Rosângela Rennó

Rosângela Rennó

BornNationalityBased In
1962BrazilianRio de Janeiro
Biography

Rosângela Rennó’s work is characterized by appropriating newspapers, old family albums, slides, discarded images found in flea markets, archives or dead files. Interested in “how the system systematically tries to erase the links to the past”, she wants to make visible society’s anonymous and overlooked protagonists who, in vernacular photographs, often express far more about the human condition than photographs with an artistic intent. Distinguished by her innovative, politically charged presentations, she appropriates and transforms archival photographic material into larger compositions, often in the form of installations or photographic books. Her work is a systematic investigation of time and of the relation between memory and forgetfulness, also visible in the social and psychological changes that transform reminiscence. She plays with the imperfection of memory and photography, both of which are fragmentary and approximate lived experience. ...

Selected Artworks
Cerimônia do adeus (Group 2)
Rosângela Rennó
Cerimônia do adeus (Group 2), 1997
50 x 68cm
Untitled (Tattoo 3)
Rosângela Rennó
Untitled (Tattoo 3), 1997
111 x 81cm
Untitled (Tattoo 7, A and B)
Rosângela Rennó
Untitled (Tattoo 7, A and B), 1997
111 x 160cm
Eyes
The life, the world and the choices of Philippe Delabre, Sayat, Puy-de-Dôme, France
Rosângela Rennó
The life, the world and the choices of Philippe Delabre, Sayat, Puy-de-Dôme, France, 2015
Good Apples / Bad Apples (Proposal for a Document- Monument)
Rosângela Rennó
Good Apples / Bad Apples (Proposal for a Document- Monument), 2019
Bodas de porcelana #27
Rosângela Rennó
Bodas de porcelana #27, 2017
28 x 28 x 8cm
Rio de Janeiro (Salvador Scofano, Agência O Dia)
Rosângela Rennó
Rio de Janeiro (Salvador Scofano, Agência O Dia), 2006
168 x 112cm
Cicatriz (Torso con faca)
Rosângela Rennó
Cicatriz (Torso con faca), 1997
88 x 73cm
Cicatriz (Laura)
Rosângela Rennó
Cicatriz (Laura), 1997
60 x 85cm
Cicatriz (Antonio)
Rosângela Rennó
Cicatriz (Antonio), 1997
60 x 85cm
Gallery Representation
Biennals
Venice Biennial2003 - Venice
Venice Biennial2003 - Venice
Berlin Biennial2001 - Berlin
Berlin Biennial2001 - Berlin
Sao Paolo Biennial2000 - São Paulo
Sao Paolo Biennial2000 - São Paulo
Sao Paolo Biennial1998 - São Paulo
Sao Paolo Biennial1998 - São Paulo
Bienal de La Habana1997 - Havana
Bienal de La Habana1997 - Havana
Bienal de La Habana1994 - Havana
Bienal de La Habana1994 - Havana
Venice Biennial1993 - Venice
Venice Biennial1993 - Venice
Sao Paolo Biennial1991 - São Paulo
Sao Paolo Biennial1991 - São Paulo
Sao Paolo Biennial1981 - São Paulo
Istanbul Biennial1981 - Istanbul
Sao Paolo Biennial1981 - São Paulo
Istanbul Biennial1981 - Istanbul
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