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Celebrating 27 years of partnership, artists Deborah Engel and Siri present for the first time a joint exhibition, in which they explore the intricate webs of everyday life and shared creativity. Curated by Marcello Dantas, ‘Arapuca – Tramas do Tempo e da Criação’ (Trap – Weaves of Time and Creation) opens this Saturday (July 8) […]
Portas Vilaseca Galeria presents the solo shows “In between lines“, by Deborah Engel, and “A kind of hole“, by Gabriel Secchin. The exhibitions take up different spaces in the gallery’s building – located in Botafogo – and bring together the most recent production of both artists, whose practices are materialized in the infinite possibilities of […]
Represented by Portas Vilaseca Galeria, artists Claudia Hersz, Mulambö, Deborah Engel and Pedro Victor Brandão are participating in the project “Fotos Pró Rio“, organized by FotoRio, Galeria Aymoré, Ateliê Oriente and Retrato Espaço Cultural in support of nonprofit organizations operating in poor areas in and around Rio de Janeiro, and also in support of photographers […]
Continuing with cycle #4 of our ARTE+CARE program, we bring this week new works by artist Deborah Engel. Given the current social/spatial/temporal context, Engel borrows from philosopher Saint Augustine the expression “Volu ut sis” to name her new series, “I want you to be“. Using photo collages of fragments of philosophical texts, she draws poetic labyrinths […]
Friday! It’s time to check a new publication in our virtual library. Take a look at the catalogue of artist Deborah Engel’s solo exhibition “Mergulho” (Dive), which took place at Portas Vilaseca Galeria in 2019. With a critical essay by Daniela Labra and photos by Pedro Victor Brandão, the publication (bilingual – in Portuguese and […]
Another publication arriving today in our library! Take a look at “OLHONOOLHO” (“Eye to Eye”), by artist Deborah Engel. 15 years ago, in 2005, Engel distributed 200 stickers with the image of one of her eyes to a diverse group of people. She asked that this “eye” should be placed (or glued) somewhere of their […]