Ícaro Lira, Lavorare Stanca 2018, copy of Cesare Pavese’s 1936 book Lavorare Stanca, collage in wheat paste (montage of images of an Italian soldier and the acropolis in Greece), paper, nail, and wood.
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Pictures at an Exhibition presents images of one notable show every weekday.
Today’s show: “Ícaro Lira: Frente de trabalho” is on view at Galeria Jaqueline Martins in São Paulo through Saturday, May 12. The solo exhibition takes it name, which translates to work group, from “the moniker bestowed, in different contexts and at different points in time, on [Brazilian] government policies designed to address the problem of labor force inactivity,” a press release notes. “An oft-used tool in fighting unemployment and drought, the creation of work groups entails the mobilization of workers for temporary labor at the service of the State, in some instances concurrently with professional training programs.” The work in the exhibition is in a way a work group of Lira’s making as he presents pieces by other artists, including Juraci Dórea, Traplev and José Bezerra, alongside his own art.
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Installation view of “Ícaro Lira: Frente de trabalho,” 2018, at Galeria Jaqueline Martins, São Paulo.
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Installation view of “Ícaro Lira: Frente de trabalho,” 2018, at Galeria Jaqueline Martins, São Paulo.
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Installation view of “Ícaro Lira: Frente de trabalho,” 2018, at Galeria Jaqueline Martins, São Paulo.
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Ícaro Lira, Untitled, To Jimmie D., Part #5, from the series “Frente de trabalho,” 2018, wooden box, photography of Mario de Andrade in the book O turista aprendiz (1976), fabric, stone found in the coast of Ceará, and naval plywood.
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Ícaro Lira, Filme Frente – Residência Artística Cambridge, 2016, video, taken at the Ocupação Hotel Cambridge in the center of São Paulo, as part of the actions
developed during artist’s residency.
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Ícaro Lira, Postais da ditadura, 2018, three photographs from Quebradores de pedra (1938) from the collection of the Missão de Pesquisas Folclóricas, flour sieves, and three postcards of Brazilian military dictatorship (Ponte Rio-Niterói, Itaipu, and Mausoléu Castelo Branco).
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Ícaro Lira, Postais da ditadura (detail), 2018, three photographs from Quebradores de pedra (1938) from the collection of the Missão de Pesquisas Folclóricas, flour sieves, and three postcards of Brazilian military dictatorship (Ponte Rio-Niterói, Itaipu, and Mausoléu Castelo Branco).
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Ícaro Lira, Objeto encontrado #1, 2018, wood, fabric, stone, styrofoam, rope, algae and mosses on a blackboard, floating marker (fishing flag) found on Icapuí.
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Installation view of “Ícaro Lira: Frente de trabalho,” 2018, at Galeria Jaqueline Martins, São Paulo.
GUI GOMES/COURTESY GALERIA JAQUELINE MARTINS
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Ícaro Lira, Crime e impunidade, 2017, copy of Maria Cristina Vannucchi Leme’s 1987 book Assassinatos no campo/crime e impunidade/1964-1986, stone from Canudos, cotton bag, and hawker’s table.
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Ícaro Lira, Objeto encontrado #2, 2018, wood, iron, line, and plastic fishing net found in Icapuí.
GUI GOMES/COURTESY GALERIA JAQUELINE MARTINS
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Ícaro Lira, Lavorare Stanca 2018, copy of Cesare Pavese’s 1936 book Lavorare Stanca, collage in wheat paste (montage of images of an Italian soldier and the acropolis in Greece), paper, nail, and wood.
GUI GOMES/COURTESY GALERIA JAQUELINE MARTINS