Grafito, carboncillo y pastel al óleo sobre lienzo
892 x 212 cm
Linhas Tortas es una exposición colectiva internacional en múltiples lugares que celebra los enredos de los viajes y el poder de la narración, marcando una década de Mendes Wood DM. Inspirado en el aforismo brasileño “deus escreve certo por linhas tortas”, que literalmente se traduce como “dios escribe derecho con renglones torcidos” y metafóricamente como “dios obra de manera misteriosa”, el espectáculo sigue complejos senderos (del pensamiento y de la vida) que se despliega cuando uno se pone en marcha con intención pero sin un final a la vista. Toma caminos que no están impulsados por la conveniencia o la eficiencia, no optimizados por la oferta y la demanda, sino que evitan los muchos atajos abiertos por las fuerzas capitalistas y/o coloniales para mejorar a unos pocos a expensas de muchos. Cuestiona quién tenía derecho a escribir la historia y plantea nuevas formas de (re)inscribir perspectivas y sistemas de ser profundos que fueron deliberadamente oscurecidos.
Artistas participantes: Pacita Abad, Etel Adnan, Anusha Alamgir, Anni Albers, Alma Allen, Lucas Arruda ,Silvia Bächli, Alvaro Barrington, Geraldo de Barros, Neïl Beloufa, Lynda Benglis, Huma Bhabha, Pim Blokker, Sofia Borges, Kasper Bosmans, Paloma Bosquê, Castiel Vitorino Brasileiro, Heidi Bucher, Varda Caivano, Nina Canell, Guglielmo Castelli, Amilcar de Castro, Willys de Castro, Nicole Chaput, Neha Choksi, Bruce Conner, Adriano Costa, Alexandre da Cunha, Annalee Davis, Michael Dean, Mariana Castillo Deball, Antonio Dias, Torkwase Dyson, Naufus Ramírez-Figueroa, Coco Fusco, Carolina Fusilier, Anna Bella Geiger, Madelynn Gingold, Sonia Gomes, Antony Gormley, Shilpa Gupta, Lawrence Abu Hamdan, Veronika Hapchenko, Josi, Sanam Khatibi, Matthew Lutz-Kinoy, Vojtěch Kovařík, Runo Lagomarsino, Mimi Lauter, Patricia Leite, Leonilson, Candice Lin, Paloma Contreras Lomas, Amadeo Luciano Lorenzato, Daniel Steegmann Mangrané, Calvin Marcus, Roberto Burle Marx, Cildo Meireles, Hana Miletić, Paulo Monteiro, Paulo Nazareth, Senga Nengudi, Iulia Nistor, Antonio Obá, Eduardo Ortega, Christodoulos Panayiotou, Lygia Pape, Rosana Paulino, Fernando Marques Penteado, Solange Pessoa, Saskia Pintelon, Paulo Nimer Pjota, Laure Prouvost, Leticia Ramos, Celso Renato, Luiz Roque, Giangiacomo Rossetti, Monica Sartori, Mira Schendel, Maaike Schoorel, Mira Schor, Paula Siebra, Amie Siegel, Sula Bermúdez-Silverman, Marina Perez Simão, Kishio Suga, Ayesha Sultana, Pol Taburet, Mario Garcia Torres, Tunga, Luc Tuymans, Rubem Valentim, Luana Vitra, Erika Verzutti (collaborative piece with Adriano Costa and Paulo Monteiro), Evelyn Taocheng Wang, Lawrence Weiner and Francesca Woodman.
Graphite, charcoal, and oil pastel on canvas
351 1/8 x 83 1/2 in
Linhas Tortas is a multi-venue international group exhibition that celebrates the entanglements of journeys and the power of storytelling, marking a decade of Mendes Wood DM. Inspired by the Brazilian aphorism “deus escreve certo por linhas tortas”, which literally translates to “god writes straight with crooked lines” and metaphorically to “god works in mysterious ways”, the show follows complex trails (of thought and of life) that unfold when one sets off with intention but without an end in sight. It takes paths that are not driven by expediency or efficiency, not optimized by supply and demand, but rather ones that avoid the many shortcuts blazed by capitalist and/or colonial forces to better the few at the expense of the many. It questions who had the right to write history, and posits new ways to (re)inscribe profound perspectives and systems of being that were deliberately obscured from view.
Artists include: Pacita Abad, Etel Adnan, Anusha Alamgir, Anni Albers, Alma Allen, Lucas Arruda ,Silvia Bächli, Alvaro Barrington, Geraldo de Barros, Neïl Beloufa, Lynda Benglis, Huma Bhabha, Pim Blokker, Sofia Borges, Kasper Bosmans, Paloma Bosquê, Castiel Vitorino Brasileiro, Heidi Bucher, Varda Caivano, Nina Canell, Guglielmo Castelli, Amilcar de Castro, Willys de Castro, Nicole Chaput, Neha Choksi, Bruce Conner, Adriano Costa, Alexandre da Cunha, Annalee Davis, Michael Dean, Mariana Castillo Deball, Antonio Dias, Torkwase Dyson, Naufus Ramírez-Figueroa, Coco Fusco, Carolina Fusilier, Anna Bella Geiger, Madelynn Gingold, Sonia Gomes, Antony Gormley, Shilpa Gupta, Lawrence Abu Hamdan, Veronika Hapchenko, Josi, Sanam Khatibi, Matthew Lutz-Kinoy, Vojtěch Kovařík, Runo Lagomarsino, Mimi Lauter, Patricia Leite, Leonilson, Candice Lin, Paloma Contreras Lomas, Amadeo Luciano Lorenzato, Daniel Steegmann Mangrané, Calvin Marcus, Roberto Burle Marx, Cildo Meireles, Hana Miletić, Paulo Monteiro, Paulo Nazareth, Senga Nengudi, Iulia Nistor, Antonio Obá, Eduardo Ortega, Christodoulos Panayiotou, Lygia Pape, Rosana Paulino, Fernando Marques Penteado, Solange Pessoa, Saskia Pintelon, Paulo Nimer Pjota, Laure Prouvost, Leticia Ramos, Celso Renato, Luiz Roque, Giangiacomo Rossetti, Monica Sartori, Mira Schendel, Maaike Schoorel, Mira Schor, Paula Siebra, Amie Siegel, Sula Bermúdez-Silverman, Marina Perez Simão, Kishio Suga, Ayesha Sultana, Pol Taburet, Mario Garcia Torres, Tunga, Luc Tuymans, Rubem Valentim, Luana Vitra, Erika Verzutti (collaborative piece with Adriano Costa and Paulo Monteiro), Evelyn Taocheng Wang, Lawrence Weiner and Francesca Woodman.