BARRÃO no Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum

O nosso genial Barrão inaugura sua primeira exposição individual nos EstadosUnidos no próximo domingo. A estréia do rapaz acontece sob curadoria de Mónica Ramírez-Montagut no Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum. MASHUPS é o nome da exposição. No mesmo dia inauguram também a gaucha Regina Silveira, Xu Bing (China), Kathryn Spence (San Francisco USA), Roy McMakin (Wyoming USA) e Jim Dingilian.

No site do museu tem mais informações sobre as exposições.

Barrão: Mashups

January 29 to June 10, 2012

Reception: January 29, 2012
Curator: Mónica Ramírez-Montagut

This is the US first solo exhibition of the work of Brazilian artist Barrão, who is known for his whimsical and quite bizarre ceramic clusters and mashups made from fragments of popular vitreous porcelain and clay objects. The artist scouts second-hand stores, flea markets, and dumpsters in search of materials for sculptures that subvert the original function or idea of the object in order to reveal unpredictable relationships, ranging from unexpected similarities to unseemly contradictions. The free-spirited juxtaposition of the different ceramic sources establishes new sets of relationships between the parts. Every element in the sculpture is free from its previous function and comes together with the other parts to form a new identity, one that escapes immediate commodification. With his sculptures, Barrão appropriates everyday domestic objects that were used indiscriminately and inserts them back into circulation with an ample balance of presence and mystery—and a history yet to be written.