{"id":11598,"date":"2015-10-12T14:55:05","date_gmt":"2015-10-12T12:55:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/?p=11598"},"modified":"2015-10-12T17:56:50","modified_gmt":"2015-10-12T15:56:50","slug":"i-keep-on-bringing-objects-from-one-place-to-another-rodrigo-matheus-solo-show-at-ibid-london","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/2015\/10\/12\/i-keep-on-bringing-objects-from-one-place-to-another-rodrigo-matheus-solo-show-at-ibid-london\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018I keep on bringing objects from one place to another\u2019: Rodrigo Matheus solo show at Ibid. London"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-11598 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/2015\/10\/12\/i-keep-on-bringing-objects-from-one-place-to-another-rodrigo-matheus-solo-show-at-ibid-london\/l1010073\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"113\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/CFA-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/L1010073-480x360.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-11600\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-11600'>\n\t\t\t\tRodrigo Matheus.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/2015\/10\/12\/i-keep-on-bringing-objects-from-one-place-to-another-rodrigo-matheus-solo-show-at-ibid-london\/l1010066-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"113\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/CFA-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/L1010066-2-360x480.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-11601\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-11601'>\n\t\t\t\tRodrogo Matheus, One \u2013 Entre \u2013 in the Middle, installation view at Ibid. London.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl>\n\t\t\t<br style='clear: both' \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><span lang=\"en-GB\">As we arrive to visit Rodrigo Matheus at Ibid. London, we find him in the process of installing One \u2013 Entre \u2013 in the Middle, his upcoming exhibition at the gallery. There are several souvenir &#8211; like objects spread around the space, waiting to be placed in one of his two new site-specific installations. These objects, as well as all others which compose the works on show, were collected mainly in flea markets and second-hand shops between the three cities the artist has been sharing his time for the past few years: born in Sao Paulo in 1974, Matheus completed a masters in Sculpture at London\u2019s Royal College of Art in 2013, and is currently based in Paris, where he has a studio at the Cit\u00e9 des Arts. \u2018Due to my intense contact with these cities\u2019, the artist explains, \u2018I keep on bringing objects from one place to another. For example, in Sao Paulo I find things with a sort of cheapness that I will never find in Europe. So every time I go to Brazil, I come back with a suitcase full of stuff, which at first might seem useless. I also brought a lot of things from Paris to London, including things that I brought to Paris during my move from London. So somehow this exhibition contains elements from this shift\u2019. Noteworthy, the title of the show alludes to this in-betweenness currently experienced by the artist in his life.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"en-GB\">Though Matheus has always nourished a flaneur practice to some extent \u2013 he is himself an avid walker \u2013 the appropriation of found objects has intensified in his recent production. He tells us that it\u2019s on the streets that he finds most of his inspiration these days, observing daily life rather than visiting art-oriented spaces. Accordingly, there is little separation between his personal life and his art practice, as he works from home and doesn\u2019t embrace a rigid routine. It would be hard to keep one anyways: this year only, he has presented a solo show at Galeria Fortes Vila\u00e7a in Sao Paulo, and has created new works for exhibitions at the Palais de Tokyo hors les mu\u0302rs, in Lyon, and the 19th Contemporary Art Festival Sesc_Videobrasil, in Sao Paulo, besides having participated in several group shows worldwide. We ask him if he always produces having a specific exhibition or project in mind, to which he replies, with a hint of gloom, \u2018it\u2019s very rare nowadays that I have time to develop something out of the blue, that will be with me for a while. What it happens is that I produce a lot of trash, or fat, and somehow I\u2019ll develop that fat that I\u2019m putting aside today in the future\u2019. And continues, about his process, \u2018every time I finish a work, I try to go back in time and trace from where I have taken that idea. But its always so intuitive that, when I realise, I just lost the thread from where I started the work. Sometimes I have the intention to do one thing, and it results into something completely different. So things are kind of floating, like in a soup. The feeling I have is that the more I try to control the work, the more it evades me!\u2019, he chuckles. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"en-GB\">For One \u2013 Entre \u2013 in the Middle, Matheus has created a few sculptures \u2013 some displayed on the wall, others hanging from the ceiling \u2013 as well as a large wall installation and an equally large ceiling installation. The latter makes use of the gallery\u2019s beautiful skylight roof, and consists of a net filled with objects such as reading glasses and a horseshoe. Reflecting his characteristic process of responding to specific architectures, he states that when he first saw the space, he had the skylight as a target. And goes further, \u2018at the moment \u2013 I might change my mind tomorrow \u2013 but at the moment I believe my favourite piece is the ceiling installation. I think it\u2019s a work that somehow brings lots of memories: that football, standing on the top of the net, all the other things that I\u2019ll still include&#8230; I believe it brings so many scenes that one have seen before&#8230; It has this kind of deja vu that is quite intriguing to me\u2019. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>After our conversation has ended, while walking out of the gallery we stumble into some boxes that are on the floor. They fall, and we see they contain bathroom wires \u2013 purchased from any ordinary hardware shop in London or elsewhere \u2013 which will be utilised in one of the works. \u2018You see\u2019, he tells us with a smile, \u2018those are the kind of places that I go to these days\u2019.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As we arrive to visit Rodrigo Matheus at Ibid. 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