We are two days from the end of the first round of PIPA Online 2013, and so far five artists were able to qualify for the second stage of the award.
On the internet things can change very fast, so even those who have few votes are still able to get, until Sunday, the 300 votes required to move to the second round.
See how the score is now and help your favorite artists to get 300 votes.
On this video, Ana Dantas answers the question made by the art critic and curator Jesús Maria Carrillo: “In a world of specialized knowledge, what kind of knowledge about the world do you have as an artist?”
She also talks about the psychological, philosophical and spiritual nature of her research, and tells how she investigates the human condition in general and her own subjective position in the world.
The two permanent exhibitions plus four other shows can be visited this weekend at the museum. Elizabeth Jobim shows an installation on her solo “Blocos”; Maria Nepomuceno presents tactile and highly seductive works that deliver waves of visual and conceptual pleasure on her solo show “Tempo para Respirar”; the individual by Lena Bergstein, in which the color blue is the keynote of the exhibition, has been extended until September 8th; and the group show “South America, Pop Art of contradictions” curated by Paulo Herkenhoff and Rodrigo Alonso. Also check out the schedule of the Cinematheque of the Museum, with the exhibition of films about the Spanish Civil War.
In Sao Paulo, this is the last chance to see “Seis séculos de pintura chinesa” [Six centuries of Chinese painting] at Pinacoteca. It’s also the opening week of “Ímpar, Ambas” at Galeria Laura Marsiaj, in Rio, and “Visiones Contemporáneas Venezolanas” and “Obras recientes”, both at Galeria Leme, in Sao Paulo.
PIPA’s summary of the week presents news and events from the art world that are happening in Brazil and abroad.
“A pregnant cosmonaut forgets to send a crucial message [Nordic Drawings]” is the first solo show by Gê Orthof, in Finland. All the works were created specially for this exhibition.
The exhibition, whose name can be translated to “Contemporary Imaginary – FEMSA Collection”, presents works by 21 artists of 8 different countries. Amongst them, PIPA nominee Dora Longo Bahia.
With a recognisably minimal aesthetic, Galan employs abstract geometry to delineate the political and social implications of his chosen environments, deconstructing the codes of objects established through everyday use. This exhibition includes a selection of works installed across three distinct spaces at White Cube Bermondsey, including the North Galleries and 9x9x9.
This is the closing weekend of “Jardim”, the first solo exhibition of the artist Lucia Laguna at Galeria Fortes Vilaça. The show presents new paintings illustrating the everyday landscape seen by the artist.
The exhibition of FILE SP 2013 hosts a wide variety of works: interactive installations, animations, applications for tablet, games, machinima, performance, sound experiences, net and video art; representing connections between art and technology.
“Algum Lugar” is a group show of photography whit artists from different brazilian cities, at Galeria da Gávea.