Aglomeração
Janaina Mello Landini
Vernissage : jeudi 11 October de 18h à 21h
Exposition : 12 octobre – 14 novembre 2018
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JANAINA MELLO LANDINI
Aglomeração
Opening reception: Thursday, 11 October from 6 to 9pm
Exhibition: October 12 – November 14, 2018
Art is always the result of a constraint. Believing it rises all the higher the freer it is, is like believing what prevents the kite from going higher is its string. André Gide
For her second solo show at the gallery, Janaina Mello Landini presents, with her Aglomeração series, a new body of work from her ongoing Ciclotrama series started in 2010, succeding to the Impregnação series.
Using her preferred materials, nylon or cotton strings that she carefully unravels until she reaches the finest possible thread, she creates organic or vegetal shapes which she embroiders onto her canvas.
The idea is to “unstitch” time from the inside, unraveling the threads of the same rope in constant bifurcations, until she reaches the last, indivisible stage, a point that holds everything together in perfect balance.
With the Impregnação series, the artist initiated the « weaving » – the ramifications developed in a logical and delicately apparent pattern. Currently, with the Aglomeração series, these same branches climb into each other, producing an outcome that flirts with the notion of a botanical « rhizome ». The organic quality of the tree formations remain, although now they resemble the organs of the body, taking the form of kidneys, the uterus, the heart, etc. The strings are no longer on the ground; they are thick and masterful. They come out of the canvas and tear the fabric like a skin. The canvas is no longer a blank sheet, it now adopts the natural color of linen, adding an extra perception and depth to the work.
The work thus becomes an ensemble of physical-tactile elements and its space-time feature is essential to establishing a relationship between the work and the viewer.
According to Efisio Carbone, “Her feelings spring forth out of the molded object. The absence of minimalist, geometric, rigid figures is evident. This is not programmed art but “action-art” that considers time as an unrepeatable and continually changing creative moment.”
Janaina Mello Landini was born in 1974 in São Gotardo, Brazil.
She lives and works in São Paulo.
After getting a diploma in architecture, Janaina Mello Landini went on to study physics and mathematics. Her work reflects this interest as well as her observation of the notion of time, while expressing her personal and poetic point of view, thus “weaving” her vision of the world.
Her work embraces a broad range of scales, from canvas size to more monumental pieces where the artist fills a given space with creations done in situ.
Since 2010, Janaina Mello Landini has had shows in Brazil, Latin America and in Europe.
Her work has been included in various exhibitions including the Palais de Tokyo in 2016 and at the Rijwijk Textile Biennial in Holland in 2017.
In 2018, her work was exhibited at Centquatre-Paris as part of the BIC Collection.
Currently, one of her in situ installations from the Ciclotrama series is part of the Carmignac Foundation’s opening exhibition in Porquerolles, France.
Janaina MELLO LANDINI
Born in 1974 in São Gotardo, MG, Brazil.
Lives and works in São Paulo, Brazil.
