Exhibitions

non ducorocud non ou impugnação, plebiscito e legastenia

Deyson Gilbert Nov 29, 2014 – Jan 1, 2015 São Paulo, Barra Funda View Exhibition

3 novels

Fernando Marques Penteado Nov 29, 2014 – Jan 1, 2015 São Paulo, Barra Funda Love creates plots which in turn define the destinies of its subjects, both courting and displeasing those who become involved in it. Life is the arena for these love stories, a play staged outdoors. 3 novels amplifies fictional stories that grew out of the narrator's love-life with three of his... View Exhibition

Being blonde with insufficient funds (transpirations of a virgin)

Florian Meisenberg Nov 29, 2014 – Jan 30, 2015 São Paulo, Barra Funda Man is born with feet, but wings he must grow himself. The longer and stronger the wings become, the less the feet leave traces on the earth. The same applies to artists – the higher they fly with the help of the wings they grew, the less signifiers they leave... View Exhibition

The Plutonian House

Maria Loboda Nov 29, 2014 – Jan 30, 2015 São Paulo, Barra Funda Unlike what the title might suggest, Maria Loboda’s Witch's Ladder isn't something that can be climbed up and down. The feathers attached to the rope, which resemble steps, correspond to each of the spells proffered by a witch, who later hides the rope under the bed of the person she... View Exhibition

Doble Eclipse

Guillermo Kuitca Oct 30 – Nov 22, 2014 São Paulo, Barra Funda After 15 years without showing in Brazil, one of the greatest Argentine painters, Guillermo Kuitca, has returned to the country for a highly significant stint of exhibitions in 2014. After a group show at Casa Daros, in May, and the retrospective show now running at the Pinacoteca do... View Exhibition

Circa MMXIV: Imagination is an Act of Freedom

Anna Bella Geiger Oct 10 – Nov 11, 2014 São Paulo, Barra Funda Anna Bella Geiger is one of the most important Brazilian artists of the 20th century. Her work features a rich diversity of media and procedures and, like her singular biography, it always surprises us the deeper we delve. Anna Bella is one of the most experimental artists in the history... View Exhibition

Somewhere São Paulo

Lawrence Weiner Sep 6 – Oct 4, 2014 São Paulo, Barra Funda In the São Paulo metropolis, there are no historical traditions that can fully guarantee a relation between the buildings, their contexts and meanings. Thus, what happened to the oldest – and most significant – monument in São Paulo’s history, the bicentenary Obelisco da Memória (Memory Obelisk), is symptomatic. Its task... View Exhibition

Nascer Uma Vez Após a Outra

Sonia Gomes Aug 31 – Oct 4, 2014 São Paulo, Barra Funda I made these pieces because I need protection. nests. but this thought, about why I made, or make, them came later. it's funny, first I make them, then I think about them. I believe that the things in our subconscious are much more important than the act of thinking. Each... View Exhibition

From La Voie Humide

Tunga Aug 31 – Oct 22, 2014 São Paulo, Barra Funda Orpheus, a Thracian, was born to Calliope, mother of muses, and Dionysius, god of wine, merrymaking, epiphany and ritual madness. An uncommon man, he descended into the world of Death to retrieve his lost love Eurydice, suspending all challenges with his song – from the three-headed guard dog Cerberus, who... View Exhibition

Permanent Playfulness, curated by Camilla Barella

Aug 31 – Oct 14, 2014 São Paulo, Barra Funda Mendes Wood DM is delighted to present English artist Michael Dean’s first exhibition in Brazil, Sounds of Fucking, Sounds of Dying. The exhibition gathers nearly fifteen sculptures and marks the opening of the gallery’s new space in Vila Romana. Occupying the space with an almost megalithic solemnity, Dean’s sculptures in... View Exhibition

Che Cherera

Paulo Nazareth Aug 31 – Oct 25, 2014 São Paulo, Barra Funda In the show Che Cherera , (from the Kaiowa for my name ) Paulo presents part of Notebooks of Africa [1], a number of impressions of Africa from there here, of Africa from here there, and of our own Africa with its other developments. Different from the literal sense we... View Exhibition

