Suspension, a retrospective exhibition by Artur Lescher at Pinacoteca de São Paulo

From March 23rd to June 24th, 2019, the Pinacoteca of São Paulo presents the exhibition Artur Lescher: Suspensão [Suspension], on the 4th floor of Pina Estação. Curated by Camila Bechelany, the retrospective examines the most important moments in the artist's career and gathers 120 works, including installations, sculptures, models, and sketchbooks. The exhibition highlights how Lescher is concerned with the concept of gravity since the beginning of his career, using engineering and mathematics to support his own poetic expression. Artur Lescher's (São Paulo, 1962) sculptures first drew critical attention following his participation in the 19th Bienal de São Paulo in 1987. The artist explores his relationship with the exhibition space, subtly intervening the space to leave the observer with a memory of the place. In pursuing this idea, his interests range from model building to astrology, through mathematics, architecture and mythology. For the Pinacoteca exhibition his 30 years of investigation have been separated into three axes/rooms: (1) Narrativas Líquidas (Liquid Narratives), which examines both the potential and the challenges of materials; (2) Suspensão (Suspension) on verticality in sculpture; and (3) Engenharia da memória (Engineering of Memory), which presents the artist's investigations into a rewriting and imaginary construction of the city. Artur Lescher: Suspensão is accompanied by a catalogue which includes an interview by Lilian Tone in which the artist looks back on his career. The catalogue includes images of the works in the exhibition, as well as other works of interest. Also published for the first time are illustrations of the models and notebooks which help us understand how the artist works, in addition to texts by the exhibition's curator, Camila Bechelany, and Juliano Pessanha.