ExhibitionJuly 23, 2021
Erika Verzutti: The Indiscipline of Sculpture
Erika Verzutti’s (São Paulo, 1971) first solo exhibition held in a Brazilian museum. Verzutti’s thought-provoking forms explore new possibilities for the medium, the origin, and materiality of sculpture, by using various materials, including bronze, concrete, stone, and paper-mâché.
From the 2000s, the artist began to produce sculptures in series, grouped over time into families of “swans,” “Tarsilas,” “jackfruits,” “cemeteries,” and others. The exhibition presents examples of works from these families, creating multiple associations between them. The artist’s most recent production is also included “wall reliefs,” works that mix painting and sculpture and dialog with the history of art and the contemporary world.
The exhibition is divided into seven sections based on philosophy, psychoanalysis, popular culture, and art history. The sections are: “Becoming-Animal,” “Tropical Pathway,” “World Metaphor,” “Totemize the Taboo,” “Wild Modernism,” “Under Tarsila’s Sun (and Other Stories)” and “Strangely Familiar.”
The exhibition presents works from 2003 to 2021, including a new sculpture created especially for the show. It is part of the biennium of programming for 2021-22 dedicated to Brazilian histories at MASP, and in this first year dedicated exclusively to female artists.
Curated by Adriano Pedrosa, artistic director, MASP, and André Mesquita, curator, MASP
From the 2000s, the artist began to produce sculptures in series, grouped over time into families of “swans,” “Tarsilas,” “jackfruits,” “cemeteries,” and others. The exhibition presents examples of works from these families, creating multiple associations between them. The artist’s most recent production is also included “wall reliefs,” works that mix painting and sculpture and dialog with the history of art and the contemporary world.
The exhibition is divided into seven sections based on philosophy, psychoanalysis, popular culture, and art history. The sections are: “Becoming-Animal,” “Tropical Pathway,” “World Metaphor,” “Totemize the Taboo,” “Wild Modernism,” “Under Tarsila’s Sun (and Other Stories)” and “Strangely Familiar.”
The exhibition presents works from 2003 to 2021, including a new sculpture created especially for the show. It is part of the biennium of programming for 2021-22 dedicated to Brazilian histories at MASP, and in this first year dedicated exclusively to female artists.
Curated by Adriano Pedrosa, artistic director, MASP, and André Mesquita, curator, MASP
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