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Carlos Carvalho Arte Contemporânea
R. Joly Braga Santos, Lote F – R/c • 1600-123 Lisboa
Tel: 217261831 | Fax: 217261310
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Carlos Noronha Feio
Flat-Pack Native and Other Pacific Constructions
Preview: 16 de Março 2013 17h00
From March 16 to April 27 2013
Carlos Carvalho Arte Contemporânea
R. Joly Braga Santos, Lote F – R/c • 1600-123 Lisboa
Tel: 217261831
Fax: 217261310
E-mail: carloscarvalho-ac@ carloscarvalho-ac.com
Website: www. carloscarvalho-ac.com
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Carlos Carvalho Arte Contemporânea
R. Joly Braga Santos, Lote F – R/c • 1600-123 Lisboa
Tel: 217261831 | Fax: 217261310
www. carloscarvalho-ac.com | carloscarvalho-ac@ carloscarvalho-ac.com
The South African Registration Act dated 1950, used the term 'coloured' to
specify all people who where excluded of an previously defined social group.
This fact showed, not only a centrist vision but also a wish to benefit an
hierarchical system, and revealed a problem of a racial classification or
declassification. This case, as set out in Immanuel Wallerstein's article
'The Construction of Peoplehood: Racism, Nationalism, Ethnicity', helped
this sociologist to explain how social circunstances reflect inconsistent
constructions and are transformed according to economic conveniences of the
capitalist system. This set of interests, that come from structures of
power, promotes inequalities and social asymmetries and shows different
situations connected to the creation of inconscient divisions which are very
significant in behaviours, cultures and living not only regarding territory
issues. By demonstrating how the labor system states and creates notions as
nation, ethnicity and race this article reveals also how they can be used as
control tools.
For the first time on display at Carlos Carvalho, Carlos Noronha Feio will
present three series of recent work which help him to explore questions
about territory, race and borders. 'Plant Life of the Pacific World'
appropriates visual effects of images of nuclear explosion converting them
into compositions that make up a mixture of vegetable and floral shapes.
This body of work follows a kind of botanical nomenclature assigned by the
American Botanist ED Merrill to natural plants of the territories that
comprise the Pacific Islands, and that we could find in a book that gives
the title to the series. This explosion of colors and shapes hide a shocking
historical fact that is observed only by closer look and that comes from an
intention to show a relationship between the real and the constructed by the
use of particular forms of masking the reality that is presented here in a
pleasant and seductive way. 'Native People of the Pacific World' creates two
layers of different contexts in which color and trace lines are combined
with photos of 'native' people of the Pacific. The exhibition also presents
a sound installation ' Do fundo do mar pacífico não se percebiam as
diferenças!' that shows a relationship between the first two series.
We may say that one of the common traces between these three series is a
practice of appropriation of images with a strong historical significance
and identity in order to build on these and with these, a new discourse and
a new thought.
Carlos Noronha Feio was born in 1981. Lives and works in London.
[Solo shows] It's a new world! / É um mundo novo! (Museu da Luz, Portugal,
2013), A Monster's Heart (Officesim.com, curated by Stephan Tanbin
Sastrawidjaja, Natasha Issacs and Petros Moris, online sound project), Plant
Life of the Pacific World, (IMT Gallery, London, UK, 2012), Trying to reach
Point Zero, (Carpe diem Arte e pesquisa, Lisbon, Portugal, 2011), Snow wall,
will you show me the way to restart it all?, (Museu Nogueira da Silva,
Braga, Portugal, 2010), To reach point zero/tentando alcançar o ponto zero,
(Galeria Nuno Centeno , Porto, Portugal, 2009) Estação de exportação (OPO;
Galeria Nuno Centeno, Porto, Portugal, 2008)
[Group shows] Disruption, (Royal College of Art Upper Gulbenkian Gallery,
Londres, UK, 2013), You Are Now Entering_________ , (curated by Miguel
Amado, CCA Londonderry~Derry, Northern Ireland, UK, 2012), This This Monster
This Things, (organized by Giorgio Sadotti, Focal Point Gallery, South End
on Sea, UK, 2012), Radio Arts Space, (selection by Milica Pekic´, December
7th - 15th 2011, S¹KUC gallery, Ljubljana & December 7th - 15th 2011, from
12:00 - 22:00, FM88.8MHz, Ljubljana, Slovenia; Carlos Noronha Feio & Ergo
Phizmiz), 2011), Image Wars, (curated by Miguel Amado, Abrons Art Centre,
Para mais informações ou imagens por favor contacte Requests for further nformation
please contact Patrícia Barreira 217 261 831 carloscarvalho-ac@ carloscarvalho-ac.com
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Carlos Carvalho Arte Contemporânea
R. Joly Braga Santos, Lote F – R/c • 1600-123 Lisboa
Tel: 217261831 | Fax: 217261310
www. carloscarvalho-ac.com | carloscarvalho-ac@ carloscarvalho-ac.com
New York, USA, 2011), Longe daqui, aqui mesmo, (by Fábio Morais and Marilá
Dardot, 29 Bienal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, 2011), IMT at Banner
repeater, (Banner Repeater, Londres, UK), Da outra margem do Atlântico:
alguns exemplos da fotografia e do vídeo português (curated by Paulo Reis,
Centro de Artes Helio Oiticica, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2010), Opções e
Futuros, (Espaço Fundação PLMJ, Lisbon, Portugal, 2011), Lá Fora (curated by
João Pinharanda and co-organized with Museu da Presidencia, Fundação EDP,
Lisbon, Portugal), Está a morrer e não quer ver (curated by José Maia,
Espaço Campanhã Porto, Portugal, 2009), New Video Art from Europe (Blow de
la Barra/111 (37 Heneage St), Londres, UK, 2008).
[Collections] Fundação PLMJ, Lisbon, Portugal, Fundação EDP, Lisbon,
Portugal, Navikula Artis, Saint Petersburg, Russia, Museu Nogueira da Silva,
Braga, Portugal, Colecção Arquivo Histórico Wanda Svevo, São Paulo Biennial
Foundation (artist book), Brasil, private collections.
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