Florence, Italy – Gucci Museo is pleased to announce Joana Vasconcelos as the fourth contemporary art exhibition of works, on loan from Pinault Collection with thanks to M. Franҫois Pinault.
Curated by Francesca Amfitheatrof Gucci Museo presents 3 exemplary works: Red Independent Heart (2010), Psycho (2010) and Lavoisier (2011).
Vasconcelos’ art practice is characterized by a decontextualisation of the familiar – be they household objects, plastic spoons or national icons – and the deconstruction of how we identify things, particularly gender, class, and nationality. There is a political current to Vasconcelos’ work: the revolution of 1974 and the stifling patriarchal culture of the Salazar years form the backdrop and counterpoint to her ferociously energetic reinvention of Portuguese, and specifically female, identity.Perhaps more importantly, she incorporates traditional Portuguese crafts such as crochet, filigree and ceramics into her work, both as art practice and as historical subject matter.
