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Caio Reisewitz Brazilian, b. 1967
"Guanabara III", 2012c-print em metacrilato
c-print mounted on Diasec180 x 288 cm
70.86 x 113.38 inEd 1/5Caio Reisewitz’s research takes photography as its main medium. Through technical and thematic refinement, his work evinces an interest in human action and its social and political effects, whether in the natural space or the architectural space. While his photographic technique highlights the dramaticity among shapes, colors and textures, his artistic poetics constructs a nearly dreamlike aesthetic repertoire. These aspects establish a dichotomous dialogue between the real (that which is characteristic of the photographic record) and the chimerical (our own repertoires).A pesquisa de Caio Reisewitz traz a fotografia como suporte principal. Através do refinamento técnico e temático, sua obra apresenta um interesse pela ação do homem e seus efeitos sociais e políticos, seja no espaço natural, seja no espaço arquitetônico. Enquanto sua técnica fotográfica exalta a dramaticidade entre formas, cores e texturas, sua poética artística constrói um repertório estético quase onírico. Esses aspectos estabelecem um diálogo dicotômico entre o real (aquele característico do registro fotográfico) e o quimérico (nossos próprios repertórios).Caio Reisewitz’s research takes photography as its main medium. Through technical and thematic refinement, his work evinces an interest in human action and its social and political effects, whether in the natural space or the architectural space. While his photographic technique highlights the dramaticity among shapes, colors and textures, his artistic poetics constructs a nearly dreamlike aesthetic repertoire. These aspects establish a dichotomous dialogue between the real (that which is characteristic of the photographic record) and the chimerical (our own repertoires).With a degree in visual arts from Mainz University (Germany), Caio Reisewitz has an advanced degree in visual poetics and an MA from the University of São Paulo. The biennials he has participated in include: 23rd Sydney Biennale (2022), Biennale des Arts 2022 de Nice, France, the 26th Bienal de São Paulo (2004), the 51st Biennale di Venezia (2005), in Italy, and the Nanjing Biennale (2010), in China. His work has also been shown at the Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y León (MUSAC) (2010, Spain); Instituto Moreira Salles, Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo (2010); the Ella Fontanals-Cisneros Collection Miami (2005, 2010, USA); the International Center of Photography (ICP), New York (2014, USA); the Maison Européenne de la Photographie, Paris (2015, France); the Pinacoteca de São Paulo (2017), as well as at Photo Shanghai (2019, China). In 2020, he released the book Altamira, based on a collection of the same name acquired by the Pinacoteca de São Paulo. His work figures in important collections such as those of the Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation (USA); the Fundación ARCO Madrid (Spain); the Collezione Fondazione Giovanni Guastalla (Italy); the Fond National d’Art Contemporain (France); MUSAC (Spain); the Museu de Arte Moderna (MAM) of São Paulo, of Rio de Janeiro and of Salvador (Brazil); the Musée Malraux (France); and the Pinacoteca de São Paulo.