[…] Similarly in the project, the initial drawing is mixed with the method of working that will constitute the work. It’s not the abstract condition of the work, just an idea. It contains all the stages, through which the work should pass — technical, specific, real work — all this is noted down in the drawing, just as the stages of the work. At the slaughterhouse, for example, the map of the BURACOS (HOLES) to be made on the ground was the result of an expansion in minor schematic notes, done as a resource of thought, and carried out during a meeting with a group of artists from the Arte/Cidade project. It is this expanded drawing that serves as a guide to place the holes.
Traducido del inglés
De manera similar en el proyecto, el dibujo inicial se combina con el método de trabajo que constituirá la obra. No es la condición abstracta de la obra sino sólo una idea. Contiene todas las fases por las que una obra debe pasar: lo técnico, lo específico, la obra real. Todas ellas consideradas en el dibujo, como fases de la obra. En el matadero, por ejemplo, el mapa de los Buracos que se debe hacer sobre el suelo, fue el resultado de la extensión de pequeñas notas esquemáticas, realizadas como recurso de pensamiento y llevadas a cabo durante una reunión con un grupo de artistas del proyecto Arte/Cidade. Es este dibujo expandido lo que sirve como guía para colocar los orificios.
Selected Biographical Information
Education / Training
- PhD. In Arts at Art Department in School of Communications and Arts, University of São Paulo (USP).
Prizes / Fellowships
- 1991: Fellowship Vitae of Arts, São Paulo, Brazil.
- 1990: Prize Brasília of Arts, Brasília, DF, Brazil.
Solo Exhibitions
- 2013: “Escadas (Ladders)”, Casa França Brasil, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
- 2012: “Serpentes (Serpents)”, Galeria Vermelho, São Paulo, Brazil.
- 2012: “La Carga (The Load)”, Museo Experimental El Eco, Mexico City, Mexico.
- 2010: “Carmela Gross- Um Corpo de Idéias (Carmela Gross-A body of Works)”, Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo, Brazil.
- 2008: “SE VENDE (For Sale)”, Matadero Madrid, Spain.
- 2006: “SUL (South)”, Instituto Tomie Ohtake, São Paulo, Brazil.
- 2004: “Bleujaunerougerouge (Blueyellowredred)”, Permanent Architectural Intervention – École René Binet, Paris, France.
- 1994: “Facas (Knives)”, European Ceramics Work Centre, s’Hertogenbosch, Holland.
- 1993: “Hélices (Propellers)”, Museu de Arte Moderna do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
- 1992: “Desenhos-Solo(Drawings-Floors)”, Museu de Arte de São Paulo, Brazil.
Group Exhibitions
- 2012: “Arte de contradicciones. Pop, realismos y política. Brasil-Argentina 1960”, Fundación Proa, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
- 2008: SCAPE 2008 Christchurch Biennal of Art in Public Space, New Zealand.
- 2007: “2th Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art“, Moscow, Russia.
- 2005: “Karakoy Pedestrian Exhibition 2”, Istanbul, Turkey.
- 2005: 5ª Bienal do Mercosul, Porto Alegre, Brasil – Permanent Architectural Intervention CASCATA.
- 2002: “ArteCidadeZonaLeste”, SESC Belenzinho, São Paulo, Brazil.
- 2002: “XXV International Biennial of Sao Paulo“, Brazil.
- 2001: “Experiment Experiência/Art in Brazil 1958–2000”, Museum of Modern Art Oxford, UK.
- 1999: “Re-Aligning Vision-Alternative Currents in South American Drawing”, Miami Art Museum, U.S.A.
- 1996: “Beelden uit Brazilie”, Stedelijk Museum Schiedam, Holland.
Publications
- Art Nexus, n. 86, vol. 11, September- November 2012, p. 130-131
- Carmela Gross: um corpo de ideias (Carmela Gross: a body of works). Apresentação Marcelo Mattos Araújo; curadoria e texto Ivo Mesquita; textos Carla Zaccagnini, Marta Bogéa; cronologia Juliana Ripoli. São Paulo, Pinacoteca do Estado, 2010. Livro. São Paulo:Pinacoteca do Estado, 2011.
- Carmela Gross: Escadas (Carmela Gross: Ladders)/ Organização: Marta Bogéa. Rio de Janeiro: Fundação Casa França-Brasil, 2013.
- SALZSTEIN, Sônia e BANDEIRA, João (org.). Historicity and contemporary art – essays and talks, 1 ed., São Paulo: USP CEUMA, 2012.
Collections
- Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA.
- Museu de Arte Contemporânea da USP, São Paulo, Brazil.
- Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo, Brazil.
- Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo, Brazil.
- Museu de Arte de Brasília, DF, Brazil.
- Culturegest – Caixa Geral de Depósitos, Lisboa, Portugal.
- Museu de Arte Moderna Aloísio Magalhães, Recife, PE, Brazil.