Rivane Neuenschwander
17 July - 16 October 2011
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Eu desejo o seu desejo / I wish your wish, 2003. Silkscreen on fabric
ribbons. Dimensions variable. Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary, Juan
and Pat Vergez Collection. Image courtesy New Museum, New York.
Photo by Benoit Pailley. |
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RIVANE NEUENSCHWANDER
A Day Like Any Other
17 July - 16 October, 2011
In July 2011, Miami Art Museum will present the first mid-career survey
of the work of Brazilian artist Rivane Neuenschwander (b. 1967, Belo
Horizonte, Brazil) focusing on over ten years of innovative practice.
Neuenschwander’s work, which includes painting, photography, film,
sculpture, immersive installations and participatory actions, combines
conceptual rigor, sensory appeal, poetic evocation and viewer
interaction. Rivane Neuenschwander: A Day Like Any Other (July 17 -
October 16, 2011) punctuates the elements that have led to her
reputation as one of the most unique contributors to contemporary
Brazilian art.
Inspired by nature, time, life cycles, mysteries of perception and human
exchange, Neuenschwander creates playful, sensual and often
participatory artworks that blur distinctions between author, artwork
and viewer. For some of the work on view, Neuenschwander is the sole
creator. Other pieces are the result of collaborations with entities as
varied as musicians, forensic artists, bar patrons, nature and the
exhibition’s visitors. Motifs that repeat with regularity include
mapping, measuring, trading and categorization.
Neuenschwander’s practice merges painting, photography, film, sculpture,
installation, and participatory actions. In her work, which is always
based on social situations and frequently involves viewer interaction,
Brazilian artist Neuenschwander acts as creator, editor, collaborator,
social organizer, and commissioning agent. The exhibition surveys
Neuenschwander’s work of the past decade and will include three of
Neuenschwander’s incredibly immersive, viscerally beautiful
installations. "Rain Rains” from 2002 is an environment of leaking
buckets controlled by the Sisyphean recirculation of the water in
four-hour cycles. In "I Wish Your Wish” (2003) thousands of ribbons
printed with wishes will hang from the gallery walls; visitors will be
invited to choose a ribbon, tie it to their wrist, and replace it with a
new wish written on slip of paper, continuing the project that keeps
generating new ribbons and dreams. For "First Love” (2010), a police
sketch artist will work with visitors to produce portraits of the
visitors’ "first loves,” which will then be displayed on the gallery
walls for the duration of the exhibition.
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