About the Artworks:
“TOPOLOGY OF THE ENCOUNTER / TOPOLOGY OF THE MIRROR”
By Célia Freitas and Daisy Xavier, 07/25/2006
Topology of the Encounter
The first image is the WHITE screen
There is no impediment, no passage,
Only the neutrality of white.
It is the mirror that appears in the attempted encounter
A surface of boundaries and crossings
Two points of view create a reflection:
That which seeks is seen as sought after.
Both passage and impediment are revealed
In the act of seeking.
In three decades of artistic work, Daisy Xavier’s production has always been interested in investigating, in photographs, installations, videos or paintings, the quality of states between solid and liquid, between full and empty, of bodies in transition, of the mutant forms that bodies can assume or simulate. The possibility of dissolving boundaries or showing how malleable they can be is the north of the artist’s research over the years. “I recognize that throughout my work I have been trying to answer a single question: what is a limit? The definite outline of our bodies, precise demarcation of time and established truths are things I do not understand and challenge.”
Solo Exhibitions
2019
– “Horizonte de Eventos”, Galeria Múltiplo/Videiras, Vale das Videiras, Brazil
2017
– “A Natureza Muda de Lugar”, Galeria Eduardo Fernandes, Brazil
2016
– “Pequenas Gravidades”, Paço Imperial, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2015
– “Três Tempos”, Galeria A2, Vale das Videiras, Brazil
2013
– “Arqueologia da Perda”, Galeria Eduardo Fernandes, Brazil
2012
– “Arqueologia da Perda”, Anita Schwartz Gallery of Art, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2011
– “Último Azul”, Museum of Modern Art of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
– “Para medir um mar”, Eduardo Fernandes Gallery, São Paulo, Brazil
2010
– “Topologia do Encontro”, Gallery Florência Loewenthal, Santiago, Chile
2007
– “CasaCorpo”, Laura Marsiaj Contemporary Art, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
– “Passantes”, Institute Tomie Ohtake, São Paulo, Brazil
– “Nadando”, Institute Tomie Ohtake, São Paulo, Brazil
2006
– “Nadando”, Paço Imperial, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2005
– “Mesuras”, Stables at the School of the Visual Arts of Parque Lage, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2003
– “Amphi”, Laura Marsiaj Contemporary Art, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2001
– Sergio Porto Gallery, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
– “The NET”, Centre for Freudian of Analysis and Research, London, UK
2000
– “Fotografias”, Mercedes Viegas Escritório de Arte, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
– “Anfíbio”, Cândido Mendes de Ipanema Gallery, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
1999
– “Projeto Macunaíma”, Funarte Gallery, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
1997
– “Pequena”, Gallery of the Cultural Centre Cândido Mendes, Rio de Janeiro
1996
– “A Rede”, Galleries of Institute Brazil United States, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
1995
– Gallery Arte Nova da Company, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
1994
– “Pinturas”, Cultural House Laura Alvim, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
1992
– “Pinturas”, Cultural Centre Brazil Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia
Group Exhibitions
2019
– “Mulheres na coleção MAR”, Museu de Arte do Rio, Brazil
2017
– “Molde”, Galeria Anita Schwartz, Brazil
– “Fronteiras, Limites, Interseções – entre a Arte e o Design”, Caixa Cultural, Brazil
2016
– “Hiato”, SIM Galeria, Curitiba, Brazil
2015
– “Plural”, Galeria Eduardo Fernandes, São Paulo, Brazil
2014
– “Matriz e Desconstrução”, Galeria Anita Schwartz, Brazil
– “Éter”, Galeria Anita Schwartz, Brazil
– SP Arte, Galeria Eduardo Fernandes, Brazil
2013
– “Somatório Singular”, Galeria Murilo Castro, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
2012
– “A Primeira do Ano”, Multiples, Anita Schwartz Gallery of Art, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
– “Antes da Despedida (32)”, Gallery Cosmo Copa Arte Contemporânea, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2011
– “Desenhos e Diálogos”, Anita Schwartz Gallery of Art, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
– “Em Torno da Escultura”, Anita Schwartz Gallery of Art, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2009
– SP-Arte, São Paulo, Brazil
– “Corpo Estranho”, LOKAL 30, Warsaw, Poland
2008
– “Multiplos”, Manoel Macedo Gallery, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
– “Travessias Cariocas – A Negação”, Caixa Cultural, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
– ARCO 2008, Madrid, Spain
2007
– “Mesuras”, Cultural Centre Maria Antonia, São Paulo, Brazil
2006
– SP-Arte, São Paulo, Brazil.
– “Notas do Observatório – Aquário” , Cultural Centre Telemar, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
– “Câmaras de Luz – Topologia do Encontro”, Oi Futuro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2005
– “Nadando”, V Mercosul Biennial, Porto Alegre, Brazil
– “O Corpo na Arte Contemporânea Brasileira”, Itaú Cultural, São Paulo, Brazil
– Múltiplos, Gallery Arte 21, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2003
– “AMPHI”, Laura Marsiaj Arte Contemporânea, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
– ArteFoto, Cultural Centre Bank of Brazil, Brasília, Brazil
2002
– “Cultura em tempo de Aids”, National Museum of Fine Arts, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
– ArteFoto, Cultural Centre Bank of Brasil, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2001
– “Linguagem”, Espaço AB, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
1999
– “Sala de Memórias”, Cultural Centre Recoleta, Buenos Aires, Argentina
1997
– Univercidarte, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
– Centre for Freudian Analysis and Research, London, UK
– Third National Salon of the Museum of Modern Art of Bahia, Brazil
– Escritório de Arte Rosa Barbosa, São Paulo, Brazil
1996
– National Museum of Fine Arts, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
1995
– “Pinturas”, October Gallery, London, UK
1993
– XVII Carioca Salon of Art, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
– “Sinais de Terra”, Cemig, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
– School of the Visual Arts of Parque Lage, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
1980
– Salão ABD, MEC, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
– Community Hall of Visual Arts of the Federal Fluminense University, Niteroi, Brazil
Residencies
2008
– Varsóvia, Open Art Projects
Collectors
– Roger Wright
– Luiz Eduardo Almeida Braga
– José Olympio
– Nelson Erzir
– Roberto Calmon
Books
2018
– “Horizonte de Eventos”
2012
– “Último AZUL
Tv interview
2015
– Film by Marcus Ribeiro to the artist series of the channel “Curta!” [TV Channel]
