Leme

Rosana Palazyan / Luz Angela Lizarazo

23 Sep - 20 Oct 2006

ROSANA PALAZYAN / LUZ ANGELA LIZARAZO

Galeria Leme presents Rosana Palazyan’s most recent work, made after intense field research, one of the landmarks of her artistic proposals. For this exhibit, Palazyan has gathered information from stories of success, juxtaposing what has been shown in most of her previous work. Now she has been talking to those who have managed to have significant positive transformations in their lives; these stories will be presented in a delicate manner, with pieces which shall relate to Galeria Leme’s dense architecture, its building constructed all in bare concrete. Delicate handmade sheds will be installed in the gallery’s walls and some will contain small embroideries, representing each of these stories. Considering the idea that a person’s identity is in the palm of its hands, Palazyan has drawn the lines of hands of those which are no longer living on the streets, represented through embroidered fabric tissues, as though written in a book. It is worthwhile noting that the narrative shown in the artist’s former work is presented in a much more subtitle and abstract manner . The artist has also planted weeds in the small spaces which connect the concrete blocks which make up the gallery. These weeds represents this people that lives on the streets, in her investigation she discovered that weeds are as a definition plants that grows where it is not wanted , it has neither beauty giving an even more dynamic aspect to the overall installation. Rosana has invited biologists to work alongside her in the opening day, whom will participate in the performance scheduled at 12h.
Rosana Palazyan has participated in the XXVI São Paulo Biennial, 2004; presented solo exhibits at São Paulo’s Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil (CCBB), 2004 and in Rio’s CCBB in 2000 as well as in Museo de Arte Contemporaneo Rufino Tamayo, in Mexico, 1999; amongst her group exhibitions are Manobras Radicais, CCBB, São Paulo, 2006, RAMPA, ASU-Arizona State University, USA, 2005 and Homo Ludens, Itaú Cultural, São Paulo.
During this period Galeria Leme will also present works by Colombian artist Luz Angela Lizarazo, with a selection of drawings, paintings and sculptures in porcelain and paper, as well as two installations – one made out of cactus fibres and the other confectioned from horse hair. Lizarazo’s work, also executed in a subtitle and delicate manner, intends to show the human body and its insides. Luz Angela has participated in different exhibitions in Colombia and Spain, where she lives and works.

© Rosana Palazyan
 

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