Marcos Chaves: the images that speak to us
03/20/2021 — 07/25/2021
Museu de Arte Moderna do Rio de Janeiro, RJ
Curiosity about the things that surround us, from the smallest to the largest; about what we think we know to what we still haven’t been able to figure out. Without filling the world with new things; on the contrary, giving due attention to the things that exist, allowing them to reveal themselves in their uniqueness.
Since the late 1980s, Marcos Chaves has been responsible for an artistic production that allows us to see close up objects and situations that comprise the world we inhabit. Through his images, we can get closer to the city of Rio de Janeiro, to its lush landscapes and hidden corners; but also to imagined or distant places. And through objects from the present and the past, often presented in sometimes unexpected dialogues, we illuminate with stories that ultimately speak about ourselves.
Marcos Chaves: as imagens que nos contam [Marcos Chaves: the images that speak to us] includes around 70 works by the artist that show the different facets of his practice, from photography and video, to installations and modified objects. It brings together creations from private collections and from the artist’s own collection, together with new and recent works, using an expositive grammar which, like Chaves, connects things to each other, in dialog with the landscape of which they form part.
Of the selected works, worthy of note is the reproduction of the banners Amarésimples/Amarécomplexo, ten years after their first installation. The work was created by Marcos Chaves in 2011, for the exhibition Travessias, which inaugurated the Galpão Bela Maré space, in Nova Holanda. The banners bearing the phrases were installed on Catwalk 9, in both directions of Avenida Brazil, which is to receive the tracks again during the exhibition at MAM Rio.
Credits
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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