For this year’s edition of Untitled Art Miami Beach, Portas Vilaseca Galeria has developed a special solo project featuring the most recent work of Brazilian artist Mano Penalva.
With a keen eye, Penalva delves into the heart of everyday life, displacing objects from their usual context and reflecting on the material culture and the social interactions within different spaces. His ability to explore multiple forms of expression in different techniques and media is visible in each piece displayed at the gallery’s booth (C2), where the public will be able to contemplate new aesthetic combinations and also rethink the relationship with the world surrounding us.
The core of the artist’s work lies in his close observation of the universe that moves around the house and the street, between domestic life and the public sphere. In this context, we identify an interest in popular gestures and traditions, disused manufactures, household ornaments and the improvisations of informal capitalism. Based on rigorous field research, Penalva delves into the depths of social dynamics to extract visual metaphors in geometric exercises, which are in open dialogue with the history of Brazilian art, especially with the teachings from the concrete and neoconcrete movements.
Check our full preview, which includes images and information about all works on display at the fair, presentation text + artist’s mini-bio.
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Info
Portas Vilaseca at Untitled Art Miami Beach 2023
Solo Project – Mano Penalva
Booth: C2
Where: Ocean Drive and 12th Street, Miami Beach, Florida
Visiting times:
Tues (VIP and guests), 5 Dec > 12pm–7pm
Wed, 6 Dec > 11am–7pm
Thurs, 7 Dec > 11am–7pm
Fri, 8 Dec > 11am–7pm
Sat, 9 Dec > 11am–7pm
Sun, 10 Dec > 11am–5pm
Supported by
ABACT – Associação Brasileira de Arte Contemporânea
LATITUDE Platform for Brazilian Art Galleries Abroad
More information: https://untitledartfairs.com/
Work highlighted (photo by Estúdio em obra):
Bevel II: how to round corners, 2023
Wooden beads, steel wire rope, rings and nails
220 x 157 x 111 cm [ 86.6 x 61.8 x 43.7 in ]
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Pictures Gallery (booth)
by Mikhail Mishin
