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Overview
Born in Paris, Vasconcelos is one of the best-known contemporary artists currently living and working in Lisbon. In her practice, she explores themes of identity, gender and consumer culture, incorporating everyday objects and materials, such as textiles, ceramics, and household appliances, which she transforms into monumental and provocative sculptures.
The work of Vasconcelos revolves around ceramics, yarn, fabric, and cloth. These materials serve as the basis for her vibrant, larger-than-life, three-dimensional sculptures, as well as for her elaborate, surreal creations that transform ordinary objects, furniture, tools, ceramics, and figurines. Joana Vasconcelos elevates these mediums and their techniques that are typically associated with applied arts and artisanship to the status of fine art. Her approach involves techniques of alienation and repurposing, which brings her works closer in style and strategy to those of the Surrealist artists.
Vasconcelos has exhibited her work internationally, including twice at the Venice Biennale (2005) (2013), the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao (2018) and the Palace of Versailles (2012), being the youngest female artist to exhibit at the palace. She recently displayed a monumental site specific installation for the Dior Fall-Winter 2023-2024 fashion show, at the Paris Fashion Week; the WEDDING CAKE, a commission from the Rothschild Foundation for Waddesdon Manor in the United Kingdom and the exhibition Between Sky and Heart at the Uffizi, in Florence.
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Abu Dhabi Art 2023 with Joana Vasconcelos
Booth S15 | 22 – 26 November November 15, 2023Baró Galeria is pleased to announce its participation in Abu Dhabi Art 2023 with a solo show by Portuguese artist Joana Vasconcelos . For this...Read more -
Joana Vasconcelos at the Uffizi in Florence
From the 4th of October until the 14th of January 2024 October 3, 2023BETWEEN SKY AND HEART is the title of the exhibition that the Portuguese artist, represented by Baró Galeria, will exhibit at the renowned Uffizi Galleries...Read more -
Six Baró Artists with the Pope
At the Sistine Chapel, Vatican City July 3, 2023Pope Francis has gathered world-renound artists in the Sistine Chapel to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the inauguration of the Vatican Museums’ Collection of Modern...Read more -
Wedding Cake at Waddesdon by Joana Vasconcelos
Waddesdon Manor, Buckinghamshire, UK June 5, 2023Joana Vasconcelos presents her latest installation for the Rothschild family: a 12-metre wedding cake made up of 25000 handmade ceramic tiles.Read more -
Now Representing: Joana Vasconcelos
March 28, 2023After many years closely following her career, especially since her monumental installation presented at the Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo in 2008 'Contaminação', Baró...Read more
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