Food
dal 18/2/2014 al 3/5/2014
Segnalato da
Marina Abramovic
Stefano Boccalini
Mircea Cantor
Ymane Fakhir
Martand Khosla
Miralda/FoodCultura
Angelo Plessas
Pipilotti Rist
Shimabuku
Raghubir Singh
Barthelemy Toguo
Nari Ward
Lenora de Barros
Ernesto Neto
Eduardo Srur
Anna Maria Maiolino
Adelina von Furstenberg
18/2/2014
Food
SESC Pinheiros, Sao Paulo
Reflections on Mother Earth, Agriculture and Nutrition. An international exhibition bringing to Brazil a contemporary perspective on man and food. On view some installations, paintings, sculptures, photographs, and videos.
Curated by Adelina von Fürstenberg
A
project
by
the
NGO
ART
for
The
World,
realized
by
Sesc
São
Paulo,
FOOD
is
an
international
traveling
exhibition
that
calls
for
deep
investigation
upon
the
basic
act
of
eating,
and
gathers
works
by
Marina
Abramović (Serbia),
Stefano
Boccalini
(Italy),
Mircea
Cantor
(Romania/France),
Ymane
Fakhir
(Morocco/France),
Martand
Khosla
(India),
Miralda/FoodCultura
(Spain),
Angelo
Plessas
(Greece),
Pipilotti
Rist
(Switzerland),
Shimabuku
(Japan),
Raghubir
Singh
(India),
Barthélémy
Toguo
(Cameroon/France),
and
Nari
Ward
(USA),
along
with
Brazilian
artists
Lenora
de
Barros,
Ernesto
Neto,
Eduardo
Srur,
and
the
Italian-Brazilian
Anna
Maria
Maiolino.
Curated
by
Adelina
von
Fürstenberg,
the
Director
of
ART
for
The
World
and
the
Chief
Curator
of
the
4th
Biennale
of
Thessaloniki,
Greece
(2013-‐2014),
FOOD
brings
to
Sesc
Pinheiros
some
installations,
paintings,
sculptures,
photographs,
and
videos
of
these
great
contemporary
artists
approaching
topics
of
the
preservation
of
nature
and
investigating
issues
directly
or
indirectly
related
to
food,
as
well
as
the
consequences
of
the
climate
changes,
the
poisoning
of
agricultural
products,
the
discrepancies
in
food
distribution,
and
other
topics
related
to
this
subject.
“Food
is
the
eternal
element
of
identity
that
characterizes
different
people
as
driving
force
of
the
world
while
simultaneously
unites
cultures,
mother
nature
and
agriculture”,
explains
the
curator.
“Precisely
nutrition
with
all
its
facets,
it’s
the
central
issue
of
today’s
debate
on
sustainable
development
and
trade
of
fundamental
resources”.
The
exhibition
arrives
in
Brazil
in
its
second
edition;
the
first
one
took
place
at
the
Musée
Ariana,
in
Geneva,
Switzerland
(2012-‐2013),
and
after
this
presentation
in
Sao
Paulo,
the
third
venue
will
take
place
in
Marseille,
France,
at
the
Museum
of
European
and
Mediterranean
Civilizations
(MuCEM),
from
October
2014
until
February
2015.
ART
for
The
World
is
a
Non
Governmental
Organization
(NGO),
associated
with
UNDPI,
(United
Nations
Department
of
Public
Information).
ART
for
The
World
aims
to
mobilize
contemporary
art,
cinema
and
culture
on
the
most
relevant
issues
of
our
society.
Since
its
foundation
in
1996,
ART
for
The
World
has
curated
large
traveling
exhibitions
in
Switzerland,
Italy,
France,
UK,
Greece,
Morocco,
Armenia,
India
and
Brazil.
FOOD
highlights
once
again
the
close
cooperation
between
Sesc
São
Paulo
and
ART
for
The
World.
For
more
than
a
decade,
the
institution
realized
several
important
exhibitions
curated
by
ART
for
The
World,
such
as
the
solo
shows
of
Marina
Abramović
(2006)
and
Robert
Wilson
(2008),
as
well
as
the
group
exhibitions
Urban
Manners
(2010),
dedicated
to
contemporary
Indian
artists,
and
The
Mediterranean
Approach
(2012-‐2013),
concerning
Mediterranean
cultures.
Since
2008,
the
NGO
has
co-‐produced
with
SESCTV
twenty-‐nine
short
movies
by
video
artists
and
independent
filmmakers
linked
to
the
Human
Rights.
FOOD
was
initiated
in
collaboration
with
the
Department
of
Culture
and
Sport
of
the
City
of
Geneva
and
the
CBH
(Compagnie
Bancaire
Helvétique),
under
the
patronage
of
EXPO
Milano
2015.
The
exhibition
has
been
made
possible
thanks
to
the
collaboration
of
the
institutions
and
collections
LIMA
(Amsterdam)
and
Raghubir
Singh
Succession
(Paris),
as
well
as
the
galleries
Air
de
Paris
(Paris),
Galerie
Bob
van
Orsouw
(Zürich),
Galleria
Continua
(San
Gimignano,
Italy),
Galerie
Lelong
(Paris),
Galeria
Millan
(Sao
Paulo),
Galerieofmarseille
(Marseille),
Magazzino
d’Arte
Moderna
(Rome),
Nature
Morte
(New
Delhi).
Opening
Wednesday
February
19,
2014
at
8
pm
Sesc Pinheiros
Rua Paes Leme, 195 São Paulo, SP, Brasil
Hours:
tue - fri 10.30 - 21.30
sat 10.30 - 20.30, sun 10.30 - 18.30