solo Exhibition ‘Fluxos’

May 16 - July 16 Solo Exhibition ‘Fluxos’

Curator Marc Pottier (o.a. Centre Pompidou x Parana, Museu Oscar Niemeyer Curitba, Usina de Arte Recife)

The work of Janet Vollebregt resembles a Coriolis force interacting with global atmospheric circulation. In the exhibition Fluxos (“Flows”), she immerses the public in a participatory artwork through which she speaks about regenerative energy. Trained as an architect, she knows better than anyone how to appropriate spaces, where the installations and sculptures presented become odes to Eastern philosophies, combined with the spirit of stones, and even with the Brazilian humanist and sensorial Neo-Concrete revolution.

In her creative flow, permeated by Chinese and Japanese philosophical references, her immersion in Brazil means that, although she may not be intimately familiar with the work of the great Lygia Clark (1920–1988), Janet’s work follows the same spirit. Like this fundamental figure of Brazilian contemporary art, Janet seeks to make her work a living organism rather than a mere static object. Both Lygia and Janet redefine art by transforming the passive spectator into an active participant, placing sensory and bodily interaction at the center of their practices. Their relational objects aim to “demystify” art, while simultaneously connecting it to a civilizational philosophy.

For more information: https://www.studiojanetvollebregt.com/exhibitions/event-one-prab7-t6y52-8pn56

Usina Luis Maluf, São Paulo