Nick Mauss & Ken Okiishi

Aug 9 – 27, 2014 São Paulo, Barra Funda Ken Okiishi & Nick Mauss have been working together since they met in art school (The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, New York) in 1998. Their collaborative works emerge from a continuous dialogue they have while working as individual artists as well. The artworks materialize –... View Exhibition

Jack Pierson

Aug 9 – 27, 2014 São Paulo, Barra Funda Like a monument made of crepon paper and silver Exploring the sidewalks of São Paulo’s Avenida Paulista, Jack Pierson brought to life his first solo show in Brazil entitled You Don’t Own Me, a nod to Lesley Gore’s 1963 song. He asked street vendors to purchase their stands, their entire... View Exhibition

VOSTOK – Screening #1

Letícia Ramos Aug 9 – 27, 2014 São Paulo, Barra Funda The I Ching, known as The Book of Changes, a cornerstone of the eastern cannon, became a source for consultation and an oracle, for various strategic actions adopted by different dictatorships and military governments – subverting its real intention. When it was translated to English in the early 20th century,... View Exhibition

The Two Scene

Jesse Ash May 31 – Jun 26, 2014 São Paulo, Barra Funda Mendes Wood DM is pleased to present The Two Scene, the first solo exhibition of the British artist Jesse Ash in Brazil. In collaboration with curator Carly McGoldrick, the exhibition forms the next phase of Avoidance–Avoidance (A Project of Transparency), so far held at venues Index – Swedish Centre for... View Exhibition

Superlatives and Resolutions

Neïl Beloufa May 31 – Jun 26, 2014 São Paulo, Barra Funda Mendes Wood DM is pleased to present Superlatives and Resolutions, the first solo exhibition of French-Algerian artist Neïl Beloufa in Brazil. The show is a singular combination of various pieces Neïl Beloufa has reorganized in relation to the exhibition space. The artist here has build an multi-layered piece that takes... View Exhibition

Warmilk

Blake Rayne May 31 – Jun 26, 2014 São Paulo, Barra Funda Mendes Wood DM is pleased to present Warmilk the first solo exhibition of the North-American artist Blake Rayne in Brazil. Born in 1969, in Delaware, USA, Blake Rayne is acknowledged to be one of the principal artists of his generation. Art historian David Joselit defined once Blake Rayne’s generation as... View Exhibition

A step under

Paloma Bosquê Apr 5 – May 3, 2014 São Paulo, Barra Funda By taking back the urban hermits, Paloma Bosquê presents, in her first solo exhibition – A step under –, pieces she has been developing in the basement of her building throughout the years. Not so restrained in her iconography, like Lucas Arruda, she also seems to establish a dialogue with... View Exhibition

S Título C Amor From Me To U

Adriano Costa Apr 5 – May 3, 2014 São Paulo, Barra Funda Adriano Costa is multiple. There are many Adrianos Costas inside Adriano Costa. I mean how the work of Adriano appears in the world. I feel like saying it is anarchic, but that would be imprecise. The anarchy lies on appearance. This is the wrong impression I get from Adriano’s work.... View Exhibition

Deserto-Modelo

Lucas Arruda Apr 4 – May 3, 2014 São Paulo, Barra Funda The pieces by Lucas Arruda are about memory in the first place, before being landscape painting. They are memories built inside the atelier, not outdoors. They are more characterized as moments of the artist instead of nature: a second content deriving from the first one. There is the will to... View Exhibition

DCVXVI

Deyson Gilbert Feb 15 – Mar 22, 2014 São Paulo, Barra Funda It is really hot, right? Yes, really hot. Well, I propose we begin with the basic protocol: what is the title of the exhibition and what is the plan? The exhibition is named after the main set of presented pieces: a series of paintings and objects I developed from 2003... View Exhibition