Leonor Antunes
Subtitle: Joints, voids and gaps
By: Adriano Pedrosa; Amanda Carneiro
Contributors: Pedrosa, Adriano; Carneiro, Amanda
Publisher: MASP Museu de Arte São Paulo
Published: 2020
Place of publication: São Paulo
Language: eng
Number of pages: 280
ISBN-13: 9788531000805
Subjects: Criticism and interpretation; Exhibitions; Sculptors; Women sculptors
Other titles: Joints, voids and gaps
Description: Defined by Leonor Antunes (Lisbon, 1972) as 'sculptures created in space', the work by this leading artist establishes complex relationships between sculpture, architecture, design, light and the body. She dedicates special attention to the materials she uses, which are often natural or organic, and to the effects left on them by time and their use. Antunes is keenly interested in a number of 20th century women artists, architects and designers, which she thoroughly researches and brings in as powerful references in her own works. This is the most comprehensive publication on the artist to date, spanning her entire career. Exhibition: MASP Museu de Arte São Paulo, Brazil (13.12.2019-14.04.2020) / MUDAM, Luxembourg (10.10.2020-07.03.2021).

MUDAM Luxembourgœs Henry J. and Erna D. Leir Pavilion will be the site for a new exhibition of recent sculpture by Leonor Antunes. The artist created a new installation that exploits the physical qualities and proportions of this iconic architectural space designed by Ieoh Ming Pei. Antunes presents new and recent sculptures as well as a new floor work inspired by the work and ideas of Italian architects Franca Helg and Franco Albini, and the Brazilian artist Lygia Clark. The exhibition is organised in dialogue with a sister exhibition by Antunes, vazios, intervalos e juntas developed for the Museu dœArte de São Paulo (MASP). Defined by Leonor Antunes (Lisbon, 1972) as ?sculptures created in space?, the work by this leading artist establishes complex relationships between sculpture, architecture, design, light and the body. She dedicates special attention to the materials she uses, which are often natural or organic, and to the effects left on them by time and their use. Antunes is keenly interested in a number of 20th century women artists, architects and designers, which she thoroughly researches and brings in as powerful references in her own works. This is the most comprehensive publication on the artist to date, spanning her entire career.
Notes: Catalog of an exhibition held at the MASP, Museu de Arte São Paulo, Brazil, from December 13, 2019 - April 14, 2020; and at MUDAM, Luxembourg, from October 10, 2020 - March 7, 2021.
Table of contents: title: Joints, voids, and gaps / Amanda Carneiro; title: Discrepancies after L.A. / Clara Kim; title: Translating material forms / Grant Watson; title: Leonor Antunes: empathy and abstraction / Caoimhín Mac Giolla Léith; title: The pliable plane: indications / María Inés Rodríguez; title: A forest of estrangement / Briony Fer; title: Many layers: a conversation / Leonor Antunes and Adriano Pedrosa; title: Exhibition and work archive (2019-2005)