Lygia Pape

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Lygia Pape (1957)

Lygia Pape (born April 7, 1927 in Nova Friburgo , Brazil ; † May 3, 2004 in Rio de Janeiro ) was a Brazilian painter , sculptor , engraver , filmmaker and university lecturer.

life and work

Pape studied art with Fayga Ostrower at the Museu de Arte Moderna do Rio de Janeiro and in 1947 became a member of the Rio de Janeiro-based Grupo Frente, which was dedicated to concrete art and geometric abstraction. In 1959 she signed the Manifesto Neoconcreto with Lygia Clark and Hélio Oiticica . The advocates of the neoconcrete movement contradicted the prevailing ethos of concrete art, because they believed that art should require the active participation of the viewer. Papes early work, for example For example, the Teclares series, which consists of geometric woodcuts and was shown at the third São Paulo Biennale in 1955, refers to craftsmanship. From the 1960s onwards she worked on scriptwriting, film editing and directing. In 1967 she co-organized the exhibition New Brazilian Objectivity at the Museum of Modern Art in Rio de Janeiro. From 1972 to 1985 she taught at the Universidade Santa Úrsula in Rio de Janeiro. In 1980 she received a master's degree in philosophy of art from the Universidade Ferdal do Rio de Janeiro, where she was appointed professor of fine arts in 1983. Her works were exhibited in Brazil and internationally, for example at the São Paulo Biennale (1953, 1955, 1957, 1959, 1989) and the Salão Nacional de Arte Moderna in Rio de Janeiro between 1952 and 1960, as well as at the 2003 and 2009 Biennale di Venezia and 2011 at the Istanbul Biennale . In 2004 the cultural association project Lygia Pape was founded, which is led by her daughter Paula Pape.

Solo exhibitions (selection)

  • 1975: Museu de Arte Moderna do Rio de Janeiro
  • 2000: Serralves, Lisbon
  • 2001: Americas Society, New York
  • 2011: Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid
  • 2017: Met Breuer, New York

literature

  • Iria Candela: Lygia Pape, 2017, ISBN 978-1588396167
  • Bentes, Ivana, et al .: Lygia Pape: Magnetized Space. Zurich, 2015
  • Carneiro, Lúcia; Ileana Padilla: Lygia Pape. Rio de Janeiro, 1998
  • Cocchiarale, Fernando: Lygia Pape: Entre o olho eo espírito. Postage, 2004
  • Mattar, Denise: Lygia Pape: Intrinsecamente anarquista. Rio de Janeiro, 2003.

Web links

  • Instituto Itaú Cultural: Lygia Pape. In: org.br. Enciclopédia Itaú Cultural (Brazilian Portuguese). ;Biography and works
  • Lygia Pape. In: hausderkunst.de. Haus der Kunst; Short biography and works
  • Lygia Pape. In: ucla.edu. Hammer Museum (English). ;Biography and works
  • Paula Pape on Lygia Pape. In: hauserwirth.com. Hauser & Wirth (English). ;Olivier Renaud-Clément in an interview with Paula Pape about the Lygia Pape project

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Lygia Pape. Venice Biennale 2009. In: universes.art. Accessed October 2, 2019 (with illustration of the installation on display).
personal data
SURNAME Pape, Lygia
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Brazilian painter, sculptor, engraver and filmmaker
DATE OF BIRTH April 7, 1927
PLACE OF BIRTH Nova Friburgo , Brazil
DATE OF DEATH May 3, 2004
Place of death Rio de Janeiro