From explorations of the ways in which fashion lends itself to self-representation to investigations into the economic and ecological effects of ‘fast fashion,’ the exhibition reveals how clothing becomes a means of activism and protest. (more…)
•
Rodrigo Matheus
Artist
Rodrigo Matheus was born in São Paulo in 1974 and currently lives and works in Paris.
Among his recent solo exhibitions are: Soft Spectacle, Ibid Gallery, Los Angeles, 2017; Ornament and Crime, Galerie Nathalie Obadia, Brussels, 2016; Do Rio e para é to Rio and from, Galeria Silvia Cintra + Box 4, Rio de Janeiro, 2014; Collision of Real Dreams in Parallel Universes, Manuel António da Mota Foundation, Porto, 2013.
His participation in group shows include: Fade in 2: Ext. Modernist Home – Night, Museum of Contemporary Art, Belgrade, 2017; Fade in: Int. Art Gallery – Day, Swiss Institute Contemporary Art, New York, 2016; Museum On/Off, Centre Pompidou, Paris, 2016; What Separates Us, Brazil Room, the Embassy of Brazil, London, 2016; Le Parfait Flâneur, Palais de Tokyo, Hors Les Mûrs, Halle Girard, Lyon, 2015; 3. Bienal da Bahia, MAM Bahia, Salvador, 2014; Imagine Brazil, Astrup Fearnley Museet, Oslo, 2013; 32. Panorama da Arte Brasileira, MAM SP, São Paulo, 2011.
His work is present in important collections; such as Instituto Inhotim, Brumadinho, MAM, Rio de Janeiro, MAM, São Paulo, and Pinacoteca do Estado, São Paulo.
•
RELATED ARTICLES
-
Anselm Kiefer / Whoever Has No House Now…Sep 2 – Oct 22, 2022
Lord: it is time. The summer was immense.
Lay your shadow on the sundials
and let loose the wind in the fields.
Bid the last fruits to be full;
give them another two more southerly days, (more…)
-
New Year 2022This Triumphant Nothingness
Once again we arrive at the end of another year. 2021 was a year replete with contradictions and conflict, tension and turmoil. Two years since the start of the pandemic, a return to normal eludes us.
(more…)
-
Alec SothPhotographer
Alec Soth’s work is rooted in the distinctly American tradition of ‘on-the-road photography’ developed by Walker Evans, Robert Frank, and Stephen Shore. From Huckleberry Finn to Easy Rider there seems to be a uniquely American desire to travel and chronicle the adventures that consequently ensue. (more…)
-
Wallace StevensPoet
More than any other modern poet, Wallace Stevens was concerned with the transformative power of the imagination. (more…)
-
Southern RitesGillian Laub
This small town symbolized the archetype of pastoral American life. Yet this idyllic place was also held hostage by a dark past, manifesting in the racial tensions that scar much of American history.
-
Anselm Kiefer / These Writings, When Burned…Mar 26 – Oct 29, 2022
With Anselm Kiefer contemporary art comes to the Palazzo Ducale, with an exhibition as the centerpiece of the fifth edition of MUVE Contemporaneo, the biennale organized by the Fondazione Musei Civici di Venezia (more…)
-
Christian Bérard / Excentrique BébéJul 9 – Oct 16, 2022
Christian Bérard, Excentrique Bébé continues the NMNM program of exhibitions dedicated to the revolutionary aesthetics developed by Serge Diaghilev in Monte-Carlo. Heralding certain aspects of contemporary art, the cross-disciplinary approach taken by the founder of the Ballets Russes brought radical transformation (more…)
-
FotografiskaPhotography Center
Fotografiska is an international meeting place where everything revolves around photography. Located in the heart of Stockholm, with additional locations in New York, London and Tallinn (more…)
