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13 May – 4 June
‘I
want to make work that has the intensity of our rousing technology.
I want to create work that is as arrogant as the moment we
are living in, but that has the humble docility of eternity.
I want to grab and squeeze my thoughts, suspend empathy and
become a detached observer of this amazing spectacle that
is our time’
Twenty
years after arriving in England, from Brazil, is a
timely moment for an exhibition to survey the work
of Glauce Cerveira. This exhibition spans ten years,
from recent paintings that delve into the world of
fashion to early work that engaged with tools and
objects of general use. Across the spectrum of these
works there is a certainty about bringing the subject
directly into the viewer’s space. We have to
take part; we are not allowed to keep our distance.
How this is achieved involves both the language and
the mysteries of how paintings work.
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Cerveira
delights in playing with this language, whether it is her
invasion of all areas of the colour spectrum or her masterful
use of glass balls. This work is full of questions and therefore
it is no surprise that an exploration of digital imagery joins
her production in a seamless fashion. This creates a fascinating
dialogue between the one-off, hand-made and the machine multiple,
where she dares one to surpass the other.
Cerveira
is interested in what lengths we go to in order to feel wanted,
special or to be accepted. The paintings ponder the battle
between the persona and the self.
In
the painting that lends its title to the exhibition, ‘The
Things We Do For Love’, a small part of the person is
revealed while the focus is kept on what she is wearing. The
persona has become more prominent than the self. She turns
fashion into subject matter and then uses it as a springboard
for questioning contemporary behaviour.
‘I
want to depict the role of the persona in front of the self
and how much of it (the self) survives the compromises we
make’. A striving for quality wins out and the Brazilian
Embassy is more than pleased to celebrate the work of a home-grown
talent.
Monday
- Friday 12am-6pm
Saturday
- 11am-4pm
Opening
12 May 2005, 6 - 8 pm
Gallery
32
32
Green Street London W1K 7AT. Marble Arch tube station
Galeria32@brazil.org.uk
020 7399 9282
www.brazil.org.uk
www.glauce.com
For
further information:
Poppy Sebire
Phone: 078 1583 0155
E- email:poppy@poppysebire.com
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