The Residência Paulo Reis de Ateliê Fidalga seeks to forge ties between Spain, Portugal and Brazil, in the say way that the curator Paulo Reis (1960‒2011) did during his career. These links are established through knowledge of the local art scene, public presentations of the Spanish context, in this case given by the guest curator, and the forging of two-way long-distance relationships between artists, curators and other agents of these countries.
What was formerly the studio of artists Sandra Cinto and Albano Afonso in the city of São Paulo for eighteen years was later converted by them into Projeto Fidalga. Fidalga is a space for artistic creation and dialogue between cultural agents. Today Projeto Fidalga is a permanent meeting place for artists, critics, curators and other culture professionals, who have joined forces to establish a platform for cultural exchange which seeks to create conditions for learning, research, dialogue, peer-to-peer discussion, critical thought and collaboration between artists and cultural agents from different contexts and disciplines.
AC/E is supporting the residency of the Spanish artist Irene Grau invited by Ateliê Fidalga to take part in this process. Irene Grau focuses on colour as a transforming agent of the space and its perception. In her work we usually find the meticulous analysis of a space intervened in situ and its transformation through color, all of which is intermixed following the traditions of the radical monochrome painting, mural painting, performative processes and the landscape (the latter genre understood in a broad way).
The residency involves visiting different studios and institutions of the city of São Paulo, a public talk on the need to combine contexts and a presentation of the work of different Spanish artists with whom this curator has worked on his latest projects. In addition, as the final residency project, an exhibition will show the work of these Spanish artists in dialogue with other proposals from the city of São Paulo.
What was formerly the studio of artists Sandra Cinto and Albano Afonso in the city of São Paulo for eighteen years was later converted by them into Projeto Fidalga. Fidalga is a space for artistic creation and dialogue between cultural agents. Today Projeto Fidalga is a permanent meeting place for artists, critics, curators and other culture professionals, who have joined forces to establish a platform for cultural exchange which seeks to create conditions for learning, research, dialogue, peer-to-peer discussion, critical thought and collaboration between artists and cultural agents from different contexts and disciplines.
AC/E is supporting the residency of the Spanish artist Irene Grau invited by Ateliê Fidalga to take part in this process. Irene Grau focuses on colour as a transforming agent of the space and its perception. In her work we usually find the meticulous analysis of a space intervened in situ and its transformation through color, all of which is intermixed following the traditions of the radical monochrome painting, mural painting, performative processes and the landscape (the latter genre understood in a broad way).
The residency involves visiting different studios and institutions of the city of São Paulo, a public talk on the need to combine contexts and a presentation of the work of different Spanish artists with whom this curator has worked on his latest projects. In addition, as the final residency project, an exhibition will show the work of these Spanish artists in dialogue with other proposals from the city of São Paulo.