Upcoming
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Alvaro Barrington & Chico da Silva
Alvaro Barrington & Chico da Silva Nov 9, 2024 – Feb 28, 2025 São Paulo, Casa Iramaia Click here to book your visit. Mendes Wood DM is pleased to present Alvaro Barrington & Chico da Silva, an exhibition that places renowned Venezuelan-born contemporary artist Alvaro Barrington (b. 1983) in dialogue with the works of Chico da Silva (1910 – 1985), a Brazilian artist of Ashaninka origin, an... View Exhibition -
Ao redor da distância
Paulo Monteiro Nov 23, 2024 – Feb 1, 2025 São Paulo, Barra Funda View Exhibition -
Anna Bella Geiger
Anna Bella Geiger Nov 23, 2024 – Feb 1, 2025 São Paulo, Barra Funda View Exhibition -
kortinas
ektor garcia Nov 23, 2024 – Feb 1, 2025 São Paulo, Barra Funda e ktor g arcia is always working . D rawn to handmade, labor-intensive processes , the artist took on the practice of crocheting over two decades ago as a self- taught skill. The ability to work alone with a single hook anywhere and anytime was particularly captivating for garcia then... View Exhibition -
La rose de Paris
Heidi Bucher Nov 28, 2024 – Jan 31, 2025 Paris View Exhibition
Past
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Lamp black on sack cloth (love for fucksake)
Michael Dean Dec 2, 2023 – Jan 20, 2024 Paris Michael Dean's sculptures are capable of transforming an exhibition space into a theater, into an action. They remind us of characters performing a scene. A group of works, which almost seem as if they are about to climb a set of stairs, shows how characters and language are central to... View Exhibition -
With Others in Mind
Coco Fusco Nov 25, 2023 – Jan 24, 2024 São Paulo, Barra Funda Mendes Wood DM is please to present Coco Fusco’s first solo exhibition in São Paulo, “With Others in Mind”. The exhibition aims to highlight Coco Fusco's rigorous exploration into the erasure and metamorphosis of cultural identities, particularly in societies shaped by the aftereffects of colonialism. By different mediums such as... View Exhibition -
Nascituras
Rosana Paulino Nov 25, 2023 – Jan 24, 2024 São Paulo, Barra Funda Nascituras: someone or something yet to be born. The decision to name the exhibition of an artist as prominent as Rosana Paulino Nascituras (nascencies) may seem strange. After all, what could this concept refer to in light of one of the most substantial, striking careers in so-called Brazilian art? A... View Exhibition -
Evocações, Ismael Nery and Lewis Hammond
Curated by Germano Dushá Nov 24, 2023 – Feb 3, 2024 São Paulo, Casa Iramaia Click here to book your visit. A phantasmagorical apparition comes into view, appearing as a primal form, as pure potency. A blotch heralding the figure exposes the indescribable substance from which the world's embodiments stem. Whatever is briefly seen scorches the retina, embedding itself in memory. When it first appears,... View Exhibition -
Gardens of Human Nature
Mimi Lauter Nov 10 – Dec 21, 2023 New York Mendes Wood DM New York Nov 10 - Dec 21, 2023 Mendes Wood DM is pleased to present Gardens of Human Nature by Los Angeles-based artist Mimi Lauter. Comprising sixteen soft pastel and oil pastel framed works on paper of varying scale, this is Lauter's third solo exhibition with the... View Exhibition -
Cada cosa es Babel
Mariana Castillo Deball Nov 4, 2023 – Feb 16, 2024 Brussels “And what happens if we look the other way around, if we read contemporary art as future archaeology?” — Mariana Castillo Deball An object, eroded by time, crumbles in the palm of a hand. A tower collapses. A stonemason is hammering, chiseling stones. In her second solo exhibition at Mendes... View Exhibition -
