MARCELO SILVEIRA

Armazém república (2004), is an installation made up of two distinct segments, which share, apart from the name, the same construction strategy. In one of these segments, one hundred pieces sculpted in wood are tied to the ceiling with strips of leather waiting for some improbable use. In the other segment, hundreds of glass objects (cups, pots, mirrors, bottles, vases, lamps, and broken shards) are arranged on shelves, forming a vertical and fragile panel counterpoised with the opaque and robust horizontality of the wooden objects hanging above.

Marcelo Silveira was born in 1962 in Gravatá, state of Pernambuco. He lives and works in Recife. He featured in the 1^st International Art Biennial of Buenos Aires, Argentina (2000); the 5^th Mercosul Biennial in Porto Alegre, Brazil (2005); the 4^th Valencia Biennial, Spain (2007), and the 29^th São Paulo Biennial (2010). Recent group shows include O Guardião das coisas inúteis, MAMAM, Recife, Brazil (2014); Além da biblioteca, Frankfurter Buchmesse, Frankfurt, Germany (2013); Coleção Itaú de fotografia brasileira, Instituto Tomie Ohtake, São Paulo, Brazil (2013); Palácio das Artes, Belo Horizonte, Brazil (2013); MAC 50: doações recentes 1, Museu de Arte Contemporânea da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil (2013); Travessias 2, Galpão Bela Maré, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (2013); Nova arte nova, Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (2009); Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil, São Paulo, Brazil (2009); Panorama da arte brasileira—contraditório, Alcalá 31, Madrid, Spain (2008); Geração da virada: 10 + 1, Instituto Tomie Ohtake, São Paulo, Brazil (2006). Recent solo shows include: Chronos, Galeria Nara Roesler, São Paulo, Brazil (2012); Arquitetura de interiores, Galeria Nara Roesler, São Paulo, Brazil (2008); and Marcelo Silveira, Centro Universitário Maria Antônia, São Paulo, Brazil (2005).

Courtesy Galeria Nara Roesler