Eleonore Koch retrospective at MAC USP explores painting as performance
The Museu de Arte Contemporânea da Universidade de São Paulo (MAC USP) inaugurated the exhibition 'Eleonore Koch: em cena' on April 6, curated by Fernanda Pitta. The retrospective features over 90 paintings alongside numerous drawings and photographs, drawn from the museum's collection and other institutions and private collections. The show, on view until July, examines Koch's singular poetics and her strategic translation of reality into painting. The artist's work is presented as a performance of painting itself, engaging with the eternal problem of the medium in modernity, particularly the tension between figure and ground and the viewer's gaze. Koch's practice is contextualized in relation to two key artistic references: the Italo-Brazilian painter Alfredo Volpi and the English artist Patrick Caulfield. The exhibition is housed in the museum's former DETRAN building in São Paulo, itself noted as a significant work of 20th-century architecture.
Key facts
- The exhibition 'Eleonore Koch: em cena' opened on April 6 at MAC USP.
- Curator Fernanda Pitta organized the retrospective.
- It features over 90 paintings, plus drawings and photographs.
- The show runs until July of the current year.
- Koch's work is analyzed as performing painting rather than representing reality.
- Her artistic references include Alfredo Volpi and Patrick Caulfield.
- The MAC USP is located in the former DETRAN building in São Paulo.
- The exhibition draws from the MAC USP collection and other public and private collections.
Entities
Artists
- Eleonore Koch
- Alfredo Volpi
- Patrick Caulfield
- Paul Gauguin
- Fernanda Pitta
Institutions
- Museu de Arte Contemporânea da Universidade de São Paulo (MAC USP)
- DETRAN
Locations
- São Paulo
- Brazil
- Italy
- England