![]() ![]() ![]() its construction of fabric elements that include the employment of knitting and crochet techniques, fine silks and cotton velvets, recycled clothes and industrially produced textiles, adorned with portuguese tassels, crystals and beads, form a chaotic patchwork of colors, shapes, patterns and textures, that contrast the clean, straight lines of the atrium space.Īnother first is the display of three of vasconcelos’ vehicle works together, each of which take a different mode of transportation as a starting point for her artistic interventions. ![]() drawing from her in previous ‘contamination’ piece, ‘valkyries’ is a composition of brightly colored organic forms that cascade over the stairs. Taking over the atrium and the central staircase of the manchester art gallery, is the premier of a monumental textile work which vasconcelos has developed as a site-specific installation. entitled ‘time machine’, the ambitious offering gives visitors an in-depth look into the seductive and sometimes, rebellious approach of vasconcelos’s most significant sculptures. on this occasion, the portuguese artist presents more than 20 works, both new and recent, from her portoflio that take over the gallery’s main permanent collection spaces, as well the exterior perimeter of the building. The manchester art gallery hosts the first major exhibition of joana vasconcelos presented in the UK. Joana vasconcelos brings her subversive sculptures to manchester art gallery ![]()
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