Two exhibitions
dal 23/2/2012 al 12/5/2012
Segnalato da
23/2/2012
Two exhibitions
Culturgest - Edificio Sede da Caixa Geral de Depositos, Lisboa
The sculptures and paintings produced by Michael E. Smith encapsulate a sense of catastrophe that, on our first encounter with his work, we are unable to work out exactly where it stems from. A preference for everyday materials and a strict economy of gestures and procedures in their manipulation are among the aspects commonly found in the work produced by Katinka Bock.
Curator: Miguel Wandschneider
Galeria 1
Michael E. Smith
The sculptures and paintings produced by Michael E. Smith (Detroit, 1977) encapsulate a sense of catastrophe that, on our first encounter with his work, we are unable to work out exactly where it stems from. The rarefied way in which he installs his works further accentuates this impression of ruin, abandonment and loss. Knowing that the artist lives in Detroit, a city devastated by the rapid decline and endemic poverty resulting from the collapse of its traditional industrial sectors, in particular the automobile industry, we can find there the key to a fundamental reading of his work as a symptom of the trauma associated with a social and economic reality that, before our very eyes, contradicts the illusions and myths of the USA (and of post-industrial societies in general) as a place of shared opportunities and well-being.
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Galeria 2
Katinka Bock
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A preference for everyday materials and a strict economy of gestures and procedures in their manipulation are among the aspects commonly found in the work produced by Katinka Bock (Frankfurt am Main, 1976). Her sculptures are simple and frequently austere in both their materials and forms, being endowed with an intense energy and a subtle evocative power that embodies and condenses the thought process leading to their creation. The resonances and feelings that they produce or favour depend not only on their physical properties, but also (and most decisively) on their interaction with a particular exhibition space – whether or not they obey the logics of site specificity. However, even when they are explicitly related with the space and with other works, her sculptures are eminently introspective, inviting the spectator to withdraw into innermost meditation. Bringing together some of her most recent works, this exhibition presents the Portuguese audience with an artist who, for roughly the past four years, has been gradually consolidating her position as a major reference in the context of present-day sculptural practices.
Image: Katinka Bock, Winterlandschaft mit Hut, 2011. Courtesy Meyer Riegger, Karlsruhe / Berlin. Photo: Trevor Lloyd
Opening february 24th, h 10p.m.
Fundação Caixa Geral de Depósitos - Culturgest
Edifício Sede da Caixa Geral de Depósitos
Rua Arco do Cego, Piso 1 1000-300 Lisboa
Hours: Thursday - Friday: 11h to 19h (last admission to 18.30). Saturdays, sundays and holidays: 14h - 20h (last admission to 19.30)