Juliao Sarmento
dal 10/4/2002 al 25/5/2002
Segnalato da
10/4/2002
Juliao Sarmento
Sean Kelly Gallery (old location), New York
Sarmento's exhibition is comprised of a number of new works under the collective title Domestic Isolation, which deal with issues of complex interpersonal relationships. This is Sarmento's first exhibition of new paintings that represent a significant shift of stylistic intent.
Domestic Isolation
Sean Kelly Gallery is pleased to announce an exhibition by Julião Sarmento
featuring new paintings, works on paper, and a slide projection
installation, which is a collaboration with Arto Lindsay. The opening of the
exhibition will take place on Thursday, April 11th from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
The artist will be present.
Sarmento's exhibition is comprised of a number of new works under the
collective title Domestic Isolation, which deal with issues of complex
interpersonal relationships. This is Sarmento's first exhibition of new
paintings that represent a significant shift of stylistic intent. The new
paintings no longer focus on line as representation of female form, but
utilize monochrome silhouettes to represent the figures. Each of the
paintings features the silhouettes of two women, different characters in an
apparently unfolding domestic drama. Sarmento revisits the familiar
iconography of his paintings, sculpture and film pieces, that have
consistently informed his oeuvre and continues to explore themes of
psychological interaction, sensuality, and voyeurism. Flashback, a
collaboration with musician Arto Lindsay, is a slide installation with a
soundtrack by Lindsay. Drawn from films, magazines, advertising, novels and
daily life, Sarmento's collection and formulation of images become a
reflection of his artistic and personal life much like a visual diary. The
images in Flashback evoke strong connections to the mundane world of the
snapshot, but also reveal a realm of unconscious beauty, voyeurism,
sensuality and fetishism in apparently everyday images.
Julião Sarmento was born in Lisbon in 1948. He has exhibited extensively
worldwide since 1979. Sarmento has been included in two Documentas and two
Venice Biennales. His work is represented in public and private collections
worldwide such as: The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington,
D.C.; the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco; The Solomon R.
Guggenheim Museum, New York; The Museum of Modern Art, New York; the Musée
National d'Art Moderne Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France; the Stedelijk
Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, Holland; and the Hara Museum of Contemporary Art,
Tokyo, Japan.
Sarmento is one of the six senior artists invited to exhibit in the XXV
Bienal de São Paulo: Iconografias Metropolitanas, São Paulo, Brazil, which
opens in March 2002. His forthcoming solo exhibitions include the Stedelijk
VanAbbemuseum, Eindhoven, Holland and Julião Sarmento: Photoworks from the
Seventies, Museu do Chiado, Lisbon, Portugal. Sarmento's work has been
selected for several upcoming museum group exhibitions including: Something
is Missing, Museu Serralves, Porto, Portugal; and Conversation? Recent
Acquisitions of the Van Abbemuseum, the Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, Holland.
Opening April 11th from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
For further information please contact Amy Gotzler at 212.239.1181
Gallery Hours are Tuesday through Saturday from 11 a.m. until
6 p.m.
Sean Kelly Gallery
528 West 29th Street
New York, NY 10001
Tel. (212) 239.1181
Fax. (212) 239.2467