Bate-Bola
A major retrospective of my last 15 years of work in Rio de Janeiro.
The exhibit will continue until the end of 2020.
The gallery is open to visitation through appointments .
Please contact me or call the gallery : +55 21 2274-5200
or drop an email to : contato@galeriadagavea.com.br
The first retrospective showing together in Brazil my series "Rio Baile Funk" - "Bate-Bola - Rio Carnaval Secreto" & "Tecnobrega - the religion of soundmachines".
Until the 31 of January 2017
Galeria Teste
Pólo Textil - Avenida Paulo de Frontim 333
Rio Comprido, Rio de Janeiro, Zona Norte
Monday-Friday : 9h00-18h00
Saturday : 9h00-13h00
Curator Chantal van Erven Dorens invited me to produce a "pocket show "of my main Brazilian series at CARP Brazil (Contemporary Art Research and Projects).
Read MoreDuring the "Viva Brasil" festival, I've shown for the first time a retrospective of my 3 principal Brazilian series : Rio Baile Funk, Bate-Bola - Rio Secret Carnival & Tecnobrega - the religion of soundmachines.
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The SESC gallery in Madureira is located in the heart of Rio de Janeiro's North Zone, this mean, the main center of the "Bate-bola" culture. The show was not only filled with photographs, but complete outfits and masks, in collaboration with some of the groups that populate the Bate-Bola universe. Huge success of public, with more than 4000 visitors, debates and lectures.
It was the first time that this rich and little known carioca carnival street culture was presented in an art center.
Exhibit at the Gallery of the Alliance Française in Botafogo, Rio de Janeiro, 2015
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