Wednesday, 19th October, 7pm
RIO/RUA, Rio de Janeiro : Contemporary Art and Street Life (MuKHA, Antwerp )
Curator and art writer Dieter Roelstraete presents his latest exhibition "A RUA" (MuHKA, Antwerp ) based on street life and public space in Rio de Janeiro . Here the street is viewed as a political arena, a site of artistic experimentation, a stage for cultural production, as both studio and exhibition space, and finally, as a site of encounter. The exhibition focuses on works from contemporary movements and the development of the art scene over the last four decades. Participating artists: Alexandre Vogler, Anna Bella Geiger, Anna Maria Maiolino, Antonio Manuel, Artur Barrio, Arthur Omar, Cildo Meireles, Dias & Riedweg, Ernesto Neto, Evandro Teixeira, Gabriel & Thiago Primo, Guga Ferraz, Helio Oiticica, Ivens Machado, Joana Traub Csekö, Jorge Mario Jauregui, Laura Lima, Lygia Clark, Lygia Pape, Lucia Laguna, Marcio Botner, Miguel Rio Branco, Paula Trope, Ricardo Basbaum, Ronald Duarte, Rosana Palazyan, Simone Michelin, Waltercio Caldas.
Dieter Roelstraete (*1972, Kortrijk , Belgium ) is curator at MuHKA, Antwerp and studied philosophy at the University of Ghent . He co-curated "Honoré d'O: The Quest" (2005), Belgian pavilion, 51st Venice Biennale; and numerous exhibitions at MuKHA including "Liam Gillick and Lawrence Weiner: A Syntax of Dependency" (2011), "Auguste Orts: Correspondence"(2010) and "The Order of Things" (2008). He is an editor of "Afterall" and "FR David" as well as contributing editor of "A Prior Magazine", and tutor at de Appel, Amsterdam and Piet Zwart Institute, Rotterdam.
Free Entry
The talk will be held in English.
