Ponto a Ponto

For her first solo exhibition at Galeria Luisa Strina “Ponto a Ponto” (Point to Point), Anna Maria Maiolino will present works she created in different media over the last five years.

Over the past five decades, Anna Maria Maiolino has created a diverse body of work, continuously exploring creative and destructive processes, dislocation, alienation, longing and identity.

Continuing Maiolino’s multi-linear creation process, the group of works selected for the exhibition did not follow a serial development of creating one work after another. To produce some of them, the artist employed strictly studio, handcrafting techniques, whereas in others she used new media: photography,
video and sound. As a result, there is a constant imbalance and transformation within the set: all the works convey their own meanings, sometimes moving towards one another, and sometimes moving away.

Top: Anna Maria Maiolino, Untitled, from Propitious series, 2014, acrylic on canvas, 140 x 300 cm. © Anna Maria Maiolino Courtesy the artist and Galeria Luisa Strina Photo by Edouard Fraipont. Above: Anna Maria Maiolino, Untitled, from Materic Actions series, 2010, acrylic on canvas, diptych 121 x 201 cm. © Anna Maria Maiolino Courtesy the artist and Galeria Luisa Strina Photo by Edouard Fraipont

This creative realm composed of a wide spectrum of interests is articulated in Maiolino’s work both in the process of developing the series and throughout her practice. The artist’s attitude to materials and temporality produces a creative return to various stages of her career and it is because of that, the artist
has named this show “Point to Point”.

<b>Left</b>: Anna Maria Maiolino, <i>Untitled</i>, from <i>Between the Inside and the Outside</i> series, 2014, white molded cement. Top: 24 (A) x 45 cm. bottom: 45 (A) x 50 cm. © Anna Maria Maiolino Courtesy the artist and Galeria Luisa Strina Photo by Edouard Fraipont. <b>Right</b>: Anna Maria Maiolino, <i>More than 80</i>, from <i>Prepositions</i> series, 2014, raku pieces, shielded copper wire on metal table. Edition: unique, 80 (H) x 90 x 55 cm. © Anna Maria Maiolino Courtesy the artist and Galeria Luisa Strina Photo by Edouard Fraipont
Anna Maria Maiolino, <i>10 Raku</i>, 2014, raku pieces on metal table. Pieces: different sizes. Metal table: 75 (H) x 135 x 55 cm.
<b>Left</b>: Anna Maria Maiolino, <i>Addition</i>, from <i>Prepositions</i> series 2014, raku pieces and shielded wires on metal table. Pieces: different sizes. Metal table: 125 (H) x 35 x 35 x 35 x 35cm. <b>Right</b>: Anna Maria Maiolino, <i>Untitled</i>, from <i>Hybrids</i> series, 2008/2014. Molten metal and crucible. Piece: 50 (H) x 38 cm. Base: 60 (H) x 40 cm. © Anna Maria Maiolino Courtesy the artist and Galeria Luisa Strina Photo by Edouard Fraipont
Anna Maria Maiolino, <i>Addition</i>, from <i>Prepositions</i> series, 2014 raku pieces and shielded wires on metal table. Pieces: different sizes. Metal table: 125 (H) x 35 x 35 x 35 x 35cm. © Anna Maria Maiolino Courtesy the artist and Galeria Luisa Strina Photo by Edouard Fraipont


from October 8 until November 14, 2014
Anna Maria Maiolino
Ponto a Ponto

Galeria Luisa Strina
Rua Padre João Manuel 755 Cerqueira César, São Paulo