Regina Parra
01 Oct - 08 Nov 2009
REGINA PARRA
"Rumor"
October 1 - November 8, 2009
In the solo exhibition Rumor, Regina Parra presents a new series of paintings created from an initial point: frames of a surveillance camera. Besides the paintings, the artist also presents a site specific that shuffles the positions of the vigilant and the secured.
The exhibition searches a reflection of control and uncertainty of the world today, amplifying the research the artist initiated in the group show 2000eOito, in São Paulo.
Cities, streets and buildings are monitored by a CCTV. There is always a surveillance camera around. The society of the spectacle is the society of surveillance: lights, camera, action. But what exactly is the action? What exactly is the image registered?
Following Arlindo Machado’s words in Máquina e Imaginário, “in the surveillance camera monitors, even the most ordinary man, like in Kafka ́s novels, seem to be stricken by guilt; the scenarios strongly recall the landscape of a crime that is about to be committed.
In this territory, everyone is a suspect, but nothing is quite clear. Nothing. In Regina Parra’s work, situations are revealed little by little, but never entirely. Like a spread rumor, with no confirmation or denial, leaving the audience a trace of fear and anxiety.
About the Artist
Regina Parra, 28 years old, graduated in Artes Plásticas in Faap. Studied in École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux Arts, in Paris and in Escola de Artes Visuais do Parque Lage, Rio de Janeiro. Also studied Artes Cênicas in ECA/USP and for three years was the assistant of the director Antunes Filho.
In 2009, she was selected for Temporada de Projetos do Paço das Artes, where she completed a solo exhibition Mise-en-scène. In the meantime, she was also selected for the 37o Salão de Santo André and participated in the collectives Nouvelle Vague, curated by Jacopo Viconti and Alcova curated by Marcelo Campos, both in Galeria Laura Marsiaj, Rio de Janeiro.
In the previous year, she participated in the exhibitions: 2000eOito, in SESC Pinheiros in São Paulo; Arte Brasileira Contemporânea: 18 Propostas, em Belo Horizonte; As Constituições do Brasil, in Museu de Arte Brasileira (MAB-Faap) in São Paulo; Grupo 2000e8, in Museu Victor Meirelles, in Florianópolis; Encontros com Arte: Pintura Contemporânea, in Escola São Paulo; and others. She also received the main award in the 38a Anual de Artes da Faap, in 2006.
Mezzanine: Carla Chaim and Antonia Dias Leite - Screenings
"Rumor"
October 1 - November 8, 2009
In the solo exhibition Rumor, Regina Parra presents a new series of paintings created from an initial point: frames of a surveillance camera. Besides the paintings, the artist also presents a site specific that shuffles the positions of the vigilant and the secured.
The exhibition searches a reflection of control and uncertainty of the world today, amplifying the research the artist initiated in the group show 2000eOito, in São Paulo.
Cities, streets and buildings are monitored by a CCTV. There is always a surveillance camera around. The society of the spectacle is the society of surveillance: lights, camera, action. But what exactly is the action? What exactly is the image registered?
Following Arlindo Machado’s words in Máquina e Imaginário, “in the surveillance camera monitors, even the most ordinary man, like in Kafka ́s novels, seem to be stricken by guilt; the scenarios strongly recall the landscape of a crime that is about to be committed.
In this territory, everyone is a suspect, but nothing is quite clear. Nothing. In Regina Parra’s work, situations are revealed little by little, but never entirely. Like a spread rumor, with no confirmation or denial, leaving the audience a trace of fear and anxiety.
About the Artist
Regina Parra, 28 years old, graduated in Artes Plásticas in Faap. Studied in École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux Arts, in Paris and in Escola de Artes Visuais do Parque Lage, Rio de Janeiro. Also studied Artes Cênicas in ECA/USP and for three years was the assistant of the director Antunes Filho.
In 2009, she was selected for Temporada de Projetos do Paço das Artes, where she completed a solo exhibition Mise-en-scène. In the meantime, she was also selected for the 37o Salão de Santo André and participated in the collectives Nouvelle Vague, curated by Jacopo Viconti and Alcova curated by Marcelo Campos, both in Galeria Laura Marsiaj, Rio de Janeiro.
In the previous year, she participated in the exhibitions: 2000eOito, in SESC Pinheiros in São Paulo; Arte Brasileira Contemporânea: 18 Propostas, em Belo Horizonte; As Constituições do Brasil, in Museu de Arte Brasileira (MAB-Faap) in São Paulo; Grupo 2000e8, in Museu Victor Meirelles, in Florianópolis; Encontros com Arte: Pintura Contemporânea, in Escola São Paulo; and others. She also received the main award in the 38a Anual de Artes da Faap, in 2006.
Mezzanine: Carla Chaim and Antonia Dias Leite - Screenings