Artists: Adriano Costa, Gabriel Lima, Amadeo Luciano Lorenzato, Max Ruf, Erika Verzutti, Pedro Wirz
Exhibition title: Jac Leirner
Curated by: Laurence Dujardyn
Venue: Albert Baronian, Brussels, Belgium
Date: March 12 – April 18, 2015
Photography: Images courtesy of the artists and Albert Baronian
In São Paulo, the Rua 25 de Março – an emblematic street in the city center – is known for its competitive prices. There one will find a strikingly wide range of goods starting from R$1,00 (one Brazilian Real). Counterfeit products are the greatest preoccupation for the authorities- although in prison since 2007, the Chinese businessman Law is still said to be in charge of the pirated goods spread throughout the shops and stalls. When walking down 25 de Março, one will frequently hear the following question being repeated: “É do Law?” (Is it from Law?).
Regardless of their provenance, Rua 25 de Março is a street of things, and they are never still. The bustle of trade sets hundreds of thousands of objects into motion, animated by the mechanisms of circulation and the propagations of daily life. The charge is so intense that one finds oneself facing not only objects, but unique and dynamic displays of forms, light, space and color.
Erika and Adriano have their studios close by, in the same complex as Jac at Rua Helvetia. Gabriel and Pedro used to be working in a studio nearest to the opposite end in the neighboring area of Bom Retiro. Max was in residency just a few blocks up from the street.
Gabriel Lima
Erika Verzutti, Praia, 2019
Max Ruf, Untitled (white field, blue lines, green background), 2014
Gabriel Lima, Standstill at the Poetry Foundation, 2015
Amadeo Luciano Lorenzato, Untitled, 1981
Pedro Wirz, The birth of cool, 2015
Max Ruf, Untitled (grey plant), 2014
Amadeo Luciano Lorenzato, Untitled, 1981
Pedro Wirz, The birth of the Cool, 2015
Adriano Costa, Untitled, 2014