Maria Laet
This love for things that go unnoticed does not choose between the solid presence of a stone or the viscous transience of feet in the sand. It is a process of affective attention that gives density to what is brief, expanding our organic dimensions. By making itself available to the flow of nature, Laet's work creates molecular intimacy with the world.
– Frederico Coelho, Poro, 2018
Brazilian artist, lives and works in the city of Rio de Janeiro. Her works subtle dynamics with elements of nature such as air, time, light and energy, which constitute a unique glossary. By a deep breath the artist creates an inventory of listens and actions that link earth and body to timeless experiences.
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A Trama da Terra que Treme
21 May - 22 Jul 2022 São PauloJoão Modé | Construtivo [Paninho] , 2014 A Gentil Carioca is pleased to present A Trama da Terra que Treme. Curated by Victor Gorgulho , the show brings together works...Read more -
Bum-bum Paticumbum Prugurundum
7 Aug - 9 Oct 2021 São PauloAleta Valente, Ana Linnemann, Arjan Martins, Cabelo, Ernesto Neto, Jarbas Lopes, João Modé, José Bento, Laura Lima, Marcela Cantuária, Maria Laet, Maria Nepomuceno, Maxwell Alexandre, OPAVIVARÁ!, Renata Lucas, Rodrigo Torres,...Read more -
Mirror
5 Mar - 2 May 2021Access viewing room or Visit online exhibitionRead more -
all power to the beach!
27 Nov - 6 Dec 2020 Rio de JaneiroAccess viewing roomRead more -
Encruzilhada Gentil
7 Oct - 31 Dec 2020 Rio de JaneiroAccess viewing roomRead more -
Lost in Translation
23 May - 25 Jul 2020 Rio de JaneiroAccess viewing roomRead more -
Maria Laet | Poro
21 May - 16 Jun 2018 Rio de JaneiroThe exhibition Poro investigates the artistic universe of Maria Laet through a group of works which explore the relationships between nature and culture, spheres which overlay each other and articulate...Read more -
Sobre a terra
27 May - 8 Jul 2017 Rio de JaneiroAnna Bella Geiger, Caroline Valansi, Guga Ferraz, Hélio Oiticica, Luiz Alphonsus, Manfredo de Souzanetto, Maria Laet, Matheus Rocha Pitta, Mestre Didi, Rafael RG, Regina José Galindo and Rodrigo Braga Curated...Read more -
Alma: Acervo Gentil
16 Jul - 20 Aug 2016 Rio de Janeiro -
Abre Alas 4
26 Jan - 29 Mar 2008 Rio de JaneiroAlexandre Przewodowski, Ana Infante, Arnaud Levesque, Bianca Tomaselli, Bruno Miguel, Carolina Cor, Cristiano Lenhardt, Danielle Fonseca, Gabi Gusmão, Gabriela Mureb, Glaucia Mayer, João Penoni, Joshua Callaghan, Julia...Read more -
Abre Alas 2
4 Jan - 11 Mar 2006 Rio de JaneiroAdriano Melhem, Alex Laurentino, Ana Torres, Cadu D'Oliveira, Carmen Riquelme, Carolina Ponte, Francisco de Almeida, Gustavo Speridião, Hapak, Judith Augustinovič, Leopoldo Henrique Wolf, Lourival Batista, Maria Laet, Maria Nepomuceno,...Read more
Brazilian artist, lives and works in the city of Rio de Janeiro. Her works subtle dynamics with elements of nature such as air, time, light and energy, which constitute a unique glossary. By a deep breath the artist creates an inventory of listens and actions that link earth and body to timeless experiences. The dialogue with multiple materialities, the space of aspiration between the volumes of life, habit, balance, intuition and fluidity are amplified in photographs, installations, sculptural objects and videos, which manifest in the works of Maria a unique sensory experience. In her empirical studies, Maria points out oscillations, the freedom, the gestures and the memories that melt in between silences and noises, cycles that bend one body or stretch layers of another. The density of the city is rearranged by the artist, as with an ephemeral flair transforms what touches into seams and weaves pierced by fugacities and prolongations.
In 2019, she presented the solo exhibitions “Almost nothing” at Galeria 3 + 1 in Lisbon and at the Institut d´art Contemporain in Villeurbanne / Rhône, France, “Sobrecéu” at Galeria do Lago-Museu da República in Rio de Janeiro and “A measure of breath” in Parque Lage, Rio de Janeiro. She also participated in the group shows “I Remember Earth”, at Le Magasin - Center National d'art Contemporain, in Grenoble, France, “Bauhaus: Utopia in Crisis”, at the University of Arts London, in the United Kingdom, “Tecer Mundos”, Sesc Quitandinha, in Petrópolis, and “Da linha, o fio”, at Espaço Cultural BNDES, in Rio de Janeiro. She was part of the 33rd São Paulo Biennial in 2018 and the 18th Sydney Biennial in 2012. Maria joined the Residencies “Residency Unlimited” in New York in 2014, the “Carpe Diem Art and Research” in Lisbon in 2010 and at the Schloß Balmoral, in Germany, 2009.
Her work are part of the collections Gilberto Chateaubriand, MAM Rio Rio de Janeiro, Brasil; MAC Niterói, Brasil; 49 Nord 6 est – Frac Lorraine, Metz, France; MSK, Ghent, Belgium; Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros; AGI, Verona, Italy; Maria Cristina Masaveu Peterson Foundation, Madrid, Spain; Figueiredo Ferraz Institute, São Paulo, Brasil; MoMA, New York; Special Collections, The Getty Research Institute; Rare Books and Special Collection, Princeton University; The Bienecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University; Ivorypress Artist’s Books Collection, Madrid; Uría Menéndez Collection, Spain; MAR, Rio de Janeiro.