Looking ahead - September in São Paulo

Mendes Wood DM is proud to announce Linhas Tortas, a multi-venue international group exhibition in Sāo Paulo that explores the entanglements of journeys and the power of storytelling, celebrating a decade of the gallery's existence. Curated by Diana Campbell, Linhas Tortas will be presented simultaneously at Mendes Wood DM São Paulo gallery space, its surrounding Barra Funda neighborhood and at Casa Iramaia, a special off-site location and architecture landmark in the city created by renowned architect Gregori Warchavchik in the 1950s, credited for designing the first modernist home in Brazil. Linhas Tortas brings together all the artists from Mendes Wood DM's program alongside a leading selection of invited contemporary names and works by historic figures in an ambitious exhibition that extends across the city. 

The exhibition takes inspiration from the Brazilian aphorism "deus escreve certo por linhas tortas," which literally translates to "god writes straight with crooked lines" and metaphorically to "god works in mysterious ways." In the words of curator Diana Campbell: "The show follows complex trails (of thought and of life) that unfold when one sets off with intention but without an end in sight. It takes paths that are not driven by expediency or efficiency, not optimized by supply and demand, but rather ones that avoid the many short-cuts blazed by capitalist and/or colonial forces to better the few at the expense of the many. It questions who had the right to write history and posits new ways to (re)inscribe profound perspectives and systems of being that were deliberately obscured from view."   

Artists include: Adriano Costa, Adriano Costa & Erika Verzutti & Paulo Monteiro, Alexandre da Cunha, Alma Allen, Alvaro Barrington, Amadeo Luciano Lorenzato, Amie Siegel, Amilcar de Castro, Annalee Davis, Anni Albers, Antonio Dias, Antonio Obá, Antony Gormley, Anusha Alamgir, Ayesha Sultana, Bruce Conner, Calvin Marcus, Candice Lin, Carolina Fusilier, Castiel Vitorino Brasileiro, Celso Renato, Christodoulos Panayiotou, Cildo Meireles, Coco Fusco, Daniel Steegmann Mangrané, Eduardo Ortega, Etel Adnan, Evelyn Taocheng Wang, Fernando Marques Penteado, Francesca Woodman, Geraldo de Barros, Giangiacomo Rossetti, Guglielmo Castelli, Hanna Miletić, Heidi Bucher, Huma Bhabha, Iulia Nistor, Josi, Kasper Bosmans, Kishio Suga, Laure Prouvost, Lawrence Abu Hamdan, Lawrence Weiner, Leonilson, Leticia Ramos, Luana Vitra, Luc Tuymans, Lucas Arruda, Luiz Roque, Lygia Pape, Lynda Benglis, Maaike Schoorel, Madelynn Gingold, Mariana Castillo Deball, Marina Perez Simão, Mario Garcia Torres, Matthew Lutz-Kinoy, Michael Dean, Mimi Lauter, Mira Schendel, Mira Schor, Monica Sartori, Naufus Ramírez-Figueroa, Neha Choksi, Neïl Beloufa, Nicole Chaput, Nina Canell, Pacita Abad, Paloma Bosquê, Paloma Contreras Lomas, Patricia Leite, Paula Siebra, Paulo Monteiro, Paulo Nazareth, Paulo Nimer Pjota, Pim Blokker, Pol Taburet, Roberto Burle Marx, Rosana Paulino, Rubem Valentim, Runo Lagomarsino, Sanam Khatibi, Saskia Pintelon, Senga Nengudi, Shilpa Gupta, Silvia Bächli, Solange Pessoa, Sonia Gomes, Sula Bermúdez-Silverman, Torkwase Dyson, Tunga, Varda Caivano, Veronika Hapchenko, Vojtěch Kovařík, and Willys de Castro.

On the cover: Huma Bhabha, Untitled, rubber, cork, and metal, 26.7 x 279.4 x 91.4 cm, 2013 

Source: Mendes Wood DM São Paulo