Fernando Bryce
dal 21/11/2002 al 11/1/2003
Segnalato da
21/11/2002
Fernando Bryce
Galerie Barbara Thumm (old location), Berlin
Bryce works in the medium of drawing, in which he unfolds a compendium of the culture of Europe and Latin America in a number of comprehensive series. Many of his drawings are based on found material such as book covers, newspapers, magazines and advertising posters he selects for their general cultural references.
Vision de la Pintura Occidental
Opening: Friday, 22.11.2002, 6 - 9 p.m.
It is our great pleasure to invite you to Fernando Bryce's second
exhibition at Galerie Barbara Thumm.
Bryce works in the medium of drawing, in which he unfolds a
compendium of the culture of Europe and Latin America in a number of
comprehensive series. Many of his drawings are based on found
material such as book covers, newspapers, magazines and advertising
posters he selects for their general cultural references. In doing so
he unveils important aspects of global politics, economics and art.
Bryce refers to this process as "mimetic analysis".
Bryce was represented at this year's Manifesta with "Atlas Peru", a
series that consists of about 500 drawings and depicts a chronology
of Peru from 1932 to the present by means of newspaper clippings,
advertisements and other illustrations.
"Vision de la Pintura Occidental" was shown for the first time at the
3rd Iberoamerican Biennial in Lima. The work consists of 96 drawings
and 39 reproductions of famous paintings. They originate in a themed
exhibition of the same title that was curated from the collection of
the University of San Marcos in Lima - a collection that is entirely
dedicated to offset prints of classical works from the history of
European painting. The original correspondence and documents that
Bryce used as source material for his drawings speak of the
establishment and expansion of the reproduction collection that was
initiated in the 50s by the Peruvian art historian and journalist
Alejandro Miró Quesada with the support of embassies, international
museums and Unesco. Thus a concept arises that reflects both an
attempt to provide a more democratic approach to culture, and the
colonial view of Peru's elite as they regard the much admired Western
high culture that was considered a universal model.
With incisive wit Bryce reveals the magnificent beginnings in the
50s, the fulfilment of a pedagogical scheme in the touring
exhibitions of the 60s, and the decadence and eventual end of
collecting activities as the archeology of an institution that has
become obsolete: in the 70s Mona Lisa was toured through Lima by bus.
With the rise of an information society, and also on account of
Peru's critical social situation and an altered global appraisal of
culture, the project became increasingly anachronistic.
Parallel to the exhibition by Fernando Bryce we show an accrochage
with works by artists of gallery, among them new works by Turner
Prize Nominee Fiona Banner, Mariele Neudecker, Sabine Hornig, Heidi
Specker, Hubbard/Birchler and Julian Opie.
Galerie Barbara Thumm
Dircksenstrasse 41, 10178 Berlin
Tel +49.30. 283 90347, Fax +49.30. 283 90457