Regina Silveira, "Quimera", 2003/2011

Regina Silveira

"Quimera", 2003/2011

caixa de luz e vinil adesivo
lightbox and adhesive vinyl

dimensões variáveis
variable dimensions

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Regina Silveira’s artistic research questions the orthodox, preestablished forms of representation, leading her to work with new possibilities of signification. Her works explore the architectural and contextual space, generally evoking a sense of uncanniness through the displacement of the commonplace, that is, our common references. Regina Silveira is known for her research into the principles of perspective, tridimensionality, and the study of shadows, which she employs in large site-specific installations, vinyl cutouts, luminous projections, works in printmaking, embroidery, porcelain and digital videos.

Throughout her 60-year career, Regina Silveira has remained at the forefront of research on perception and visual representation, primarily by investigating the principles of perspective and three-dimensionality. A significant work by Regina Silveira, Quimera, had its first version presented at Galeria Luciana Brito in 2004, in an exhibition held in parallel to that year’s Bienal de São Paulo. This installation demonstrates the artist’s ability to play with our perception through a metalinguistic process involving light and shadow. A comprehensive retrospective of Regina Silveira’s oeuvre is currently being held at La Virreina Centre de La Imatge in Barcelona.

Com mais de 60 anos de carreira, Regina Silveira sempre esteve à frente nas pesquisas sobre percepção e representação visual, principalmente por meio de estudos sobre os princípios de perspectiva e tridimensionalidade. Uma obra importante de Regina Silveira, “Quimera”, teve sua primeira versão mostrada na Galeria Luciana Brito em 2004, em exposição paralela à edição do mesmo evento. Trata-se de uma instalação que representa a habilidade da artista em brincar com a nossa percepção, através de um processo metalinguístico que envolve luz e sombra. O conjunto da obra de Regina Silveira pode ser visto atualmente no La Virreina Centre de La Imatge, em Barcelona.

Regina Silveira

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