Luciana Brito Galeria and Galeria Estação get together to present a project that reflects both the galleries’ commitment to the valorisation of research and artistic practice. While Luciana Brito Galeria has an extensive track record, since 1997, in the diffusion and insertion of national and international production in Brazil and abroad, Galeria Estação, since 2004, is known through its work on the recovery and inclusion of art and the artist. This special effort recognises the power of debate in art, besides the importance of the evolution of the contemporary artistic discourse, mainly related to the current problematics in Brazil and to art as a means to achieve inclusive social outcomes.

From “Freedom” (1964), by Waldemar Cordeiro (1925, Italy – 1973, Brazil), the set of works presents a crossing between the languages and approaches proper to contemporaneity. Produced in 1964, in a context of dictatorial repression in Brazil, the work can be considered a synthesis of a mutual feeling, not only in the period in which it was conceived, but also at the current moment we are experiencing.

Cordeiro’s interest in social-politic historical issues is shared by Hector Zamora (1974, Mexico), who relates them to work in consumer society, especially that of the Southern Hemisphere. The artist redefines the conventional architecture, giving rise to noise between the meanings of public and private, real and imaginary. The installations consist of terracotta ventilation bricks, a common element in Latin American architecture, reflecting on the systems of production and construction and how these are linked to the bases of Latin society. He has presented a site-specific at the MET-NY based on the same concept.

Regina Silveira (1932, Brazil) is presenting a set of coloured tapestries that portray the richness and diversity of Brazilian fauna. Manufactured in India, the pieces bear chaotic prints of wild animals and convey a message of resistance to the current politics bent on the destruction of Brazil’s forests. Silveira is preparing for a retrospective show at the MAC-USP, concomitantly with her participation in the 34th Bienal de São Paulo. The manual craftsmanship of Santídio Pereira (1996, Brazil), from the Northeast of Brazil, is evident in his engraving. By using various print blocks in a single composition, he subverts the function of multiplicity so characteristic of printmaking. Like those by Regina Silveira, his works portray the Brazilian flora and fauna, but through many layers of dense ink, recreating memories of his background. Santídio ranks among the young Brazilians of international repercussion, figuring in collections such as the Cisneros (USA). His works were presented at Foundation Cartier, in Paris, and at Power Station of Art, in Shanghai, China.

Also from Brazil’s Northeast, Véio (1947, Sergipe, Brazil) occupies a unique place in Brazilian art, mainly for his peculiar work. His wooden sculptures combine elements from the traditions of the state of Sergipe, as well as of the pop universe. His figures are made through found wood: based on the natural patterns that are already suggested, he sculpts figures with a simple jack-knife. In 2015, the artist presented in a solo show in Venice held in parallel to the 56th Biennale. His work figures in international collections, like Foundation Cartier (France).

Moisés Patrício (1984, Brazil) is a black artist who has become outstanding in the activist art of Afro-Brazilian and African culture. His investigation also thematises social and political discussions, but spotlights the marginalisation of the so-called minority cultures in Brazil. The featured paintings portray the poetry of the rites of the religion of Candomblé, valorising its discourses and figures, the sacred, and the traditional beliefs. He is recognised as one of the most promising from Brazil and figures in significant collections, such as those of the Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo and the MAM-RJ.

Venue
Miami Beach Convention Center
1901 Convention Center Dr, Miami Beach, FL 33139, USA

Opening Hours
Private Days (by invitation only)
Tuesday, November 30, 9:30am - 11am, Meridians Private Viewing (by invitation only and limited capacity)
Tuesday, November 30, 2021, 11am to 8pm, First Choice VIP cardholders
Tuesday, November 30, 2021, 4pm to 8pm, Preview VIP cardholders
Wednesday, December 1, 2021, 11am to 8pm, First Choice and Preview VIP cardholders

Vernissage (by invitation only)
Wednesday, December 1, 2021, 4pm to 8pm