JOANA VASCONCELOS
Joana Vasconcelos was born in 1971. She lives and works in Lisbon. She has exhibited regularly since the mid-1990s. Her work became known internationally after her participation in the 51st Venice Biennale in 2005, with the work A Noiva [The Bride]“an imposing chandelier with a candid cascade of glistening pendants. Appearing at first to be made of glass or crystal, the thousands of pendants are in fact immaculate feminine tampons” (2001-05).
She was the first woman and the youngest artist to exhibit at the Palace of Versailles, in 2012. Recent highlights of her career include a solo exhibition at Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, the project Trafaria Praia, for the Pavilion of Portugal at the 55th Venice Biennale; the participation in the group exhibition The World Belongs to You at the Palazzo Grassi/François Pinault Foundation, Venice (2011); and her first retrospective, held at the Museu Coleção Berardo, Lisbon (2010).
Source: http://www.joanavasconcelos.com/index.aspx
Photos has been taken from the artist’s website and are covered by copyright
“Finisterra-detail”, 2018, Handmade woollen crochet, ornaments, polyester, on canvas, gilded relief frame, plywood, iron, 340 x 550 x 80 cm, Collection of the artist, copyright Joana Vasconcelos
“Brancura”, 2019, Handmade woollen crochet, ornaments, polyester, on canvas, gilded relief frame, plywood, 116 x 150 x 70 cm, copyright Joana Vasconcelos
“Brancura – detail”, 2019, Handmade woollen crochet, ornaments, polyester, on canvas, gilded relief frame, plywood, 116 x 150 x 70 cm, copyright Joana Vasconcelos
“Egeria”, 2018, Handmade woollen crochet, fabrics, ornaments, LED, polyester, inflatable, fans, microcontrollers, power supply unit, steel cables, 3000 x 3630 x 4496 cm, Collection of the artist. Copyright Joana Vasconcelos
“Valkyrie Marina Rinaldi”, 2014, Handmade woollen crochet, fabrics, ornaments, inflatable, fans, power supply unit, steel cables, 405 x 480 x 1244 cm, Collection of the artist, Work produced with the support of Marina Rinaldi, copyright Joana Vasconcelos
“Big Booby #3”, 2016, Handmade woollen crochet, industrial knitted fabric, polyester, stainless steel, 256 x 256 x 70 cm, Collection of the artist, copyright Joana Vasconcelos
“Big Booby #3 – detail”, 2016, Handmade woollen crochet, industrial knitted fabric, polyester, stainless steel, 256 x 256 x 70 cm, Collection of the artist, copyright Joana Vasconcelos
“Pantelmina #3”,2004, Handmade woollen knitting, industrial knitted fabric, ratchet strap clamps, polyester, 175 x 600 x 70 cm, Collection of the artist, copyright Joana Vasconcelos
“Side by Side”, 2013,Ceramic urinals, handmade cotton crochet, 40 x 58 x 30 cm, Courtesy Phoenix Capital Investments, Los Angeles, copyright Joana Vasconcelos
“Side by Side -detail”, 2013,Ceramic urinals, handmade cotton crochet, 40 x 58 x 30 cm, Courtesy Phoenix Capital Investments, Los Angeles, copyright Joana Vasconcelos
“Vitrail”,2012, Wool, cotton, 346 x 367 cm, Courtesy Haunch of Venison/Christie’s, London. Work produced in collaboration with Manufactura de Tapeçarias de Portalegre, copyright Joana Vasconcelos
Blup”, 2002, Industrial tiles, handmade woollen knitting, industrial knitted fabric, MDF, 210 x 135 x 110 cm, Fleiss Collection Paris, copyright Joana Vasconcelos
“A Noiva [The Bride]”,2001-2005, OB tampons, stainless steel, cotton thread, steel cables, 600 x Ø 300 cm, António Cachola Collection, Elvas, copyright Joana Vasconcelos
“A Noiva – detail [The Bride]”,2001-2005, OB tampons, stainless steel, cotton thread, steel cables, 600 x Ø 300 cm, António Cachola Collection, Elvas, copyright Joana Vasconcelos
