ART
Joana Vasconcelos |
Written 30 January |
Monday 25 October, 11:00Galerie Nathalie Obadia, 75004 [map]Joana Vasconcelos
Joana Vasconcelos is one of the most acclaimed artists on the international art scene today. With a mixture of nostalgia and irony, she probes the identity and popular culture of her home country. Her sculptures and installations draw inspiration from kitsch and traditional Portuguese imagery and provoke thought about the taboos on female sexuality, the role of women and consumer society.
In close collaboration with an architect, working from plans and technical drawings, the artist spent several months conceiving and preparing a genuine “loft” that transforms the exhibition space into an intriguingly complex, shifting habitat to be explored by visitors. Loft challenges the lifeless structures of domestic privacy. “The walls have ears,” warned an old Persian proverb. Here they express a deep, hedonistic desire to manifest life, in which the absurd and the surreal vie with the organic and the biological.
| What: | Joana Vasconcelos |
| When: | Monday 25 October, 11:00 |
| Where: | Galerie Nathalie Obadia, 3 rue du Cloître Saint-Merri 75004 [map] |
| Transport: | Rambuteau, Hôtel de Ville |
| Cost: | 0EUR |
| Phone: | +33 (0) 1 42 74 67 68 |
| Email: | info@galerie-obadia.com |
| Web: | www.galerie-obadia.com |
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