Kumano Way – Japan – February 2009

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The Kumano Way extends over a sacred land that shelters Taoist and Buddhist temples, many portals and several legends; it is a pilgrimage route similar to the Saint James Way. There, nature is sacred – it imposes its rhythm. On the grounds that I left more than a hundred paintings along 800 km of the [...]

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Biography

The artist Cristina Oiticica was born in Rio de Janeiro, on November 23rd. 1951, where she has always lived. In 2003, after many trips to Europe, she decided to divide her time between the Pirineus in Southwestern France and Rio de Janeiro, where, with much inspiration has developed her work even more, with nature. Creating [...]

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Curriculum

2011 Caminhos do Sol Nascente e Poente – Olinda – Brasil XVI CIAB (Exposição Coletiva) – Belo Horizonte – Brasil XVI CIAB (Exposição Coletiva) – Madrid – Espanha Caminhos do Sol Nascente e Poente – ONU – Nova Iorque – USA XVI CIAB (Exposição Coletiva) – Montemor-o-Novo – Portugal XVI CIAB (Exposição Coletiva) – Viena [...]

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Videos

Lack of space 0:31 Quick Time [400 kb] Banda Larga[3.114 kb] Modem [912 kb] Interference of nature 0:14 Quick Time [205 kb] Banda Larga [1.381 kb] Modem [475 kb] Finding the painting in the river 0:41 Quick Time [553 kb] Banda Larga [4.250 kb] Modem [1.369 kb] Map and presentation of the work 0:32 Quick [...]

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1998: The Circle and the Dot, The Dot and the Circle

Galeria de Arte – São Paulo 10/1998 Around 51 works make up Christina Oiticica’s visual discussion on display at Galeria Portal. Correponding genres and techniques used in the construction of bi- and tri-dimensional pieces – painting/ acrylic, on canvas, drawings, sculpture, objects, examine the point of interest presented in the drawing of a woman’s bust [...]

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1999: Threading Beads and Stringing Pearls

Centro Cultural Cândido Mendes – 03/1999 Centro de Artes Helio Oiticica – 03/1999 In order to place the work of Christina Oiticica, the artist from Rio de Janeiro, one must return to the art scene of the 1970′s, when the experimental movements which appeared in the mid-50′s were crystallized by innovations in neo-concrete art. In [...]

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2000: La Maison Du Temps

Centre Social Et Culturel Franco-Brésilien – Paris 05/2000 Museu Histórico Nacional – Rio de Janeiro 10/2002 The characteristic of the installation presented by Christina Oiticica in this itinerant exhibition (Paris-Rio), is the maturity of the idea, which centers on the importance of returning to the source of universal inspiration in creative arts through the ages. [...]

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2001: Parcours, Récoltes

Parcours, Récoltes Espaço Multimodal da Embaixada do Brasil – Berlim 11/2001 Galerie Debret – Paris 11/2001 La Petite Galerie – Bruxelas 10/2001 Endless cards collected over 10 years of countless comings and goings. Hotel keys, phone cards, visiting cards, boarding passes, credit cards, a series of small rectangles of paper or plastic, carrying within them a [...]

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2001: Galerie Lafayette

Galerie Lafayette – Paris – France 10/2001 The creations by Christina Oiticica enjoy both a traditional foundation and a more experimental working method, along the lines of neo-concretism. Based on rich symbols, which she extracts mainly from the poetic feminine universe, she creates spaces filled with energetic irradiation, demanding of audiences more than simply passive, [...]

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2003/2002: Paths Revived : Época Art Gallery, Goiânia May 2003 / National Museum of Fine Arts, Rio de Janeiro, October 2002

Paths Revived Época Galeria de Artes – Goiânia 05/2003 Museu Nacional de Belas Artes – Rio de Janeiro 10/2002 The generous images of “Collected Cards” were appropriated and multiplied in countless works, art-objects, paintings. A contemporary attitude – Silent Meta-language. Used, re-used cards, Transformed, exhibited in Scenes and Installations. Memory Collection – Collected Cards – [...]

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