From the margin to the edge
07/21/2012 — 09/08/2012
Somerset House, London,
England
The exhibition comprised the work of 33 designers and artists, presenting a broad cross-section of contemporary painting, object-making, photography, graphic design and video installation in Brazil. Every piece has been created within the past decade. The selection features not only established, celebrated names such as Regina Silveira and Nelson Leirner, but also artists on the rise such as Rodrigo Braga and Zé Carlos Garcia. And the curator is Rafael Cardoso.
The exhibition taking up the more than 450 square metres of the mezzanine floor at Somerset House, a location that hosted Casa Brazil – a centre for the promotion of Brazilian culture with a special focus on the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro and the doings of the Brazilian Olympic Committee during the 2012 London Games.
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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