even for the power relations behind a given material. ”

Rodrigo Matheus lives and works in Paris. He has exhibited extensively at international institutions, including Centre Pompidou (Paris, 2016); Palais de Tokyo (Paris, 2015); Swiss Institute (New York, 2016); Astrup Fearnley Museet (Oslo, 2013); Bonniers Konsthall (Stockholm, 2011); and New Museum (New York, 2010).

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Untitled, 2020 Ferramentas e objetos variados [Hardware and assorted objects] 68 x 52 x 40 cm

Untitled, 2020

Symbol, 2019 Envelopes [Envelopes] 108 x 86,5 x 7,5 cm

Tree, 2019 Envelopes [Envelopes] 108 x 86.5 x 7.5 cm

Vessel, 2019 Envelopes [Envelopes] 108 x 86.5 x 7.5 cm

Masked Portrait, 2018 Colar, máscara, moldura e vidro [Necklace, ventilation mask, wood frame and glass] 63 x 23 x 15 cm

Masked Portrait, 2018 Detalhe [Detail]

Masked Portrait, 2018

Dream Catcher, 2017 Skate, chapéu, domo de vidro e fruta artificial [Skateboard, hat, glass dome and artificial fruit] 58.5 x 58.5 x 23 cm

Dream Catcher, 2017

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