Descripción de la Exposición
Hangar invites two Brazilian artists with radically different expressions and sensibilities. However, what brings them together is they roots and the strength of their attachment to their country. Claudia Jaguaribe, photographer, explores the different facets and antagonisms of Brazil with a contemporary eye and a realistic perspective. Oscar Oiwa, multi-influenced by Brazil, Japan and the United States uses painting and drawing to make us travel into worlds where nature and civilization interconnect in a living disorder. Thanks to the combined talents of Claudia Jaguaribe and Oscar Oiwa, Hangar offers the visitor a particular perspective on landscapes, real or imagined.
The Nature of Things is an installation that questions the very power of nature over its destruction, inherent in economic progress. The concept of this exhibition was born from the desire to provide a visual understanding of the extremes facing Brazilians in their natural or urban environment. Indeed, Brazil has experienced major man-made environmental disasters, including the development of cities that seem to grow endlessly. The tensions and the consequences of this specific situation have been of interest to Claudia Jaguaribe for a long time and are the subject of researches from which the various photographic series exhibited at Hangar are derived. By exploring the themes of the urban landscape and environmental issues, Claudia Jaguaribe creates different layers of understanding and narrative. The first images are from 2009 and the last ones were produced this year especially for the exhibition. Claudia Jaguaribe is an artist who embodies contemporary photography in a lively and ingrained way: she constantly explores the medium until it is «expanded» into very personal forms and spaces. At Hangar, Claudia stimulates the perception of reality and offers the viewer the vision of «her Brazil».
Claudia Jaguaribe was born in 1955 in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil). She lives and works in Brazil. She is graduated from Boston University (USA) in Art History, Fine Arts and Photography. Her works can be found in several museums and collections, such as the Museum of Modern Art of São Paulo, the Inhotim Institute (Brumadinho), the Instituto Moreira Salles (Rio de Janeiro), the Victoria and Albert Museum (London), the Maison Européenne de la Photographie (Paris), the Instituto Italo Latino Americano (Rome), etc. As a photographer, Claudia Jaguaribe is also interested in publishing and moreover, she co- founded Editora Madalena in 2013. She publishes most of her series, which integrate photography and graphic design in a very unique way.
Exposición. 19 nov de 2024 - 02 mar de 2025 / Museo Nacional del Prado / Madrid, España
Formación. 23 nov de 2024 - 29 nov de 2024 / Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía (MNCARS) / Madrid, España
