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Vieira Da Silva / Penalba. The Path to Consecration

14 October - 21 December 2024
Maria Helena Vieira da Silva, Alicia Penalba

A&R Fleury gallery presents “Vieira da Silva / Penalba. The Path to Consecration”. Dedicated to their rise on the international stage, the project will highlight the 1950s production of these two major abstract artists, whose research significantly contributed to the development of art history in their time.

Curated by Victoria Giraudo, Senior Curator and Researcher specialised in Modern and Contemporary Latin American women artists, the presentation will bring together a group of emblematic, rigorously selected works, to reveal the connections between Vieira da Silva and Penalba, from their arrival in post-war Paris to their recognition as women artists in the public institutions of the time.

This dialogue is not merely contextual: their artistic approaches display remarkable visual, aesthetic, and thematic similarities. However, these resonances and the abstract architectures of their works reflect much more. Penalba’s stance as a sculptor challenged the expected role of women in her era, while Vieira da Silva asserted herself through a form of painting that defied categorisation. Their works appear intrinsically linked, naturally engaging in a dialogue: they have the particularity of being self-referential, constructed from personal memories of their respective pasts—Argentinian landscapes for one, and the streets of Lisbon or Paris for the other. Powerful, radical, and poetic, their works led to a redefinition of abstract art and left a deep, lasting impact on art history.

Neither figurative nor entirely abstract, the correspondences are manifold: in Vieira da Silva and Penalba’s artworks, they appear in the shapes and structures. But they extend even beyond, to the shared, profound, and absolute commitment of both women to their artistic practice.


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MATIGNON SAINT-HONORÉ

 Opening reception

Monday, 14 October 2024

A&R Fleury gallery is pleased to participate in the inaugural event of Comité Matignon Saint-Honoré, founded in the summer of 2024. The association is made up of 29 galleries from the 8th arrondissement, located at the intersection of Avenue Matignon and Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré. Committed to fully supporting the cultural development of the neighbourhood, the […]

MATIGNON SAINT-HONORÉ

MATIGNON SAINT-HONORÉ

Opening reception

Monday, 14 October 2024

A&R Fleury gallery is pleased to participate in the inaugural event of Comité Matignon Saint-Honoré, founded in the summer of 2024. The association is made up of 29 galleries from the 8th arrondissement, located at the intersection of Avenue Matignon and Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré. Committed to fully supporting the cultural development of the neighbourhood, the epicentre of Parisian artistic vibrancy, the galleries will host collective events to celebrate creativity in all its forms.

To kick off Paris Art Week, Comité Matignon Saint-Honoré is organising a cocktail event on Monday, October 14, 2024, during which member galleries will offer a variety of events such as openings, book signings, and performances.

On this occasion, we invite you to discover our new show, “Vieira da Silva / Penalba. Le chemin de la consécration”. Engaging in a dialogue between the painter and the sculptor, it will highlight their work during the 1950s, which led to their international recognition at the 1961 São Paulo Biennale.

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