{"id":9892,"date":"2015-03-05T12:39:56","date_gmt":"2015-03-05T11:39:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/?p=9892"},"modified":"2015-04-27T12:53:42","modified_gmt":"2015-04-27T10:53:42","slug":"rodrigo-matheus-social-oriented-art-soon-at-fortes-vilaca-and-ibid-projects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/2015\/03\/05\/rodrigo-matheus-social-oriented-art-soon-at-fortes-vilaca-and-ibid-projects\/","title":{"rendered":"Rodrigo Matheus&#8217; socially oriented art soon at Fortes Vila\u00e7a and Ibid."},"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-9892 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><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\/03\/05\/rodrigo-matheus-social-oriented-art-soon-at-fortes-vilaca-and-ibid-projects\/forest-decoration\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"122\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/CFA-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Forest-Decoration-389x480.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-9893\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-9893'>\n\t\t\t\tRodrigo Matheus, Forest decoration, 2014. Mixed Media  80 x 64 x 8.8 cm.  Courtesy of Ibid.\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\/03\/05\/rodrigo-matheus-social-oriented-art-soon-at-fortes-vilaca-and-ibid-projects\/ibid-rodrm-00011-072\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"114\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/CFA-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IBID-RODRM-00011-072-365x480.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-9894\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-9894'>\n\t\t\t\tRodrigo Matheus,\nPortrait of a Portrait, 2014\nc-type print\n59 x 45.3 cm. Courtesy of Ibid.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><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\/03\/05\/rodrigo-matheus-social-oriented-art-soon-at-fortes-vilaca-and-ibid-projects\/ibid-mathr-00010-300a\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"120\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/CFA-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IBID-MATHR-00010-300a-480x384.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-9895\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-9895'>\n\t\t\t\tRodrigo Matheus,\nCeiling Rose, 2014\noil on concrete\nDia 73 cm. Courtesy of Ibid.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><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\/03\/05\/rodrigo-matheus-social-oriented-art-soon-at-fortes-vilaca-and-ibid-projects\/ibid-rodrm-00012-072a\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/CFA-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IBID-RODRM-00012-072a-480x480.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-9896\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-9896'>\n\t\t\t\tRodrigo Matheus\nCoqueiro Chor\u00e3o, 2014\npotted bamboo plant\n207 x 300 cm.  Courtesy of Ibid.\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\/03\/05\/rodrigo-matheus-social-oriented-art-soon-at-fortes-vilaca-and-ibid-projects\/250_374_15rodrigomatheus_monumento\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/CFA-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/250_374_15rodrigomatheus_monumento.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-9897\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-9897'>\n\t\t\t\tRodrigo Matheus, Monumento ao Estilo, 2010, Iron fence, concrete, metallized concrete, dried leaves and stones\n336 x 210 x 210 cm. Ph. Eduardo Ortega.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl>\n\t\t\t<br style='clear: both' \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>In the realm of the object based-art, that is a specific kind of art derived from Duchamp and generally generated by a metaphoric assemblage of various found materials, artists from Brazil represent a quite large group and Rodrigo Matheus, born in 1974 in S\u00e3o Paulo, is definitely part of it. But if on the one side it is a matter of fact that object based artworks tend to follow very similar poetic patterns, on the other side the best object based pieces are generally those which are focused on precise topics or social contexts.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>As Matheus himself claims, he is interested both in the \u201ccirculation of materials\u201d, and in certain political aspects and circumstances of Brazil&#8217;s recent history and development. These are in effect the cardinal points that guide his art practice. For example, in occasion of his collaboration to <a href=\"http:\/\/site.videobrasil.org.br\/publicacoes\/caderno\/04\" target=\"_blank\">the fourth edition of Caderno Sesc_Videobrasil<\/a> titled \u201cThe occupation of space\u201d (2008), he worked together with filmmaker Laura Faerman to enquire the relation between Brazil and United Kingdom after Brazil&#8217;s independence (1822), while in a piece such as \u201cMonumento ao Estilo\u201d (2010) \u2013 currently on show at \u201cHere, There\u201d,<a href=\"http:\/\/www.herethereqatar.qa\/artists#\" target=\"_blank\"> Alriwaq Gallery <\/a>\u2013 he refers to the colonial power and the way it has been represented in public symbols. Other characterizing materials he uses &#8211; such as bricks, columns, empty frames, plants &#8211; are reflecting both architecture and the artist&#8217;s interest for the Brazilian modernist movement, while paper documents &#8211; such as hand written letters, postcards, or materials pertaining to the corporative world\u00a0&#8211; have also been playing a key role in his recent production, embedding his idea of \u201ccirculation\u201d at different levels.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In regards with the tradition of the ready made, Matheus&#8217; position was declared in occasion of<a href=\"http:\/\/ibidprojects.com\/rodrigo-matheus\/\" target=\"_blank\"> his last show at Ibid<\/a>. Here he presented a remake of a portrait of Duchamp made by Baroness Elsa von Freytag Loringhoven in 1920. Matheus&#8217; work is titled \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/ibidprojects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/IBID-RODRM-00011-072.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">Portrait of a Portrait<\/a>\u201d and enacts the same assemblage of wine glasses, assorted feathers, tree twigs, and other objects that the Baroness set up in occasion of the original photograph. It follows that Matheus is cleary aware that we are in the Baroque era of the ready made, but he also asserts his faith in this apparently always winning creative approach.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Matheus has a BA in Fine Arts from the University of S\u00e3o Paulo (2002) and an MA in Sculpture from the The Royal College of Art, London (2013). In April he will have a solo show at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fortesvilaca.com.br\/artistas\/rodrigo-matheus\" target=\"_blank\">Fortes Vila\u00e7a<\/a>, and another solo will be hosted by <a href=\"http:\/\/ibidprojects.com\/rodrigo-matheus\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ibid<\/a>.\u00a0in October \u2013 it seems that the two galleries are preparing a new monograph dedicated to him. Currently he is in residency at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.citedesartsparis.net\/\" target=\"_blank\">Cit\u00e9 des Arts<\/a> in Paris, and it&#8217;s easy to predict that this city will have some influence on his new projects.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the realm of the object based-art, that is a specific kind of art derived from Duchamp and generally generated by a metaphoric assemblage of various found materials, artists from [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9894,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1793],"tags":[1932],"class_list":["post-9892","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-to-be-discovered","tag-rodrigo-matheus"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9892","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9892"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9892\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9894"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9892"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9892"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9892"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}