José Pedro Croft : medida incerta = uncertain measure / textos: João Pinharanda, Aurora García, Luiz Camillo Osorio, Isabel Matos Dias.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Contributor:

Pinharanda, João, 1957- organizer, writer of supplementary textual content, editor.

García, Aurora, writer of supplementary textual content.

Osorio, Luiz Camillo, writer of supplementary textual content.

Matos Dias, Isabel, writer of supplementary textual content.

Conference Name:

Biennale di Venezia (57th : 2017 : Venice, Italy), host institution.

Language:

English

Portuguese

Subjects (All):

Croft, José Pedro--Exhibitions.

Croft, José Pedro.

Biennale di Venezia--(57th : 2017 : Venice, Italy).

Biennale di Venezia.

Sculpture, Portuguese.

Genre:

Exhibition catalogs.

Physical Description:

207 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 31 cm

Other Title:

Medida incerta

Uncertain measure

Place of Publication:

Berlin : Hatje Cantz, [2017]

Language Note:

Text in Portuguese and English.

Summary:

Made of iron, glass, and mirror, the six, monumental sculptures by José Pedro Croft (*1957 in Porto) establish a direct dialogue between the architecture and the landscape of Venice, a city defined by the ever changing color and light of its sky which results from the movement of the surrounding bodies of water. Croft's work establishes an intense, visual game with its environs and forces us to rethink the places, construction conditions, and reception of the works while questioning ideas about private and public architectural spaces. Croft is one of the most outstanding and internationally-known Portuguese sculptors working today. He belongs to the highly active generation of artists from the 1980s that brought Portuguese art into the contemporary sphere. With this work, Croft establishes both a direct and indirect dialogue with Álvaro Siza, Portugal's official representative of the 2016 Venice Biennial for Architecture, who, in neighboring locations such as the nearby island of Giudecca, is now concluding a social housing project that had previously been on hold for a decade.

Contents:

Vocabulário: as seis, esculturas de José Pedro Croft em Veneza = Vocabulary: six sculptures by José Pedro Croft in Venice / João Pinharanda

Uma percepção renovada = A renewed perception / Aurora García

Ar luz razão certa = Ar light sure reason / Luiz Camillo Osorio

Espelho sobre espelho = Mirror upon mirror / Isabel Matos Dias.

Notes:

Catalog of an exhibition held at the Portugal pavilion for the 57th International Art Exhibition - la Biennale di Venezia, May 13-November 26, 2017. Exhibitor: José Pedro Croft. Commissioner: Paula Varanda. Curator: João Pinharanda. Venue: Giudecca.

"La Biennale di Venezia. 57. esposizione internazionale d'arte. Partecipazioni nazionali."

Includes bibliographical references.

Contains:

Croft, José Pedro. Works. Selections.

José Pedro Croft.

José Pedro Croft. English.

ISBN:

3775742883

9783775742887

OCLC:

965345218