Research Catalog

Title

Joan Jonas : cinco décadas = Joan Jonas : five decades / [curadoria, Berta Sichel ; coordenação, Julia Borges Araña ].

Publication

São Paulo : Pinacoteca de São Paulo, [2020]

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Details

Additional Authors

• Jonas, Joan, 1936-
• Sichel, Berta M.
• Araña, Julia Borges
• São Paulo (Brazil : State). Pinacoteca do Estado, issuing body, host institution

Description

173 pages : illustrations (chiefly color); 25 cm.

Summary

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Portuguese and English catalogue, with a presentation by Jochen Volz, critical text by curator Berta Sichel and an unpublished essay by american conceptual artist Robin Winters.It will also feature the republication of three texts, translated into Portuguese for the first time, with an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.

Series Statement

Pina_

Alternative Title

• Joan Jonas : five decades
• Cinco décadas

Subject

• Jonas, Joan, 1936- > Exhibitions
• Jonas, Joan, 1936-
• Installations (Art) > Exhibitions
• Performance art > Exhibitions
• Video art > Exhibitions
• Installations (Art)
• Performance art
• Video art

Genre/Form

• Criticism, interpretation, etc.
• Exhibition catalogs.

Note

• Published on the occasion of the exhibition held from August 15, 2020 to February 8, 2021 at the Pinakotheke in São Paulo, Brazil.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Language (note)

• Parallel texts in Portuguese and English.

Contents

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

Call Number

JX 22-4026

ISBN

• 9788582561195
• 8582561199

OCLC

1253445645

Title

Joan Jonas : cinco décadas = Joan Jonas : five decades / [curadoria, Berta Sichel ; coordenação, Julia Borges Araña ].

Publisher

São Paulo : Pinacoteca de São Paulo, [2020]

Type of Content

still image

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Pina_

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references.

Language

Parallel texts in Portuguese and English.

Added Author

Container of (work): Jonas, Joan, 1936- Works. Selections.

Sichel, Berta M., curator, organizer.

Araña, Julia Borges, editor.

São Paulo (Brazil : State). Pinacoteca do Estado, issuing body, host institution.

Research Call Number

JX 22-4026