I See No Difference Between a Handshake and a Poem
Curated by Fernanda Brenner Oct 14 – Nov 25, 2023 Paris Artists include: Juan Pérez Agirregoikoa, Armando Andrade Tudela, Lucas Arruda, Karim Aïnouz, Adrián Balseca, Tosh Basco, Katinka Bock, Paloma Bosquê, Nina Canell, Guglielmo Castelli, Mariana Castillo Deball, Alejandro Cesarco, Henri Chopin, Marguerite Duras, Philipp Fleischmann, Sonia Gomes, Barbara Hammer, Runo Lagomarsino, Patricia Leite, Matthew Lutz-Kinoy, Paul Maheke, Hana Miletić, Charlotte... View Exhibition -
Paulo Monteiro at Archipelago
Paulo Monteiro Sep 30 – Nov 19, 2023 Archipelago Archipelago Sept 30 - Nov 19, 2023 Archipelago is proud to present an exhibition of work by Brazilian artist Paulo Monteiro (b. 1961, S ã o Paulo, Brazil) in its residency and gallery space in Germantown, New York, USA. Archipelago is an arts-and-research institute devoted to spirituality, thinking, and... View Exhibition -
La Pensée Ferale
Daniel Steegmann Mangrané Sep 15 – Oct 27, 2023 New York Mendes Wood DM New York Sept 15 - Oct 27, 2023 Mendes Wood DM is pleased to present La Pensée Férale, Daniel Steegmann Mangrané’s inaugural exhibition in New York City. Mangrané’s work traces the boundary where nature meets artifice, encompassing a range of media including installations, films, sound-based works, photographs,... View Exhibition -
Estude fundo
Laís Amaral Sep 7 – Oct 28, 2023 Brussels Estude fundo, the first solo exhibition project of Laís Amaral in Europe, takes over Mendes Wood DM Brussels’ space with newly produced works. “I have been thinking mainly about developing a subjective language through non-figurative painting. My main way of doing this is to bring references from nature, within my... View Exhibition -
Linhas Tortas
Curated by Diana Campbell Sep 2 – Nov 4, 2023 São Paulo, Barra Funda Linhas Tortas is a multi-venue international group exhibition that celebrates the entanglements of journeys and the power of storytelling, marking a decade of Mendes Wood DM. Inspired by the Brazilian aphorism “deus escreve certo por linhas tortas”, which literally translates to “god writes straight with crooked lines” and metaphorically to... View Exhibition -
Linhas Tortas
Curated by Diana Campbell Sep 2 – Nov 11, 2023 São Paulo, Casa Iramaia Linhas Tortas is a multi-venue international group exhibition that celebrates the entanglements of journeys and the power of storytelling, marking a decade of Mendes Wood DM. Inspired by the Brazilian aphorism “deus escreve certo por linhas tortas”, which literally translates to “god writes straight with crooked lines” and metaphorically to... View Exhibition -
Paper Trails
Group Show Jul 29 – Aug 8, 2023 D'Ouwe Kerke, Retranchement Open every day | 11am to 6pm d'Ouwe Kerke Dorpsstraat 16 4525 AH Retranchement The Netherlands Osama Alrayyan, Laís Amaral, Lucas Arruda, Patricia Ayres, Alvaro Barrington, Paloma Bosquê, Castiel Vitorino Brasileiro, Heidi Bucher, Varda Caivano, Guglielmo Castelli, Adriano Costa, Michael Dean, Mariana Castillo Deball, Naufus Ramírez-Figueroa, Anna Bella Geiger, Sonia... View Exhibition -
Marina Perez Simão at Villa Era
Marina Perez Simão Jul 1 – 30, 2023 Villa Era, Vigliano Biellese Mendes Wood DM is proud to announce its third cycle of exhibitions at Villa Era, a historic 19th-century house and estate in the Italian countryside, between Milan and Turin, with a solo presentation by Marina Perez Simão. A new body of oil works, painted on linen, will be presented across... View Exhibition -
Cheese Moon Nights
