GUSTAVO REZENDE: TRANSIT

Galeria Marília Razuk presents Trânsito (Transit), a solo exhibition by Gustavo Rezende, from April 1st on. His third solo exhibit in this venue features about 8 artworks from his latest production. They are sculptures and watercolors, animations and prints.

It is on the dual where the artist´s work gets nurtured. If informer works it was already formally materialized, now the dual does not necessarily come as a duality of formats. Here, it is all about the dual relation in existence:  of being a person and of being in the world, in the complexity of being different and unique, and at the same time of being like everyone else.  Also, of connecting with the dramas, fables and icons from a personal universe and having to face the trivial routine all around us.

This is how the exhibition sets the clue of transit, of being in two places neither leaving nor arriving transitory situations setting passages, rests, actions and small events as for example the watercolor series representing stacks of pottery.

The tradition in the History of Art has constantly been a matter for reflection in Gustavo Rezende´s production. Conceptually, the artist´s work is about the History of Art, venerates it, and at the same time deconstructs it. 

In A gravura mais bonita do mundo (The most beautiful print in the world), the artistreproduces the Mont Saint Victorie from Paul Cézanne´s studio. Yet, its digital version looks silk screened, fully contaminated by the daily life universe with passers-by and traffic signs.

About the artist

Gustavo Rezende graduated in Architecture at Faculdade de Belas artes de São Paulo; took his  master degree from Goldsmith´s College in London and his doctorate degree in Poéticas Visuais (Visual Poetics) from Escola de Comunicação e Artes da Universidade de São Paulo. Since the 1980s, when he started his career, the artist has had his works exhibited in major institutions as the Museu de Arte Moderna, São Paulo, the Museu de Arte Moderna, Rio de Janeiro, and the Paço Imperial, Rio de Janeiro.

In 2010, Gustavo received the acquisition award of  Pinacoteca do Estado with his work A Passagem do Tempo e a Natureza do Amor (The passing of Time and the Nature of Love). In 2013, his works were exhibited in the same institution, curated by Ivo Mesquita. Currently, Paço Imperial in Rio de Janeiro is hosting another Gustavo´s solo exhibit - Amor Sagrado, Amor Profano (Sacred Love, Profane Love), curated by Douglas de Freitas.

Several of the artist´s pieces are part of public and private collections. Among the works in public collections, the highlights can be seen at the Museu de Arte Moderna, São Paulo, at the Museu de Arte Contemporânea da USP, São Paulo, at Pinacoteca do Estado, São Paulo, and at Museu de Arte Moderna, Rio de Janeiro.

Trânsito, Gustavo Rezende`s solo exhibition

Galeria Marília Razuk
Opening:  April 1st , Saturday, 11h - 16h
Exhibiting time: April 1st - May 20st, 2017
Visiting time:

Monday – Friday 10:30 – 19:00

Saturday 11:00 – 16:00

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