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Galeria Pedro Cera: FLATLAND - Catarina Leit�o - 10 Jan 2009 to 21 Feb 2009 Current Exhibition |
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Catarina Leit�o
FLATLAND #1, 2008, acrylic on canvas, 105 x 73 cm Image � the artist. Courtesy Galeria Pedro Cera |
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Catarina Leit�o FLATLAND, Jan10 � Feb 21 2009 Galeria Pedro Cera is pleased to announce Catarina Leit�o's new solo exhibition "Flatland", opening January 10th, 2009, at 6 p.m. In "Flatland", Catarina Leit�o exhibits for the first time a series of acrylic paintings and an artist book titled "Uplift" where she continues to explore tridimensional structures that infer portability. In the group of paintings named "Flatland", inspired by the book "Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions" by Edwin. A. Abbot, Leit�o is searching for solutions in the two-dimensional space that challenge the representation of ambivalent tridimensional structures. The black "spills" that appear in all the works can be shape and/or ground, empty and/or filled, they are invasive and/or invaded. We don't know whether they are solid or liquid. They contradict themselves in their own space. In "Uplift" the participation of the spectator is required. The book is conceived to incorporate the sculptural side and the two-dimensional space of the the drawing in one single object that can be closed and stored. When the seven pop-up parts that comprise the book are taken out of their case, they reveal an open and versatile narrative. The viewer is allowed to articulate the parts creating different sequences and possible narratives. Catarina Leit�o was born in Stuttgart in 1970. She lives and works in New York City. Recent exhibitions include a solo show "Thicket" at Number 35 Gallery, New York, and the group exhibitions "L� Fora" at the Museu da Electricidade, Lisbon, "Point of View", Museu da cidade, Lisbon, "Four Degrees: Artistic Views on Climate Change", Indiana University of Pennsylvania. Catarina Leit�o FLATLAND, Jan10 � Feb 21 2009 A Galeria Pedro Cera tem o prazer de anunciar a nova exposi��o individual de Catarina Leit�o intitulada "Flatland", a inaugurar dia 10 de Janeiro, pelas 18.00 horas. Em "Flatland", Catarina Leit�o apresenta, pela primeira vez, um conjunto de pinturas a acr�lico sobre tela, sendo a mostra ainda constitu�da pela apresenta��o de um livro de artista, "Uplift", onde a autora d� continuidade � sua pesquisa de estruturas tridimensionais com car�cter de portabilidade. No conjunto de pinturas genericamente denominadas "Flatland", (cujo titulo se inspira na obra liter�ria de Edwin. A. Abbot "Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions"), Leit�o procura solu��es no espa�o bidimensional que incorporem a tridimensionalidade representada, em situa��es cuja resolu��o, dada a sua natureza, se assume sempre como parcial, necessariamente incompleta. Aqui, as "manchas negras" presentes em todos os trabalhos, s�o forma e/ou fundo, s�o cheio e/ou vazio, s�o invasoras e/ou invadidas. N�o se determina se correspondem a elementos s�lidos ou l�quidos. S�o contradit�rias na sua espacialidade. Em "Uplift" requer-se a ac��o do espectador. O livro � concebido com a ideia de integrar o lado escultural com o espa�o bidimensional do desenho num objecto que se fecha e arruma. Os sete elementos pop-up que o comp�em, ao serem retirados da caixa que os alberga, revelam uma narrativa aberta e vers�til, cabendo a cada utilizador articular as diferentes sequ�ncias poss�veis para a narrativa. Catarina Leit�o nasceu em Estugarda em 1970. Vive e trabalha em Nova Iorque. Contam-se entre exposi��es recentes a individual "Thicket" na Number 35 gallery, Nova Iorque, e as colectivas "L� Fora" no Museu da Electricidade, Lisboa, " Point of View" no Museu da cidade, Lisboa, "Four Degrees: Artistic Views on Climate Change", na Indiana University of Pennsylvania. |
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