Rosângela Rennó
Rosângela Rennó was born in 1962 in Belo Horizonte, Brazil
She currently lives and works in Rio de Janeiro
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.
Rennó has taken part in numerous international manifestation such as 3rd Beijing Pho Biennal, Video Brasil (2018), 23rd Photobiennale Festival, Thessaloniki Museum of Photography, Greece (2018), BIENALSUR, Buenos Aires (2017-2019), Triennial of Paris (2012), 4th Moscow Biennale (2011), 12th Istanbul Biennial (2011), Biennials in Sao Paolo (1994-1998-2010) and 50th Venice Biennale – Padiglione Brasile (2003), 2nd Berlin Biennale (2001).
Her work has been presented recently in international institution including Musée du Quai Branly, Paris (2020), Jeu de Paume, Paris (2020), Institute of Contemporary Arts, Singapore (2019), Museu de arte Moderna de São Paulo (2013-2016-2019), Griffith University Art Museum, Australia (2018), Centre Pompidou (2010-2015), Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago (2014),Fondation Cartier, Paris (2014), Wexner Center for the Arts, The Ohio State University (2014), Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil, Rio de Janeiro (2013), Maison Européenne de la Photo, Paris (2012), Foundation Calouste Gubenkian, Lisbon (2012), Fotomuseum Winterthur (2012), Tate Liverpool (2011), Fundacion/Coleccion Jumex, Mexico (2010), Guggenheim Museum, New York (2010), Centre de la photographie, Genève (2010).
Her work forms part of many international museum collections: The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago; Colección Cisneros, Caracas / New York; Guggenheim Museum, New York; Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid; Tate Modern, London; MoMA, New York; Daros Latin America, Zurich; Centro de Arte Contemporânea Inhotim CACI, Belo Horizonte; Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo.
Red Series, 2000 - Digital prints - Exhibition view, Venice Biennale, 2003
Red Series (Lion King), 2000 - Digital print
Red Series (Little Balls), 2000 - Digital print
Exhibition view, Pinacoteca Sao Paulo, 2021. (Photo: Isabella Matheus)
Cerimonia do Adeus, 1997-2003 - Digital prints - Exhibition view, Fondation Cartier, 2017
Cerimônia do adeus, 1997-2003 - Digital print mounted on plexiglas
Cerimonia do Adeus, 1997-2003 - Digital prints - Exhibition view, Museo Tamayo, 2009
Nuptias (Cristo), 2017 - Photo-painting
Nuptias (manga erótico), 2017 - Photo-painting
Nuptias (drama queen familia), 2017 - Photo-painting
Bodas de Porcelana, 2017 - Engraved porcelain plates, acrylic and steel hangers
Bodas de Porcelana, 2017 - Engraved porcelain plates, acrylic and steel hangers
Bodas de Porcelana, 2017 - Engraved porcelain plates, acrylic and steel hangers
Persistent Image, 2019 - Installation with 70 digital prints
#RioUtópico, 2018 - Large scale installation - Exhibition view, IMS, Rio de Janeiro, 2018
Good Apples, Bad Apples, 2019 - Installation - Exhibition view, ICA Singapore, 2019
Good Apples, Bad Apples, 2019 - Large scale installation - Exhibition view, mor charpentier, Paris, 2019
Good Apples, Bad Apples, 2019 - Installation with handwritten postcards
Materia de poesia, 2008-2013 - Digital prints - Exhibition view, Sao Paulo Biennial, 2016
Menos valia [leilao], 2016 - Installation - Exhibition view, Sao Paulo Biennial, 2016
Circulo Magico, 2016 - Three channel video, color, sound
Círculo Mágico, 2016 - Three channel video, color, sound
Exhibition view, Pinacoteca Sao Paulo, 2021. (Photo: Isabella Matheus)
Operation A3-13 from Operation Aranhas / Arapongas / Arapucas, 2016 - Three digital prints, tissue paper, acrylic, and objective lenses
Operation A3-13, 2016 - Photographic installation
Operation A3-13, 2016 - Photographic installation
Imagem de sobrevivência, 2015 - Installation with slide projectors - Exhibition view, Jeu de Paume, Paris, 2020
Rio-Montevideo, 2011-2016 - Large scale installation with slide projectors - Exhibition view, The Photographers Gallery, London, 2016
Rio-Montevideo, 2011-2016 - Large scale installation with slide projectors - Exhibition view, The Photographers Gallery, London, 2016
Rio-Montevideo, 2011-2016 - Large scale installation with slide projectors
Lanterna Magica, 2012 - Installation with slide projectors - Exhibition View, Museum Collection Berardo, Lisbon, 2012
Lanterna Magica, 2012 - Series of photographic prints - Exhibition View, Museum Collection Berardo, Lisbon, 2012
Lanterna Magica, 2012 - Photographic print
Lanterna Magica, 2012 - Photographic print
2005-510117385-5, 2008-2009 - Artist book
2005-510117385-5, 2008-2009 - Artist book - Exhibition view, Centre Pompidou, Paris
Bibliotheca, 2002 - Large scale installation with photo albums in 32 showcases
Strange Fruits - Exhibition view, Fotomuseum Winterthur, 2012
Strange Fruits - Exhibition view, Fotomuseum Winterthur, 2012
Strange Fruits - Exhibition view, Fotomuseum Winterthur, 2012
Experiencing Cinema 2004 - Image projection on smoke curtain
Experiencing Cinema 2004 - Image projection on smoke curtain
Febre do Cerrado, 2008 - Digital prints
The Last Photo, 2006 - Series of diptychs with photographs and old analog cameras
The Last Photo (Pedro Vasquez), 2006 - Photographic print and old analog camera
The Last Photo (Eduardo Brandao), 2006 - Photographic print and old analog camera
Corpo da Alma, 2006-2009 - Series of digital prints
Corpo da Alma (Silver Series), 2003 - Digital prints - Exhibition View, Centro Cultural São Paulo, 2004
Corpo da Alma (Silver Series), 2003 - Digital print
Vulgo (Trockel), 2001 - Digital print
Vulgo (Volcan), 2001 - Digital print
Strange Fruits - Exhibition view, Fotomuseum Winterthur, 2012
Two Lessons of Fantastic Realism, 1991 - Photographic prints - Exhibition view, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Paris, 2012
Imemorial, 1994 - Installation with photographic prints - Exhibition view, Istanbul Biennial, 2016
Cicatriz (Tatoo 2), 1997 - Digital print
Cicatriz (Tatoo 4), 1997 - Digital print
Fantastic Realism, 1991-1994 - Two rotating magic lanterns with photographic negatives
Eaux de Colonies, 2021 - Exhibition view, Photoszene Köln Festival
Eaux de Colonies, 2021 - Exhibition view, Photoszene Köln Festival