Exhibitions /Already held

Continuing the cycle of lectures and discussions on “Brazilian Cultural Identity" was inaugurated this month individual exhibition of Valdir Sarubbi. And this day, following on from this round of talks, there was a round table with Sheila Mann (plastic artist) and Renato Rezendo (plastic artist, poet, editor and translator). The table was be composed by these two ex-pupils of Sarubbi and they was debate the importance of his work for the Brazilian plastic arts.

Sponsorship: Sagatiba

Continuing the cycle of lectures and discussions on “Brazilian Cultural Identity" was inaugurated this month individual exhibition of Francisco Galeno, by displaying paintings and boxes. And this day, following on from this round of talks this month, was shown the film "Galeno, Curumim Arteiro" directed by Marcelo Díaz. This documentary aims to bring the public the work of artist Francisco Galeno by contact with the artist and her story.

Sponsorship: Sagatiba

Following on from this round of talks this this month were the teacher and potter Lalada Dalglish and Portuguese teacher Virginia Frois. Will talk about the art of pottery today.

Sponsorship: Sagatiba

This theme was discussed in a round-table composed of three specialists on the issue: the art dealer Paulo Vasconcelos, the art critic Olívio Tavares de Araújo and art dealer Roberto Rugiero. Will talk about production in folk art from the painting of José Antonio da Silva and ceramic Vitalino until today.

Sponsorship: Sagatiba

This theme was discussed in a round-table composed of two specialists on the issue: Aracy Amaral, historian and art critic; and Paulo Pasta, artist, curator and teacher. The central issue will be popular art and particularly the influence of the Modernist movement upon art and popular artists.

Sponsorship: Sagatiba

When Danilo Blanco and Fernando Zelman suggested I prepare the 8th edition of Sunday Outfits at Galeria Pontes, it was a pleasant surprise. But our first conversation already showed that “Sunday Outfits in Popular Art” made a lot of sense.
In the works of popular artists, regardless of the technique, what becomes very evident is the great care they dedicate to the clothes of men and women they portray. Even in the absence of coloring, when using clay or wood in natural color, one can see in the resulting texture the great lengths they went to when “clothing” the figures in nice attire.
Other artists in this exhibit do not belong to the universe of popular artists, but were invited to participate on account of a possible dialogue. We believe the selection proposed in this exhibit forms a coherent whole that shows the vigor and modernity of popular art.
Designers of clothes, shoes and jewelry also come here to keep up the tradition of all past editions: “rescuing the poetry of Sunday clothes”, continuing to integrate the two genres of expression: fashion and art.

This theme was discussed in a round-table composed of three specialists on the issue: Daniela Capelatto, filmmaker; João Braga, professsor and film historian; and Priscila Brunetti, fashion consultant.

Sponsorship: Sagatiba

This theme was discussed at a round-table composed of three experts in contemporary art: Jacopo Crivelli Visconti, curator and art critic; Leda Catunda, artist; and Marcia Fortes, marchand and partner at Galeria Fortes Vilaça.

Sponsorship: Sagatiba

Based on "Modernist Box," a kind of portable museum that features faithful replicas of many of the greatest jewels of the movement of Week 22, the PhD Jorge Schwartz (Professor of Literature at USP and director of the Museum Lasar Segall) spoke about the modernist movement.

Sponsorship: Sagatiba

Debate mediator: Pedro Ariel Santana – architect and journalist, editor-in-chief of Casa Claudia.

Inexact Mechanics
Opening time: August 17, 2009, 7 PM. Exhibited from August 18 through October 10.
Place: Galeria Pontes, Rua Minas Gerais, 80 – Higienópolis.

Just before completing its first anniversary, Galeria Pontes presented the exhibit “Inexact Mechanics”. Conceived and implemented by the young and competent curator Jacopo Crivelli Visconti, this exhibit counted on the participation of our own artists and those of other galleries. These works expressed the idea of movement contained in fantastic machines and contraptions, such as Zezinho’s windmill, Milton Marques’ works and Mestre Eudócio’s sculpture, resulting in a harmonious wedlock between popular and contemporary arts.

1st Encontros com a Arte Popular (Maureen Bisilliat and Vilma Eid)
Time: March 31, 2009, 7 PM.
Place : Galeria Pontes, Rua Minas Gerais, 80 – Higienópolis.

At the opening of “Encontros com a Arte Popular da Galeria Pontes” Edna Pontes brought two guests, Maureen Bisilliat and Vilma Eid. They talked about the experiences they had amassed all over the Brazilian territory, panning popular art objects at different periods:

- Maureen Bisilliat was a partner of the Popular Art Gallery “O BODE”, from 1972 to 1992.
- Vilma Eid currently manages “GALERIA ESTAÇÃO” and pans popular art ever since the middle of the eighties.