Joan Jonas
Subtitle: cinco décadas = five decades
By: [organização : Berta Sichel ; coordenação : Julia Borges Araña]
Contributors: Araña, Julia Borges, editor; Sichel, Berta M., editor, curator; São Paulo (Brazil : State). Pinacoteca do Estado
Edition: Primeira edição.
Publisher: Pinacoteca de São Paulo
Published: 2021
Place of publication: São Paulo
Language: por
Number of pages: 176
ISBN-13: 9788582561195
Subjects: Exhibitions; Criticism and interpretation; Installations (Art); Performance art; Video art
Other titles: Pina_
Work titles: Works
Description: First solo exhibition in South America by the pioneer of video art and performance, Joan Jonas (New York 1936). Curated by Berta Sichel, the exhibition consists of 11 works, including three large-scale installations: Volcano Saga (1985-89-94-2011), originally presented live with the artist's narration, and now transformed into video installation, is based on an Icelandic tale about a woman named Gudrun, who has mysterious dreams and needs the services of someone who predicts the future, like an oracle. The story is set over with images of Iceland's supernatural landscapes. Stream or River, Flight or Pattern (2016-17) is a multimedia installation that was produced during a workshop that Joan ministered along with other guest artists in Spain. The work was presented for the first time at Fundación Botín. The bilingual, Portuguese and English catalogue, with a presentation by Jochen Volz, critical text by curator Berta Sichel and an unpublished essay by american conceptual artist Robin Winters.It will also feature the republication of three texts, translated into Portuguese for the first time, with an interview by Andrea Lissoni, Julienne Lorz and João Ribas with the artist on the occasion of Joan Jonas' retrospective at London's Tate Modern and rehearsals by Marina Warner and Gregory Volk. The publication also includes photographic reproductions and video frames of the most important works of Joan Jonas's career
Notes: Published on the occasion of the exhibition held from August 25, 2020 to February 8, 2021 at the Pinakotheke in São Paulo, Brazil.

Includes bibliographical references.

In Portuguese and English.
Table of contents: title: Apresentação = Foreword / Jochen Volz, director general; title: Joan Jonas: cinco decadas = Joan Jonas: five decades / Berta Sichel; title: Algumas ideias sobre Joan Jonas = Some thoughts about Joan Jonas / Robin Winters; title: Da imaginação ao real: entrevista com Joan Jonas = From the imagination to the real: interview with Joan Jonas / Andrea Lissoni, Julienne Lorz, Joao Ribas; title: Sobre oraculos e enigmas: alguns reflexos da arte de Joan Jonas = On oracles & enigmas: some refelctions of the art of Joan Jonas / Marina Warner; title: Joan Jonas: Coisas do campo = Joan Jonas: country things / Gregory Volk; title: Lista de obras = List of works.