Read the full text in portuguese by Edson Passetti here
Vermelho presents, from July 20th to August 19th, 2006, the solo exhibition Via invertida by Lia Chaia.
The relationships between man, nature and the city, a theme always present in Lia Chaia’s work, reappear in installations, photographs, wall collages and video, in the solo exhibition Via invertida, pointing to the artist’s versatility in using media distinct themes focusing on the domestication of nature and the poetic particularities of urban culture.
In the new series made up of six photographs (2006), Chaia presents images of the transformation of vegetation, according to the variation of the seasons, on a wall occupied by climbing plants, photographed over a period of six months. On the images, the artist drew with dry point, vines in the opposite direction of the photographed images, establishing a dialogue with the work “Verdera”, which occupies one of the walls in the external area of the gallery, painted about a year ago, a time when “cat’s claws”, a type of vine that has been growing over the mural painting, were planted.
Based on photographic research of drawings on the sidewalks of Mexico City, anonymous interventions, the artist developed the project for a fully designed concrete floor, which will occupy the floor of the gallery’s white cube. Another theme that appears in “Via invertida” refers to time. In this sense, Chaia presents a series of 72 photographs, taken over a year, with images of a swimming pool and the surrounding courtyard under renovation. This series was recorded from the top of a building, enhancing details and areas of color and texture. Urban tensions can be seen in the work “Choque”, from 2006, where dozens of battery-powered carts circulate chaotically in the geometry of a maze. In “Verticidade”, from 2006, the artist addresses the feeling of vertigo caused by urban chaos, through an inclined plane made with collages of building facades. In the same direction, the video “Minhocão”, from 2006, can also be found, where the artist takes from her mouth countless images of facades recorded on a walk along Elevado Costa e Silva, in the city of São Paulo. Furthermore, the facade of the gallery will be occupied by the work “Heliponto”.
Read the full text in portuguese by Edson Passetti here
Vermelho presents, from July 20th to August 19th, 2006, the solo exhibition Via invertida by Lia Chaia.
The relationships between man, nature and the city, a theme always present in Lia Chaia’s work, reappear in installations, photographs, wall collages and video, in the solo exhibition Via invertida, pointing to the artist’s versatility in using media distinct themes focusing on the domestication of nature and the poetic particularities of urban culture.
In the new series made up of six photographs (2006), Chaia presents images of the transformation of vegetation, according to the variation of the seasons, on a wall occupied by climbing plants, photographed over a period of six months. On the images, the artist drew with dry point, vines in the opposite direction of the photographed images, establishing a dialogue with the work “Verdera”, which occupies one of the walls in the external area of the gallery, painted about a year ago, a time when “cat’s claws”, a type of vine that has been growing over the mural painting, were planted.
Based on photographic research of drawings on the sidewalks of Mexico City, anonymous interventions, the artist developed the project for a fully designed concrete floor, which will occupy the floor of the gallery’s white cube. Another theme that appears in “Via invertida” refers to time. In this sense, Chaia presents a series of 72 photographs, taken over a year, with images of a swimming pool and the surrounding courtyard under renovation. This series was recorded from the top of a building, enhancing details and areas of color and texture. Urban tensions can be seen in the work “Choque”, from 2006, where dozens of battery-powered carts circulate chaotically in the geometry of a maze. In “Verticidade”, from 2006, the artist addresses the feeling of vertigo caused by urban chaos, through an inclined plane made with collages of building facades. In the same direction, the video “Minhocão”, from 2006, can also be found, where the artist takes from her mouth countless images of facades recorded on a walk along Elevado Costa e Silva, in the city of São Paulo. Furthermore, the facade of the gallery will be occupied by the work “Heliponto”.
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