It is with great joy that we announce the participation of artist Zé Carlos Garcia in the 22nd Biennial Sesc_Videobrasil. Starting in October, at Sesc 24 de Maio, the Sergipe-born and Rio de Janeiro-based artist will present a new work – defined by him as a “landscape sculpture”.
Entitled “Memory is an editing station“— a phrase taken from a poem by Waly Salomão (1943–2003) — this event’s edition is curated by Raphael Fonseca (Brazil) and Renée Akitelek Mboya (Kenya). It also celebrates the 40th anniversary of Videobrasil, initially devoted to video, and then expanded over the decades to encompass a broad range of artistic languages.
For more information about the Biennial and about the other selected artists, click here.
About the artist
Garcia’s artistic practice emerge from the investigation of the body as a central piece and from the experience as a voluntary action that alters the landscape, undergoing constant morphological change, also through the addition of new elements. Hybrid beings emerge with aesthetic and allegorical power, under the sign of sculpture.
Among his most recent solo exhibitions, we highlight: Grande Circo Floresta, curated by Claudio Oliveira, Portas Vilaseca Galeria, Rio de Janeiro (2021); Torto, curated by Paula Borghi, Cassia Bomeny Galeria, Rio de Janeiro (2018) and Do Pó ao Pó, curated by Isabel Portella, Galeria do Lago, Museu da República, Rio de Janeiro (2017). Among his most recent group exhibitions, we highlight: NISE – A Revolution for Affection – curated by Estúdio M’Baraká, with consultancy by psychiatrist Vitor Pordeus and museologist Eurípedes Júnior (Sesc Belenzinho, São Paulo, 2022; and Banco do Brasil Cultural Center, Rio de Janeiro, 2021); Images that don’t conform – curated by Marcelo Campos and Paulo Knauss (Rio Art Museum – MAR, Rio de Janeiro, 2021); Busan Biennale (Busan, South Korea, 2018); Cavalo come Rei (Fondazione Prada, Milan, Italy, 2018 – in collaboration with artist Laura Lima); A Room and a Half (Ujazdowski Castle Center for Contemporary Art, Warsaw, Poland), among others.
His works are part of important institutional collections in Brazil, such as the Marcos Amaro Foundation collection, Itu, São Paulo; Museu de Arte do Rio – MAR, Rio de Janeiro; and Instituto Inhotim, Brumadinho, Minas Gerais.
Suas obras fazem parte de importantes coleções institucionais no Brasil, entre elas: Fundação Marcos Amaro, Itu, SP; Museu de Arte do Rio – MAR, Rio de Janeiro, RJ; e Instituto Inhotim, Brumadinho, MG. Garcia was recently awarded the ARCO Madrid Six Senses Ibiza Sustainable Art Award for his sculptural work, which uses wood from reforestation and from urban pruning.
To see the artist’s profile page, click here.