ARTE BRA Gabriela Machado
2016
Gabriela Machado
With this volume on the artist Gabriela Machado, the ARTE BRA collection celebrates its ninth edition. Gabriela’s work is characterized by an experimentation which is visible in the diversity of her resources and techniques: paintings, engravings, drawings, photographs, collages and, more recently, sculptures.
The previously unpublished text was written by the critic and curator, Ronaldo Brito, who has followed the artista’s career for many years. Ronaldo draws attention to the “imponderable discipline of improvisation” that “renders the world visible”, and that has distinguished the artist’s work from her first paintings to the recent sculptures. The re-published texts, by Paulo Venancio Filho, Alberto Tassinari and Frederico Coelho, were written in the specific context of exhibitions, but are perfectly comprehensible when considered in relation to the work as a whole.
The artist’s notebook presents collages produced between the end of 2015 and the start of 2016, made from newspaper cuttings which are then painted over by the artist. The interview was conducted in the artist’s studio in the presence of Frederico Coelho, the musician Aleh Ferreira, and the Portuguese art criticJorge Espinho. The chronology, organized by Julia Pombo, helps the reader to understand the development of Gabriela’s artistic process, an architect by training and an attendee of courses at the Parque Lage School of Visual Arts (Escola de Artes Visuais do Parque Lage) during the 1980s. From the end of that decade to the present day, the artist has held group and solo exhibitions, embarked on journeys and artistic residences, won prizes, and undertaken projects at different cultural institutions. Finally, the bibliography lists texts and videos produced by Gabriela or about her work.
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Automatica has been developing cultural projects since 2005, working in the creation, production, curation, management, coordination and consultancy of exhibitions, educational programs, publications and other activities related to artistic production. It works with artists, curators, art critics, art historians, cultural institutions, public and private sponsors. It participates in public notices and awards, and prepares projects for incentive laws in the three spheres of public administration.
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