BLAU PROJECTS
DESLOCAMENTOS – ANDREY
ZIGNNATTO
28 mar – 2 may
Opening with the artist present on
March 28, from 12pm to 7 pm.
São Paulo – Blau Projects opens the exhibition Displacements by the artist Andrey Zignnatto
on March 28th with three large-scale pieces created especially for the space. On view until
April 30th, the public may see the intervention Cover II, made in order to ‘cover’ the gallery’s
facade, Erosions II, an installation that will occupy the whole internal space of the galley, and
Manta I, occupying the space’s smaller room.
At the gallery’s entrance, the work Cover II coats the building’s facade with bricks that form an
organic entrance, opening a sliver so that the public may enter the space. In Erosions II,
overlaid bricks, cut by knife by the artist, take the floor of the gallery’s main room. In Cover I,
small bricks float in space hung by nylon strings, showing that the naturally heavy material
made to establish the basis of buildings, may subvert its logic and functionality.
The artist, originally from Jundiaí, develops pieces molded in brick, a material that he learned
to manipulate while at a pottery shop as a pre-adolescent. ‘I started learning how to
manipulate the brick while its still humid, grouping and slicing the pieces until they got to
these formats,’ says the artist. ‘I was really impressed when I realized that the people that
worked there were able to tell time through the slits of sunlight that went through the bricks,’
says Andrey.
Andrey specialized himself in the process, understanding the functionality of the types of
bricks, like the ‘baiano brick,’ exploring its design, versatility. ‘Being a self-taught artist, I allow
that the choice of material, as well as the system of the production process be defined
according to a specific demand for each idea.’ The artist also learned to manipulate industrial
equipment, like presses, guillotines and ovens. ‘So, many ideas also came in spontaneous ways
through a direct contact with the production process,’ he analyses.
His experience influenced him to develop modeled pieces in which he extracts the original
functionality from the industrialized object and establishes an artistic character upon the
pieces. ‘My intention is precisely to generate a new dialogue between the object and the
person,’ justifies the artist.
In the text written to present the exhibition, the curator, Rejane Cintrão states: ‘This series by
Zignnatto takes us to reflect upon how some forms imposed by architects, engineers and
politicians may and should be reconsidered. By using the same material that constructs square
and modular buildings that result in monotonous gray cities, which have nothing to do with
the forms in nature, he proposes a new way to see the city and the objects created by man.’
Andrey Zignnatto
Andrey Zignnatto was born in 1981, Jundiaí, city where he lives. Self-taught, works between
São Paulo and Jundiaí. The artist is the idealizer of Associação Cultural Menorah. He is the
creator of the Circuito de Artes Viduais de Jundiaí; Futuro – Salão Nacional de Artes Visuais –
Contemporary Art and New Technologies; Movimenta – National Contemporary Dance
Festival; Artistic Director of Fluxus Cia de Dança Contemporânea.
In 2014, Andrey received an award from the Prêmio Funarte de Arte Contemporânea, the
same year in which he received an award from the Prêmio de Artes Visuais PROAC – Secretaria
de Estado da Cultura de São Paulo. Andrey has exhibited in various juried shows: Blumenau, in
Curitiba, as well as the 18th Festival Cultura Inglesa. The artist has had solo exhibitions in
Jundiaí, Goiânia and São Paulo, and group shows in Piracicaba, London, Rio de Janeiro, Italy,
Santa Catarina, Bahia, Curitiba, Paraná, Rio Grande do Sul, Canada, Hungary, Spain and
Argentina.
Blau Projects
Focusing on diverse languages like painting, photography, video, drawing, performance and
the three-dimensional, the gallery has been open since August 2014 and has been developed
to strengthen the dialogue between the public and artists. ‘Our mission is to support and
stimulate emerging artists and to foster discussions regarding contemporary art,’ states Juliana
Blau, director of the gallery. The gallery’s represented artists are: Bruno Moreschi, Renata
Cruz, Vítor Mizael and Marcone Moreira.
Service
Exhibition opening Deslocamentos, solo show by Andrey Zignnatto
From March 28th to April 30th
Free valet service at the location
Opening Hours: tuesday to saturday, from 11am to 7pm
Free entry
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