Santiago de Paoli at Archipelago Jun 24 – Aug 27, 2023 Archipelago Archipelago Jun 24 — Aug 27, 2023 Santiago de Paoli was the second artist-in-residence at Archipelago Hudson Valley. Archipelago is an arts-and-research institute devoted to spirituality, thinking, and healing. At a constellation of sites across the globe, we host exhibitions, artists’ residencies, and a growing research library. Our inaugural site... View Exhibition -
Critical Mass
Patricia Ayres Jun 23 – Aug 5, 2023 New York Mendes Wood DM New York Jun 23 - Aug 5, 2023 In Critical Mass, Patricia Ayres articulates Sigmund Freud’s notion of the Unheimlich.(1) Incongruity is echoed through nine pustulating sculptures, whose faceless forms distinguish themselves by their sutured topography, an amalgamation of stained United States military elastic, parachute hardware, and... View Exhibition -
Everything All At Once
Kent O'Connor Jun 23 – Aug 5, 2023 New York Mendes Wood DM New York Jun 23 - Aug 5, 2023 'When I paint, I sit with the objects and experience without touching, feeling but not feeling.' Mendes Wood DM is pleased to present Everything All At Once by the Los Angeles-based painter Kent O’Connor (b. 1987 in Virginia, USA).... View Exhibition -
Cristalino Segredo
Paula Siebra Jun 2 – Aug 5, 2023 Brussels Mendes Wood DM is proud to present Cristalino Segredo, a solo exhibition by Brazilian artist Paula Siebra in the gallery’s Brussels space. This is the first opportunity for European audiences to experience the artist’s work following her residency and exhibition in Bruges, Belgium, in 2021. Taking over the entirety of... View Exhibition -
Do cômico e do trágico
Paulo Nimer Pjota May 27 – Aug 12, 2023 São Paulo, Barra Funda Mendes Wood DM is delighted to present “Do cômico e do trágico” a new solo exhibition by Paulo Nimer Pjota at our Barra Funda space in São Paulo. What are the possible connections between representations of a couple of Buddhist deities, domestic scenes, and the images that decorate both Chinese... View Exhibition -
Some Eyes
Alma Allen May 27 – Aug 12, 2023 São Paulo, Barra Funda Mendes Wood DM is proud to present Some Eyes , the first solo exhibition of the celebrated US artist and sculptor Alma Allen to take at the gallery’s Barra Funda space in Sao Paulo. Additionally to this being his first exhibition with the gallery in Sao Paulo, it is also... View Exhibition -
Earthworks
Solange Pessoa May 12 – Jun 17, 2023 New York Mendes Wood DM New York May 12 - Jun 17, 2023 Earthworks features a selection of earth and fresco paintings, ceramic sculptures, and one video relating to Solange Pessoa's enduring relationship to land and spirited use of organic materials. Multifarious and experimental in its approach to material, Pessoa's oeuvre is... View Exhibition -
The Labours of Hercules
Vojtěch Kovařík Apr 19 – May 27, 2023 Brussels Mendes Wood DM is proud to present The Labours of Hercules, Vojtěch Kovařík 's first solo exhibition in the gallery’s Brussels space. Following his previous shows with the gallery in New York, São Paulo and Villa Era, Italy, Kovařík will be taking over the entirety of the gallery’s two floors... View Exhibition -
Human Nature
Alvaro Barrington Mar 30 – May 13, 2023 São Paulo, Barra Funda 'I've been in Brazil for nearing two weeks now and I'm two weeks away from my first show in South America. It would be an understatement to say that the region has given me so much. I think less of nation-states more like the notion of regional cousins. My first... View Exhibition -
Signo
Antonio Obá Mar 30 – May 13, 2023 São Paulo, Barra Funda Antonio Obá considers the drawing as a living thought. The artist returns to the São Paulo venue with an exhibition devoted exclusively to his works on paper - 'an exercise in letting language emerge,' according to Obá. The use of drawing, recurrent in his work and also in his relationship... View Exhibition -