SOLO SHOWS
2018 Aglomeração Galerie Virginie Louvet, Paris, France
2017 Aglomeração, Galeria Macca, Cagliari, Italie
2016 Labirinto Sintrópico, Zipper Galeria, São Paulo, Brésil
Ciclotrama 52 – Projeto Ocupa Coreto, Museu da República, Rio de Janeiro, Brésil
2015 Ciclotramas, Galerie Virginie Louvet, Paris, France
Ciclotrama 20 (onda), Zipper Galeria, São Paulo, Brazil
Ciclotrama 27 (medusa), Galeria Macca, Cagliari, Italy
2011 Paisagens , Desvio, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
2010 Ciclotrama, Espaço 2010, Belo Horizonte ,Brazil
GROUP SHOWS
2018 The BIC Collection exhibited at the CENTQUATRE-PARIS, Paris, France
Sea of Desire, Fondation Carmignac, Porquerolles, France
2017 Rijswijk Textile Biennial, Rijswik, Pays-Bas
Tejidos, Galería Otros 360, Bogotá, Colombie
The Best Bogus Botanical Garden, Hambourg, Allemagne
2016 Double Je, curated by Jean de Loisy and Bethsabée Attali, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France
2015 Vertice, Centro Cultural dos Correios, Brasilia, Brazil
Sandra Cinto, Albano Afonso and Ateliê Fidalga | “43 visions of Fuji Mountain by Contemporary Artists Brazilian” ,the Fine Art Laboratory, Art University of Musashino, Tokyo, Japan
2014 Art for Florence Design Week – 5.0 Edition, Firenze, Italy
Duplo Olhar, Paço das Artes, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Entrecopas, Museu nacional, Brasilia, Brazil
Jardim de Adelicia,SESC Palladium, Belo Horizonte , MG, Brazil
CompartiArte, Centro Brasileiro Britanico, São Paulo, Brazil
2013 32º Arte Para, Bélem ,Brazil
4º Prêmio Belvedere Paraty de Arte Contemporanea ,Paraty, Brazil
72º SAAP – Salao Ararense de Artes Plasticas “Antonio Rodini”, Araras, Brazil
2012 ®Nova Cultura Contemporanea, CentoeQuatro, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
2011 Vivo Arte.Mov, Palacio das Artes, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Quarto das Maravilhas, Galeria Emma Thomas, São Paulo, Brazil
Pequenos Formatos ,Galeria Subterranea, Porto Alegre , Brazil
2010 Deserto Azul Estudio Aberto , CCBB Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil , Brasilia, Brazil
Design for Humanity Brazil, Baro / Emma Thomas space, Unique Hotel, São Paulo, Brazil.
The Creators Project Brasil, Vice NY Space, Galeria Baro / Emma Thomas, São Paulo, Brazil.
EDUCATION
1999 BA in Architecture, Federal University of Minais Gerais, MG, Brazil
2007 MA in Fine Arts, Federal University of Minais Gerais, MG, Brazil
PRESS
IDEAT N°133, Fondation Carmignac, l’art sans dessus dessous, par Sabrina Silamo, juillet-août 2018
AD, La Fondation Carmignac : une expérience hors du commun, par Léa Pagnier, 22 juin 2018
AnOther, The Floating Forest Now Home to a Vast Collection of Contemporary Art , par John-Paul Pryor, June 12, 2018
Artribune, Nasce la Fondazione Carmignac, par Giorgia Basili, 2018
Elledecor, l’Arte della Fondazione Carmignac da visitare a piedi nudi, su un’isola della Provenza, par Elisa Zagaria, June 14, 2018
L’Officiel, Tous au Centquatre – Paris pour découvrir la collection Bic, par Yamina Benaï, 26 avril 2018
Le Quotidien de l’art, 3 questions à … Bruno Bich, par Juliette Soulez, 19 avril 2018
Madame Figaro,La collection Bic au CentQuatre: C’est une bonne chose que de défendre l’écriture, par Valéry de Buchet, 18 avril 2018
Le Quotidien de l’art, l’image du jour par Juliette Soulez, 17 avril 2018
L’Officiel Art (N°25), La Collection Bic déployée au Centquatre-Paris, par Yamina Benaï, mars 2018
La Collection BIC s’expose au CENTQUATRE-PARIS du 14 avril au 13 mai 2018
20 Minutos, Cuerdas que son alvéolos, arterias, neuronas … un laberinto de vida, par Javier Rada, 8 novembre 2017
Ignant, Rope art installations by Janaina Mello Landini, par Sarah Press, 2 novembre 2017
Beaux-Arts, Quand le fil envahit l’art contemporain par Joséphine Bindé, 21 juillet 2017
My Modern Met , Unraveled Rope Installations Form Delicate Networks of Roots, Branches, and Veins par Kelly Richman-Abdou, 11 Août 2017
Designboom, Janaina Mello Landini installs site-specific ciclotrama in Parisian gallery par Juliana Neira, 3 Novembre 2015
Ciclotrama, texte de Paulo Miyada.
