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Heloisa Espada, Lorenzo Mammì

Through 56 paintings and photos, eight Brazilian contemporary artists are joining forces to explore the farthest reaches of the "terrain vague": those seemingly forgotten empty spaces that bear witness to the past. Curated in part by renowned art critic Lorenzo Mammi, "Nowhere" effortlessly unites the works of three talented painters, as well as five acclaimed photographers. Opening at Gávea's modern Insituto Moreira Salles the collection invites viewers to draw a parallel between the creative freedom of a painters brush strokes and photographers' modern-day ability to manipulate their pictures through technology. "The artists that participate with photographs -Celina Yamauchi, Lina Kim, Luiza Baldan, Rubens Mano and Sofia Borges- many times have paintings as a reference, but not uphold in this art form. They are also informed about the history of recent art, which includes Pop art...