Comisario

André Mesquita

Datos generales

Residencia:

Reside en São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brasil

Artistas comisariados:

Gran Fury en:

Gran Fury: Art is Not Enough, 2024

Sheroanawe Hakihiiwee en:

Sheroanawe Hakihiiwe: tudo isso somos nós, 2023

Erika Verzutti en:

Erika Verzutti: a indisciplina da escultura, 2021

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Red Conceptualismos del Sur

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Descripción del Profesional del arte

He received his PhD in Social History from the University of São Paulo in the Faculty of Philosophy, Languages and Literature, and Human Sciences with the thesis Mapas dissidentes: proposições sobre um mundo em crise (1960-2010). He is the author of the following books Insurgências poéticas: arte ativista e ação coletiva (Annablume/Fapesp, 2011), Esperar não é saber: arte entre o silêncio e a evidência (2015) – realized with funding from Bolsa Funarte de Estímulo à Produção em Artes Visuais 2014, and co-author of Desinventario: esquirlas de Tucumán Arde en el archivo de Graciela Carnevale (Ocho Libros, 2015). In 2014, Mesquita was the resident researcher at the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía in Spain. As a member of the Red Conceptualismos del Sur (Southern Conceptualisms Network), he was one the curators of Perder la forma humana: una imagen sísmica de los años ochenta en América Latina (Museo Reina Sofía, ... 2012) and contributor to the accompanying exhibition publication. Also, he was the co-curator of the exhibition Politicization of Friendship (Moderna Galerija/Museum of Contemporary Art Metelkova, Ljubljana, 2014). Currently, Mesquita investigates the theme of secrecy and its relationships with contemporary societies and artistic practices. Currently, he works in Public Programs at the Museu de Arte de São Paulo (MASP).