Selected Works
Artur Lescher, Untitled, 2017-2019, Stainless steel, multifilament lines and steel cable, 300 x 23 x 25 cm
Artur Lescher, 3357 Lilla #05, 2019, Aluminum, brass and steel cable, 199.5 x 9.5 cm
Artur Lescher, 1173 Bill, 2014, Copper, brass, aluminum and steel cable, 240 x 10 x 10 cm
Artur Lescher, Weeps, 2005, Wood and steel cable, 70 x 4.5 cm
Artur Lescher, Pablo, 2019, Brass, green multifilament lines and steel cable, 220 x 25 x 25 cm
Artur Lescher, Pablo (detail), 2019, Brass, green multifilament lines and steel cable, 220 x 25 x 25 cm
Artur Lescher, Azimute, 2019, Aluminum and brass, 40 x 29 cm
Artur Lescher, 1538 Telescopica #5, Aluminio, 240 x 8 cm
Artur Lescher
Born 1962, Brazil
Artur Lescher was born in São Paulo/SP, Brazil, 1962, where he lives and works. He participated in the 19th and 25th editions of the Bienal Internacional de Arte de São Paulo, São Paulo/SP, Brazil (1987 e 2002), and in the 5th Bienal do Mercosul, Porto Alegre/RS, Brazil (2005). He took part in several group exhibitions in Latin America, Europe and in the United States, as well as in two solo shows, the first one at Instituto Tomie Ohtake (ITO), São Paulo/SP, Brazil (2006), and, more recently, at the Palais d’Iéna, Paris, France (2017) and Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo (2019).
For more than thirty years, Lescher presents a solid work as a sculptor, which results from a research around the articulation of materials, thoughts and forms. In this sense, the artist has on the particular, uninterrupted and precise dialogue with both architectonic space and design, and on his choice of materials, which can be metal, stone, wood, felt, salts, brass and copper, fundamental elements to highlight the power of this discourse. Even if Lescher’s work is strongly linked to industrial processes, achieving extreme refinement and rigor, his production does not have the form as the only purpose, actually, it goes beyond it. This contradiction opens space for myth and imagination, essential elements for the construction of his Minimal Landscape [Galeria Nara Roesler, 2006]. By choosing names for his artworks, such as Rio Máquina, Metamérico or Inabsência (Projeto Octógono Arte Contemporânea, Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo, 2012) Lescher proposes an extension of the work, suggesting a narrative, sometimes contradictory or provocative, that places the spectator in a hiatus, in a suspended condition.
Selected Exhibitions
2016
Landscape, Piero Atchugarry Gallery, Pueblo Garzón, Uruguay
2015
Afluentes, Galeria Nara Roesler, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2014
Cidade Poética, Sala de Arte Santander, Sāo Paulo, Brazil
2013
Pantographic Thinking, Galeria Nara Roesler, São Paulo, Brazil
2012
Inabsência, Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo, Brazil
Galeria Del Paseo, Punta del Este, Uruguay 2011
Galeria OMR, Mexico, D.F.
Galeria Del Paseo, Punta del Este, Uruguay 2010
Metaméricos, Josée Bienvenu Gallery, New York, NY
Rio Máquina, Galeria Nara Roesler, São Paulo, Brazil
Museum Collections
Halle Collection, Scottsdale, AZ
Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Instituto Nacional de Belas Artes, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Biblioteca Luis Angel Arango, Bogotá, Colombia
Museu Nacional de Belas Artes, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Museu de Arte Contemporânea - MAC USP, São Paulo, Brazil
Centro Cultural São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Instituto Cultural Itaú, São Paulo, Brazil
Museu de Arte Latinoamericana de Buenos Aires, MALBA, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Past Exhibitions
Artur Lescher: Inner Landscape
January 8th, 2016 — April 10th, 2016
This monumental work feeds off the relationship between the gallery and its external spaces, dissolving the threshold of indoor and outdoor.
Curated by Elena Forin