2013/14 - LISTE 18 | The young art fair in Basel

Huber3/4/2Galerie Andreas HuberAndreas HuberSchleifmühlgasse6–8AT-1040 WienT +43 1 586 02 37F +43 1 586 02 37 12M +43 676 580 76 00art@galerieandreashuber.atwww.galerieandreashuber.atSolo Show at LISTE:Rita Sobral Campos, 1982, PT/USOther Artists of the Gallery:Kaucyila Brooke, USJosef Dabernig, ATCarola Dertnig, ATVolker Eichelmann, UKJudith Hopf, DELeopold Kessler, ATDaniel Lergon, DEMichael Part, ATRudolf Polanszky, ATDan Rees, UKFlorian Schmidt, AT(top left)Rita Sobral CamposThey fought for theThird place, 2013Carbon ink and goldleaf on paper46 × 31.5 cm (framed)Courtesy GalerieAndreas Huber,ViennaPhoto: GeorgPetermichl(top right)Rita Sobral CamposFrederik: TheMystics #1, 2013Walnut wood76 × 65 × 5 cmCourtesy GalerieAndreas Huber,ViennaPhoto: GeorgPetermichlNeon Medieval –GalerieAndreas Huber15.3.2013–11.5.2013,ViennaInstallation viewPhoto: GeorgPetermichl96 / 97The drawings and sculptures preparedfor the project ‘Neon Medieval’ represent amoment in the narrative that Rita SobralCampos has conceived around Frederik:that moment in which Frederik enlists theadvice of five mutually conflicting heresies.Each of these heresies, as well as Frederikhimself, is presented in animations usingshort texts, and given visual form by variousshapes and symbols. Wooden sculptures,so-called foot soldiers, serve to representand characterize each teaching.Inspired and enthused by the figures ofFriedrich II and medieval culture, SobralCampos spins a new story. She transformsthe historical, transferring it into a fictionwith no defined time frame. Like most of herworks, ‘Neon Medieval’ is based on acomplex narrative that draws on a broadphilosophical and historical context.Current discussion plays a role as well,such as references to physics or theneurosciences. The drawings and woodensculptures are a manifestation ofone step of this narration. The work willbe developed further and in its nextpresentation will end up at another pointand in another form.Installations, sculptures, drawings,animations, texts, books: in her multimediaprojects and obsessive research,Rita Sobral Campos finds the possibilities topresent her work in various media.The exhibits here, accompanied by shorttexts and glossaries, are reminiscent ofscience fiction or pseudo-scientific fantasy.Rita Sobral Campos, born in 1982, lives andworks in New York.