Project title
Nelson Leirner 2011 – 1961 = 50 anos
Artist
Nelson Leirner
Where
Galeria de arte do Sesi
Address
Av. Paulista, 1.313, São Paulo, SP
Visitation
09/06/2011 – 11/06/2011
Free admission
Curator
Agnaldo Farias
Curator assistant
Isabel Teixeira
Production
Automatica
Production coordinator
Luiza Mello
Production
Camila Goulart
Production assistants
Esther Martins
Luisa Hardman
Artist assistant
Fernando Antonio Ribeiro
Expographic project
Haron Cohen
Exhibition photographer
Fernando Lazlo
Photographs
Acervo Nelson Leirner
Edouard Fraipont
Fernando Lazlo
Press consultants
FIESP
Graphic design
FIESP
Scene sets
FIESP
Lighting
FIESP
Proofreading
FIESP
Texts translations
FIESP
Project Manager
Marisa S. Mello
Carolina Lima
Transport
Alves Tegam
Insurance
Foco Art Group
Allianz
Acknowledgments
Ana Albornoz
Augusto Lívio Malzoni
Bolsa de Arte de Porto Alegre
Cândida Helena Pires de Camargo
Daniel Senise
Dr. Adolfo Alberto Leirner
Fernanda Feitosa e Heitor Martins
Flavia Albuquerque
Foco Art Group
Allianz
Alves Tegam
Galeria Celma Albuquerque
Galeria Silvia Cintra + Box 4
Gustavo Halbreich
Haron Cohen
Heloisa Medeiros
Jacqueline Cabral
Lili e João Avelar
Liliana Leirner
Lucia Carneiro
Luciana Rique
Luiz Antônio Campos
Luiz Paulo Montenegro
Luiza Moreira de Souza
Marcelo Martins
Márcio Correia
Marga Pasquali
Egon Kroeff
Mariano M. Ferraz
Museu de Arte Contemporânea da Universidade de São Paulo
Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo
Lívia Lira
Museu de Arte Moderna do Rio de Janeiro
Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo
Plínio de Toledo Arruda
Graziela Strina Arruda
Rafael Alves
Ronaldo Cesar Coelho
Sergio Caribe
Silvia Cintra
Tadeu Chiarelli
Vivian Gandelsman
Edouard Fraipont
Marcos Ribeiro
In an exhibition dedicated to the trajectory of artist Nelson Leirner’s over 50 years of work, pieces from three different moments of his career were gathered. The curator of the exhibition is Agnaldo Farias. The selected moments were: the beginning of his career, when he worked with more conventional elements. The second moment is when he achieved certain maturity (1965 – 1994), trying out and becoming familiar with other forms of expression, such as performances and interventions in public spaces. And the third moment is when the artist sees his work in a less rigorous manner and more as a hobby. He was born in São Paulo and there he lived with part of Brazil`s Art vanguard. When he returned there to inaugurate this exhibition, Nelson Leirner also exhibited an installation, which was being made for over 15 years, for the very first time.
His works compose one of the most provocative and diverse ensembles of art works in the national scene, where he has become one of the most recognized artists throughout the years, for his innovating impulse.