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Galeria Fortes Vila�a: Ernesto Neto - 15 Dec 2009 to 12 Feb 2010

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15 Dec 2009 to 12 Feb 2010
Tuesday to Friday 10 am � 7 pm
Saturday, 10 am � 5 pm
Galeria Fortes Vila�a
Rua Fradique Coutinho 1500
05416-001
Sao Paulo
Brazil
South America
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Ernesto Neto, Mitodengo, A�o
430 x 491 x 208 cm
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ERNESTO NETO

A Fortes Vila�a tem o prazer de apresentar sua �ltima exposi��o do ano: Mitodengo, de Ernesto Neto, no Galp�o. A mostra traz uma �nica escultura de propor��es monumentais - cinco metros de comprimento e quase cinco de altura - composta por onze grandes pe�as de a�o de 1,5 m de di�metro e quatrocentos quilos cada. Pela primeira vez, Neto utiliza o metal na cria��o de uma obra de grande escala.

O artista come�ou a trabalhar com materiais s�lidos em meados de 2006. Durante uma resid�ncia de seis meses realizada no Atelier Calder em Sach� na Fran�a, Neto experimentou possibilidades escult�ricas a partir de cortes a laser sobre uma diversa gama de materiais duros. O processo de cria��o come�a com o desenho das pe�as feitos em grafite, posteriormente a imagem � digitalizada e enviada a empresas especializadas em cortes de a�o.

Em Mitodengo, cada pe�a de a�o apresenta um desenho individual e org�nico, e se encaixam como se fossem m�dulos, partes de um quebra cabe�a. Com recortes de formas simples que remetem a brinquedos infantis dos anos 1970, as pesadas pe�as se acomodam sem cola ou qualquer outro material que as grude, sendo delicadamente encaixadas com a ajuda de um guindaste. A obra � puro equil�brio e di�logo com a gravidade - caracter�sticas essenciais no trabalho do artista, em que a rela��o tensorial das partes sob a for�a da gravidade, mant�m o objeto em sua forma est�vel. �Mitodengo � uma escultura linha, um desenho no espa�o, uma linha de pontos que se encontram se encaixam, se beijam numa dan�a continua de contornos macho - f�mea�, aponta Neto.

O artista surpreende mais uma vez ao utilizar um material r�gido para formar uma escultura de movimento leve, sinuoso e sensual, tal qual suas obras moles, feitas de tecido. Mitodengo contrap�e sua delicada forma � rudeza e dureza do a�o. Para o artista, a obra �pensa a possibilidade de poesia e do�ura mesmo num mundo duro como a�o. O Dengo � uma maneira de olhar, de cuidar e de abra�ar sem tocar, os Mitos s�o como micro mitos cotidianos, que aparecem e somem como uma linha de um desenho�.

Neto � um dos principais nomes da escultura contempor�nea. Em maio deste ano, criou sua maior e mais ambiciosa obra; medindo 21 x 37 x 58 m, Anthropodino ocupou todo o espa�o do Drill Hall, The Armory, em Nova York. Em 2006, Neto mostrou a impressionante obra Leviathan Thot, que ocupava todo o interior do Pantheon de Paris. O artista ainda participou de duas Bienais de Veneza e teve uma individual em 2008 no MACRO, MACRO - Museu d�Arte Contemporanea di Roma. Em 2010, ter� uma individual na Hayward Gallery, Londres e no MAM - Museu de Arte Moderna de S�o Paulo.



ERNESTO NETO

Fortes Vila�a is pleased to present its final exhibition of the year: Mitodengo, by Ernesto Neto, at the Galp�o. The show features a single sculpture of monumental proportions � five meters long and nearly five high � made up of eleven 1.5-meter-diameter pieces of steel weighing 400 kg each. This is the first time that Neto has used metal in the creation of a large-scale artwork.

The artist began working with solid materials in mid-2006. During a six-month artist residency at Atelier Calder, in Sach�, France, Neto experimented with sculptural possibilities based on cuts made by laser in a range of hard materials. The creative process begins with graphite drawings of the pieces; later the image is digitalized and sent to a company specialized in cutting steel.

In Mitodengo, each steel piece presents an individual and organic design, fitting together with the others like the parts of a puzzle. With simple shapes that recall children�s toys from the 1970s, the heavy pieces are assembled without the need for welds or other means of fastening, since their shapes interlock as they are set delicately in place with the help of a crane. The work is one of precise balance and dialogue with gravity � essential characteristics in the oeuvre of this artist � since the object�s stability stems from the relation of tension among the parts instilled by the force of gravity. �Mitodengo is a line sculpture, a drawing in space, a line of points that encounter one another and fit together, kissing each other in a continuous dance of male/female outlines,� Neto states.

Once again, the artist has surprisingly used rigid material to make a sculpture with the same light, sinuous and sensual movement seen in his soft works made of fabric. The delicate form of Mitodengo is counterpoised against the rawness and hardness of the steel. For the artist, this artwork �concerns the possibility of poetry and sweetness even in a world hard like steel. Dengo is a way of looking, caring for and embracing without touching, while the Mitos are like everyday micromyths, that appear and add up like a line of a drawing.�

Neto is a leading name in contemporary sculpture. In May of this year he created his largest and most ambitious work to date: measuring 21 x 37 x 58 meters, Anthropodino took up the entire space of Drill Hall at Park Avenue Armory, New York. In 2006, Neto showed the impressive work Leviathan Thot, which occupied the entire interior of the Pantheon in Paris. The artist has also participated in two Venice Biennales, and in 2008 he held a solo show at MACRO (Museu d�Arte Contemporanea di Roma). In 2010, his work will be featured in solo shows at Hayward Gallery, in London, and at MAM�SP (Museu de Arte Moderna de S�o Paulo).







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