«Replay» at National Museum of the Republic Cultural Complex (Honestino Guimarães), Brasília, Brazil.
28.11.2013–05.01.2014
a solo exhibition curated by Caroline Menezes
«(…) Rui Macedo’s art has one clear prerogative: to be unpredictable. It could be argued that all artistic language, at its core, seeks to dazzle and surprise. However, what makes this artist’s visual poetics so genuinely unique is the unexpected that arises from the manipulation of the rules, which are already so familiar and ingrained in our understanding of painting and its conventions.»
Excerpt from the exhibition catalogue essay “A transparência da pintura” by Carolina Menezes, 2013
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The solo exhibition "Replay" curated by Caroline Menezes was held from November 28, 2013, to January 5, 2014, at the National Museum of the Republic Cultural Complex (Honestino Guimarães), Brasília, Brazil.
This exhibition had the support of the Athos Bulcão Foundation and the Camões Institute in Brazil.
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On the occasion of this exhibition, the catalogue «Replay» (PT/EN) was published.
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Carolina Menezes is a journalist, art critic, curator, and researcher based in Berlin. With more than 20 years of experience working between Brazil and Europe, her practice focuses on contemporary art, digital culture, and the democratisation of access to the visual arts. She holds an MA in Art History of Europe, Asia and America from the University of Sussex and a PhD in History and Theory of Art from the University of the Arts London.
Menezes began her career as a culture reporter for Jornal do Brasil and later became a permanent art critic for Studio International, writing from Europe for over a decade. She is the author of Tuneu, a book exploring the 50-year trajectory of Brazilian artist Antonio Carlos Rodrigues.
As a curator, she has developed projects that foster dialogue between artists and audiences, including the exhibitions Festival Mais Performance and Códigos Primordiais at Oi Futuro, Rio de Janeiro, featuring pioneering figures in digital and computational art such as Peter Weibel, Paul Brown, Harold Cohen, Ernest Edmonds, and Frieder Nake. She was also a researcher at ZKM | Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe, where she investigated artistic exchanges between Brazil and German-speaking countries. Alongside her curatorial work, she mentors artists with a focus on communication and public engagement.
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Marília Panitz (b. 1958, São Leopoldo, Brazil) is a curator, researcher, art critic, and educator based in Brasília, DF. She holds an MA in Contemporary Art: Theory and History of Art from the University of Brasília and has worked as a teacher since 1980, joining the Federal District Department of Education in 1983. Between 1999 and 2011, she also taught at the University of Brasília through the partnership between SEEDF and FUB.
From 1990 to 1996, she directed the Museu Vivo da Memória Candanga. Since 1994, she has worked as a researcher and coordinator of educational programs for exhibitions and cultural institutions. In 1997, she served as advisor for visual arts projects at the Federal District Secretariat of Culture, including the Panorama das Artes Visuais no Distrito Federal. In 1998, she directed the Museu de Arte de Brasília (MAB), where she coordinated the Brasília Visual Arts Prize and the MAB/MinC Research Grants Program for emerging artists. Since 1999, she has published essays and critical texts on Brasília-based artists in newspapers, catalogues, and books, including contributions to Crítica de Arte no Brasil: Temáticas Contemporâneas and Sobre Arte e Psicanálise. Since 2001, she has developed curatorial projects and, since 2000, has coordinated the educational program of CCBB Brasília. Her curatorial work includes exhibitions such as Felizes para Sempre (2000–2001), Gentil Reversão (2001–2003), Centro|EX|cêntrico (2003), Heterodoxia (2004), Situações Brasília (2005), Obsolescências (2009), and Brasília: Síntese das Artes (2010). She was also a member of the PIPA Prize Nomination Committee in 2011 and 2019.