Otavio Schipper

“Small Glasses for Ernst Lanzer”

(SKU. 2018)

Date
2014
Technique
silver and lenses
Dimensions
(H x W x D) 5 x 15 x 12 cm
Edition
10

In “Small Glasses for Ernst Lanzer,” the artist positions two glasses, at different scales, facing each other, thus increasing the magnification of the closest object. Two reading glasses whose joined arms remind us of the tuning fork of sound instruments. We can see in Schipper’s works a repetition of shapes and signs. The reference to Ernst Lanzer, a famous patient of Freud with obsessive-compulsive disorder, happened because his story, while enchanting the artist, confirmed many of his researches on objects, such as glasses, coins and stones.

Biography

Otavio Schipper

b. 1979, Rio de Janeiro (RJ), Brazil | Lives and works in Rio de Janeiro (RJ), Brazil.

A trained physicist and an intensive student of the subjects of his work, Otavio Schipper draws on references from diverse universes. In his objects, installations, photographs and paintings, one form connects to another, just as one story relates to another. Among the exhibitions in which he has participated, we can highlight those at the Kunsthalle Winterthur, the Museum of Modern Art of Rio de Janeiro, the Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo, the 12th edition of the Salão da Bahia, the Museum of Modern Art of Bahia, the 5th edition of the Salão Nacional de Artes de Goiás and the Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil (Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo).

Destaques da carreira

“Fluido Percurso” | 2008 | Paço Imperial, Rio de Janeiro, RJ

“Small Glasses for Ernst Lanzer”