Galeria Vermelho presents Hora Aberta [Open Hour] by Manuela Marques, from August 10 to September 4.
At the gallery’s mezzanine, the exhibition Hora aberta [Open Hour] articulates the work of French photographer Manuela Marques and the design office OVO. This is the first solo show of Manuela Marques in Brazil, who has been to Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and Brasilia last year for a residency programme supported by AFAA and the French Consulate in Sao Paulo.
Curated by Lisette Lagnado, the show presents six large scale photographs and three videos. Open Hour is literally the moment of dusk, but Open Hour here intends also to point that Manuela Marques’ research is inserted in this perception of a suspended moment. Her photographs bring a notion of frozen places and lives. The videos, some made during her residency in Brazil, bring the issue of movement with a velocity next to immobility.
The images of Manuela Marques are combined with seats of modular foam, specially developed by designer Gerson de Oliveira for this show. One of OVO’s intentions is to stretch the design field by working in several projects not exclusively related to furniture design. He was to develop a place for the visitor to stay as long as Marques’ videos require. The result is an ambient opposition to the dryness of the images, where the seats offer comfort and warmth.
Manuela Marques has exhibited at National Center of Photography in Paris, at Gallery Schroeder/
Romero in Nova York, at Galerie Anne Barrault in Paris, at Museum of Canadian Photography in Ottawa – Canada, at Galerie Imago Lucis at Porto – Portugal, among others.
OVO is a design Office by Luciana Martins and Gerson de Oliveira. The partnership comes from 1992, but the name OVO was created in 2000. From the beginning, they have been developing several projects, mostly working with furniture design, but they also participate in exhibitions in institutions and art galleries. They have a shop since 2002.
Galeria Vermelho presents Hora Aberta [Open Hour] by Manuela Marques, from August 10 to September 4.
At the gallery’s mezzanine, the exhibition Hora aberta [Open Hour] articulates the work of French photographer Manuela Marques and the design office OVO. This is the first solo show of Manuela Marques in Brazil, who has been to Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and Brasilia last year for a residency programme supported by AFAA and the French Consulate in Sao Paulo.
Curated by Lisette Lagnado, the show presents six large scale photographs and three videos. Open Hour is literally the moment of dusk, but Open Hour here intends also to point that Manuela Marques’ research is inserted in this perception of a suspended moment. Her photographs bring a notion of frozen places and lives. The videos, some made during her residency in Brazil, bring the issue of movement with a velocity next to immobility.
The images of Manuela Marques are combined with seats of modular foam, specially developed by designer Gerson de Oliveira for this show. One of OVO’s intentions is to stretch the design field by working in several projects not exclusively related to furniture design. He was to develop a place for the visitor to stay as long as Marques’ videos require. The result is an ambient opposition to the dryness of the images, where the seats offer comfort and warmth.
Manuela Marques has exhibited at National Center of Photography in Paris, at Gallery Schroeder/
Romero in Nova York, at Galerie Anne Barrault in Paris, at Museum of Canadian Photography in Ottawa – Canada, at Galerie Imago Lucis at Porto – Portugal, among others.
OVO is a design Office by Luciana Martins and Gerson de Oliveira. The partnership comes from 1992, but the name OVO was created in 2000. From the beginning, they have been developing several projects, mostly working with furniture design, but they also participate in exhibitions in institutions and art galleries. They have a shop since 2002.