CINTHIA MARCELLE: Automóvel.
23/10/2012.
By Cinthia Marcelle. Sprovieri Gallery. [LON] U.K. 12/10-24/11/2012.
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The Brazilian photographer Cinthia Marcelle presents her new video work "Automóvel" (Automobile) in the artist’s second solo show at the Sprovieri Gallery.
Cinthia Marcelle. O Conto Fantástico (The Fantastic Tale). 2012. Diptych photography | 80 x 100 cm each. Courtesy of the artist and of Sprovieri Gallery, London.
Cinthia Marcelle. Plano de Evasão 2 (Evasion Plan 2). 2012. Diptych photography | 80 x 100 cm each. Courtesy of the artist and of Sprovieri Gallery, London.
Cinthia Marcelle. Automóvel (automobile), 2012. Video colour and sound. Produced by Katásia Filmes and 88. Courtesy of the artist and of Sprovieri Gallery, London.
Marcelle uses video and photography to document the effects that her interventions have on the usual order of things. Particularly, Marcelle’s work is inspired by the chaos and the turmoil of possibilities which can be found in everyday life. Her actions create situations that challenge our notions of conventional behaviour by introducing humorous coincidences and connections.
Representing the constant flow of vehicles on a two-way urban street, the video "Automóvel" (Automobile) focuses on the pace of life on any normal working day. Yet when the owners of those cars become slaves to their vehicles, what you get is a scene reminiscent of Sisyphus. Condemned to pushing their vehicles ever forward, the drivers are slowly enveloped by the night.
"Automóvel" (Automobile) was produced in 2012 by Katásia Filmes and 88.
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CINTHIA MARCELLE
Cinthia Marcelle, born in Belo Horizonte, 1974, also, lives and works there. She graduated in Fine Arts from the Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (1996-1999).
Marcelle's work has been part of significant group exhibitions including Prelúdio, Casa de Vidro, São Paulo (2012), Dundee Contemporary Art, Dundee, Scotland (2012), New Museum Triennial, New York (2012),Tate Modern Level2, London (2012), 29ª São Paulo Biennial (2010), Kölnischer Kunstverein, Germany (2009), 9ª Biennial of Lyon, France (2007), Panorama da Arte Brasileira, São Paulo (2007) and Madrid, (2008), 9ª Bienal de La Habana, Cuba (2006). Her solo exhibitions include Pinchuk Art Center, Kiev (2011), Galeria Vermelho, São Paulo (2011), Camberwell College of Arts, London (2009), Sprovieri Gallery, London (2009), Ikon Gallery, Birmingham (2008), Box 4, Rio de Janeiro (2007), Museu de Arte da Pampulha, Belo Horizonte (2004).
Cinthia Marcelle was awarded relevant International Prizes such as the Future Generation Prize from the Victor Pinchuck Foundation in 2011 and the TrAIN artist in residency award at Gasworks, London, in 2009.
