Laercio Redondo - Contos sem reis
03/16/2013 — 05/05/2013
Casa França Brasil, Rio de Janeiro, RJ
Contos sem Reis [Tales with no Kings] is a solo show exhibition by the artist Laercio Redondo, curated by Frederico Coelho.
Continuously using books, films, characters or historical events as a starting point, the work of Laercio deals with memory and forgetfulness (whether voluntary or not), revealing and expanding these invisible processes through images and installations.
In Contos sem reis, the artist revolves the history of Casa França Brasil, using the building as a symbol of the city of Rio de Janeiro, once capital of the Brazilian Empire. Designed by Grandjean de Montigny, architect of the French Mission to Brazil, this building is the most important example of neoclassical architecture in the city. Inaugurated by the king Dom João VI in 1820, as the first Commerce Square in Rio de Janeiro, it was turned into the Custom House by the emperor Dom Pedro I just four years later, when Brazil recently had gained its independency.
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