MILK OF SLUMS - RUA DOS CACIQUES
Adriano Costa Mar 23 – Apr 29, 2023 New York Mendes Wood DM New York Mar 23 - Apr 29, 2023 Written by Colin Ledoux, with words from Adriano Costa in italics. I am Arnaut who gathers up the wind, And chases the hare with the ox, And swims against the torrent. —Arnaut Daniel “...crista do desejo, o destino deslinda-se... View Exhibition -
Demonios Familiares
Guglielmo Castelli Mar 20 – Apr 29, 2023 New York Mendes Wood DM New York May 20 - Apr 29, 2023 Mendes Wood DM is pleased to present Demonios Familiares by Guglielmo Castelli (b.1987, Turin, Italy). Building on his previous exhibition in the gallery’s Brussels space in 2021, and an acclaimed solo at Paris+ par Art Basel 2022, this exhibition... View Exhibition -
X
Luiz Roque Mar 11 – Apr 8, 2023 Brussels Mendes Wood DM is proud to present X, Luiz Roque’s second solo show in Brussels. Comprised of new works in ceramics and a screening of the 2020 short film República, this exhibition expands on Roque’s exploration into the fragmented universe of sexuality and the power dynamics of representation. Shedding new... View Exhibition -
The Gardener’s Son
Victor Bengtsson Mar 11 – Apr 8, 2023 Brussels Mendes Wood DM is proud to present a first solo exhibition of work by the Danish artist Victor Bengtsson to take place in its Brussels gallery space. Taking over the entirety of the top floor of the gallery’s Sablon townhouse, Bengtsson’s mostly large-scale paintings simultaneously straddle a three-part chronological divide.... View Exhibition -
Esfíngico Frontal
Group Show Feb 11 – Mar 11, 2023 São Paulo, Barra Funda There is a mystery behind everything. There is a mystery that comes and goes, circulating through our veins, through our viscera, between our fingertips and through every thread of our hair. The same mystery exists in everything that surrounds us: from the earth’s surface to the spheres dancing in the... View Exhibition -
Butterfly Joint
Kentaro Kawabata Feb 11 – Mar 11, 2023 São Paulo, Barra Funda Mendes Wood DM is delighted to present – at its gallery space in São Paulo – Kentaro Kawabata’s first solo exhibition in Brazil. Titled Butterfly Joint, the show brings together a poignant body of works produced by the Japanese artist, spanning four series of porcelain sculptures that are a testament... View Exhibition -
Six Artists
Group Exhibition Feb 3 – Mar 5, 2023 New York Mendes Wood DM New York Feb 3 - Mar 5, 2023 Transgressing the Frontiers of Refusal Written by Lorraine Mendes Those who set out to consider and historicize the peripheries of the world—the dispossessed, the subaltern, the enslaved—must address the power of narratives and archives, whose limitations define what can... View Exhibition -
properties without object
Iulia Nistor Feb 3 – Mar 5, 2023 New York Mendes Wood DM New York Feb 3 - Mar 5, 2023 Mendes Wood DM is delighted to present properties without object, Iulia Nistor’s third solo exhibition with the gallery and her first in New York. The exhibition consists of new works from Nistor’s Evidence Paintings series, all 50 x 40... View Exhibition -
Cinza das horas
Group Show Jan 21 – Feb 25, 2023 Brussels Lucas Arruda, Eleonore Koch, Fabio Miguez and Paulo Pasta. Mendes Wood DM is proud to inaugurate Cinza das horas, a group exhibition organized by Lucas Arruda (b. 1983) that presents his work alongside paintings by fellow Brazilian artists Eleonore Koch (b.1926 - d. 2018), Fabio Miguez (b. 1962), and Paulo... View Exhibition
