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O DESENHO EXPANDIDO
expansion
1. expanse
2. the act or process of expanding
3. the quality or state of being expanded
4. the increase in volume of working fluid (as steam) in an engine cylinder after cutoff or in an internal combustion engine after explosion
5 a: an expanded part
b: something that results from an act of expanding
6. the result of carrying out an indicated mathematical operation : the expression of a function in the form of a series
'O Desenho Expandido' ('The Expanded Drawing'), title of the exhibition by Luis Nobre opening at WHO gallery on April 20th 2012, is open to the most diverse readings over the concepts of 'Drawing' and 'Expansion'. Expanded drawing is understood as representations through which the typical materials used in Drawing, such as paper and pencil, are no longer the principal players, making way for photography, paint, clippings, thread. However, the definition and understanding of what is Drawing has gained freedom of expansion within our contemporary comprehension. A performance, a building, a photograph, may be worked and understood as a drawing for drawing is the projectual foundation of all artistic creation, be it at a conceptual or material level. And a drawing may itself 'expand' by crossing boundaries, be they geographic (as we may see in the series 350KM, in exhibition), be they semantic.
Aviva Obst
April 2012
Lives and works in Lisbon.
Graduated (2000-01) from ESAD (Caldas da Rainha), and currently attending the Doctorate Degree in Drawing, at FBAUL.
Exhibits regularly since 1996, and one may highlight the following group shows: Sete Artistas ao Décimo Mês, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon (1996); Ponto de Vista at Fundação PLMJ (2008); Processo e Transfiguração, Casa da Cerca (Almada, 2010), A Arqueologia do Detalhe, Casa das Artes (Vigo, 2011), and, most recently, Narrações Fragmentadas, Galería Liebre (Madrid, Abril 2012).
Among recent solo shows, one highlights: Cristal (2011), Galeria Carlos Carvalho, Lisbon; Causa-Efeito, Museu de São Roque (2010), Lisbon, and Através da Distancia Que Nos Separa (2005), Pavilhão Branco do Museu da Cidade, Lisbon.
Attended the International Artist Residence Programme at Location, New York (2008) and Spike Island, Bristol (2005).
