JOANA VASCONCELOS

BABYLON

2013
Glass, handmade wooden crochet, polyester ornaments
100 x 100 x 420 cm

GLASSTRESS. WINDOW TO THE FUTURE, GLASSTRESS 2013

Joana Vasconcelos' Babylon
Joana Vasconcelos' Babylon

RUBRA

2016
Glass, handmade woollen crochet, ornaments, LED, power supply unit, polyester, iron
176 x 110 x 110 cm

GLASSTRESS 2019

BLUE VELVET

2016
Glass, Handmade Woolen Crochet, Ornaments Polyester
360 x 170 cm Diameter

GLASSTRESS BOCA RATON

VIA ILUMINATA

2015
Glass, textile matter
170 x 360 cm diameter

GLASSTRESS 2015

Joana Vasconcelos' Via Iluminata

BIOGRAPHY

Joana Vasconcelos was born in 1971 in Paris, France, and lives and works in Lisbon. Her artistic career, focused on the realization of installations and sculptures, is based on appropriation, decontextualization and subversion of pre-existing objects, belonging to everyday life.

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The colossal size and bright colors are the protagonists of her works, in addition to the use of video and photographs, all assembled and presented to the viewers, who are often left fascinated and intrigued. Her creations combine the ready-made of Duchamp, the artistic concepts of New Realism and Pop culture, the artworks of Louise Bourgeois and Eva Hesse, creating compositions that are also a critique of contemporary society and a reflection on the themes of national and collective identity. The artist explores the dichotomies between artisanal and industrial, private and public, tradition and modernity, erudite and popular. After her participation in the 51st Venice Biennial (2005), her work became known internationally. Recent career highlights include a solo exhibition at the Château de Versailles (2012) and “Trafaria Praia” a boat for the Portugal Pavilion at the 55th Venice Biennial (2013). Her works are present in important international collections including the Louis Vuitton Foundation and the Pinault Collection. Her masterpieces were exhibited at the Museu de Arte Contemporânea de Serralves (2000), Porto, Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporáneo (2003), Seville, Garage Centre for Contemporary Culture (2009), Moscow, the Centquatre (2012), Paris, Saatchi Gallery (2013), London, the Tel Aviv Museum of Art (2013), Manchester Art Gallery (2014), Mario Mauroner Contemporary Art (2015), Vienna, Glasstress (2013, 2015), Venice, the Afro Brasil Museum (2016), São Paulo, Chiostro del Bramante (2016), Rome, and in the exhibition Glassfever (2016), Dordrecht. She won the EDP Young Artists Award (2000), the Tabaqueira Award for Public Art Prize (2003) and The Winner Take It All prize awarded by the Berardo Foundation (2006).

For more information: joanavasconcelos.com

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