“Razor”
Razor
(SKU. 11210)
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Date
2022 -
Technique
solid wine acrylic -
Dimensions
(H x W x D) 15.5 x 30 x 5 cm -
Edition
15 + 3PA -
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Nazareth Pacheco's fascination with Giletes arose during the production of her first work using this material, which consisted of a dress produced with eighteen thousand pieces used in its design.
According to the artist: "I no longer knew what was day or night. It was a feeling of pleasure and exhaustion. As long as it was possible, I tested it on my own body. When I started the skirt made of razor blade, I didn't believe that I would have such ease in handling such a delicate and sharp material. I wasn't afraid, I felt great pleasure in seeing an object that was beautiful, seductive and at the same time dangerous. At that moment, my great fascination with razor blade arose!"
Biography
Nazareth Pacheco
Nazareth Pacheco's sculptures and installations explore the female body and its transformations, with powerful visual and symbolic aspects that create contradictory feelings in the viewer, such as fascination and repulsion. She has held solo and group exhibitions at important national and international institutions, such as the Maria Antonia University Center (São Paulo), the Maison du Brèsil (Brussels), the Instituto de Cultura Brasileira (Berlin), the Centro Cultural São Paulo, the Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo, the Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts (Jordan), the Instituto Figueiredo (Berlin), and the Instituto de Arte Moderna de São Paulo. Ferraz (Ribeirão Preto), the Museum of Contemporary Art of Niterói, the Hélio Oiticica Municipal Art Center (Rio de Janeiro), the Hong Kong Arts Center (China), the Fundación Caja de Madrid (Madrid), the Malba (Buenos Aires), the El Museu Del Barrio (New York), the Paço Imperial (Rio de Janeiro), the Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo, among many others.
The artist began producing her work in the 1980s, as part of a generation that dealt intensely with body issues. Her work is recognized for its connections with the feminine universe and the search for beauty, often related to surgical interventions to construct the ideal image. She creates three-dimensional objects related to the universe of admiration and aesthetic pleasure, but composed of elements capable of causing harm, such as cutting blades and sharp objects, mixed with beads, mirrors, acrylics and metals.
Representative galleries
Lume Gallery , Sao Paulo
Destaques da carreira
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Detalhe da obra "Sem título" (1997 - cristal, miçangas e lamina de barbear), premiada no Panorama do MAM de São Paulo
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Detalhe da instalação "Gotas", na exposição "A sua saúde" | 2014 | Museu Nacional de Brasília, DF
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Detalhe da obra "Sem título" | 1999
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Vista da exposição "Selections from Louise Bourgeois" | 2001 | Salon NY
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Obra "Quarto", parte da exposição "Dor, forma, beleza: e representação criadora da experiência traumática" | 2005 | Estação Pinacoteca, SP
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"Matérias do mundo" | 2015 | MAC USP, São Paulo
