Artists: Daniel Lie & Juliana dos Santos
Exhibition title: Das, was nicht geerbt werden kann / Aquilo que não se herda
Curated by: Nuno de Brito Rocha
Venue: Kunstverein Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany
Date: July 1 – October 1, 2023
Photography: all images copyright and courtesy of the artists and Kunstverein Braunschweig
Note: Exhibition’s booklet is available here
Daniel Lie’s and Juliana dos Santos’ artistic work is essentially characterized by performative installations and drawings. Lie is of Indonesian-Brazilian descent and Santos is an African-descent artist. Their socio-geographical backgrounds run throughout their artistic practice, forming the basis for much of their individual as well as collaborative research and investigation. For the Remise of the Kunstverein, the artists are developing a duo exhibition in which they hope to continue a dialogue that began nearly a decade ago, based on their own personal biographies.
The exhibition Das, was nicht geerbt werden kann / Aquilo que não se herda (What is not inherited) is inspired by the drawings of two people that played a key role in both of the artists’ lifes. Lie observess spontaneous scribbles and sketches made during telephone conversations by Iranilda da Costa; Juliana dos Santo’s works are based on Eliana de Oliveiras’ notebooks of study and geometric drawing exercises. Starting from these found drawings and symbols, both artists developed further techniques as a creative exercise that go beyond their individual poetic research. The aim of these exercises is to explore the found drawings and images of Iranilda and Eliana in other forms and materials – on paper, as volumes or as shadows and light – and thus enter into a new poetic encounter.
What is not inherited can be all that is not transferable, that is unique, inseparable from a person: their traces, lines, handwriting and drawings. For the Kunstverein, Lie and Santos make visible the connections between the drawings of Iranilda and Eliana, both of whom played a crucial role in the affective and artistic development of the artists.
Eliana de Oliveira became the mother of Juliana dos Santos in 1987 and Iranilda da Costa became the mother of Daniel Lie in 1988.
Daniel Lie & Juliana dos Santos, 2023. Exhibition view at Kunstverein Braunschweig 2023. Courtesy: the artist, Kunstverein Braunschweig, Photo: Stefan Stark
Daniel Lie & Juliana dos Santos, 2023. Exhibition view at Kunstverein Braunschweig 2023. Courtesy: the artist, Kunstverein Braunschweig, Photo: Stefan Stark
Daniel Lie & Juliana dos Santos, 2023. Exhibition view at Kunstverein Braunschweig 2023. Courtesy: the artist, Kunstverein Braunschweig, Photo: Stefan Stark
Daniel Lie & Juliana dos Santos, 2023. Exhibition view at Kunstverein Braunschweig 2023. Courtesy: the artist, Kunstverein Braunschweig, Photo: Stefan Stark
Daniel Lie & Juliana dos Santos, 2023. Exhibition view at Kunstverein Braunschweig 2023. Courtesy: the artist, Kunstverein Braunschweig, Photo: Stefan Stark
Daniel Lie & Juliana dos Santos, 2023. Exhibition view at Kunstverein Braunschweig 2023. Courtesy: the artist, Kunstverein Braunschweig, Photo: Stefan Stark
Iranilda da Costa and Eliana de Oliveira, 2023. Exhibition view at Kunstverein Braunschweig 2023. Courtesy: the artist, Kunstverein Braunschweig, Photo: Stefan Stark
Iranilda da Costa and Eliana de Oliveira, 2023. Exhibition view at Kunstverein Braunschweig 2023. Courtesy: the artist, Kunstverein Braunschweig, Photo: Stefan Stark
Daniel Lie & Juliana dos Santos, 2023. Exhibition view at Kunstverein Braunschweig 2023. Courtesy: the artist, Kunstverein Braunschweig, Photo: Stefan Stark
Daniel Lie & Juliana dos Santos, 2023. Exhibition view at Kunstverein Braunschweig 2023. Courtesy: the artist, Kunstverein Braunschweig, Photo: Stefan Stark
Daniel Lie & Juliana dos Santos, 2023. Exhibition view at Kunstverein Braunschweig 2023. Courtesy: the artist, Kunstverein Braunschweig, Photo: Stefan Stark
Daniel Lie & Juliana dos Santos, 2023. Exhibition view at Kunstverein Braunschweig 2023. Courtesy: the artist, Kunstverein Braunschweig, Photo: Stefan Stark
Daniel Lie & Juliana dos Santos, 2023. Exhibition view at Kunstverein Braunschweig 2023. Courtesy: the artist, Kunstverein Braunschweig, Photo: Stefan Stark
Daniel Lie & Juliana dos Santos, 2023. Exhibition view at Kunstverein Braunschweig 2023. Courtesy: the artist, Kunstverein Braunschweig, Photo: Stefan Stark
Daniel Lie & Juliana dos Santos, 2023. Exhibition view at Kunstverein Braunschweig 2023. Courtesy: the artist, Kunstverein Braunschweig, Photo: Stefan Stark
Daniel Lie & Juliana dos Santos, 2023. Exhibition view at Kunstverein Braunschweig 2023. Courtesy: the artist, Kunstverein Braunschweig, Photo: Stefan Stark
Daniel Lie & Juliana dos Santos, 2023. Exhibition view at Kunstverein Braunschweig 2023. Courtesy: the artist, Kunstverein Braunschweig, Photo: Stefan Stark
Daniel Lie & Juliana dos Santos, 2023. Exhibition view at Kunstverein Braunschweig 2023. Courtesy: the artist, Kunstverein Braunschweig, Photo: Stefan Stark
Daniel Lie & Juliana dos Santos, 2023. Exhibition view at Kunstverein Braunschweig 2023. Courtesy: the artist, Kunstverein Braunschweig, Photo: Stefan Stark
Daniel Lie & Juliana dos Santos, 2023. Exhibition view at Kunstverein Braunschweig 2023. Courtesy: the artist, Kunstverein Braunschweig, Photo: Stefan Stark
Daniel Lie & Juliana dos Santos, 2023. Exhibition view at Kunstverein Braunschweig 2023. Courtesy: the artist, Kunstverein Braunschweig, Photo: Stefan Stark