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Juliana Cerqueira Leite is a Brazilian artist interested in the parameters of the body and the space that it creates; her large-scale and tactile sculptures investigate the abilities and constraints of the human body. “Creating new forms is a mission for me,” said Cerqueira Leite, “a way of not reasserting the world as it is, but of positing a transformation”. The artist’s sculptures testify to one’s ability to transmute the world around them. Using her own body as a primary tool, Cerqueira Leite digs, combs, scratches, and pushes through her materials —which include clay, latex and plaster— to create organic forms. Her sculptures retain impressions of the artist’s legs, arms and fingers and often resemble skin, bone and similarly corporeal matter. Explaining her use of materials, Cerqueira Leite has said: “One of the reasons I use so much density of material is that I want to upset the status quo: the idea that matter is consistently subservient to our desires. I want to put myself in a position where matter is in just as much control as I am”.

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Selected Works

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Climb

2012

Forton mg, Urethane foam

366 x 61 x 56 cm (144 332 x 24 132 x 22 116 inches)

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Anthropometry

2019

Aquaresin, aluminium, glass fiber, steel, pigment, clay

140 x 45 x 100 cm (55 18 x 17 2332 x 39 38 inches)

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Curl 2

2014

Plaster, fabric, fiberglass, steel

68 x 58 x 48 cm (26 2532 x 22 2732 x 18 2932 inches)

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Blind Spot 2

2015

Aquaresin, steel, aluminum, glass fiber, pigment

203.4 x 203.4 x 213.36 cm (80 332 x 80 332 x 84 inches)

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Calcify

2019

Aquaresin, hydrocal, steel, glass, limestone sand, glass fiber, pigment, clay

140 x 45 x 100 cm (55 18 x 17 2332 x 39 38 inches)

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“We don’t know what is happening because there is no leader...and it was very dangerous...they need a lot more help...he tried to hold his bow and then they shot him...and beat us...there is the possibility that someone will say you asked for it.”

2017

Acrystal Prima, steel, pigment, glass fiber

142 x 71 x 71 cm (55 2932 x 27 1516 x 27 1516 inches)

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Urn 9

2022

Dental plaster, fiber glass, aluminum, steel, pigment, glass base, live plants and organic substrate

90 x 90 x 50 cm (35 716 x 35 716 x 19 1116 inches)

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Contraction 1

2019

Plaster, steel and burlap

170 x 40 x 40 cm (66 1516 x 15 34 x 15 34 inches)

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SOFT BODY 3

2021

Dental plaster, glass fiber, aluminium, steel and pigment

189.5 x 65.5 x 30 cm (74 58 x 25 2532 x 11 1316 inches)

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ON SHIPLESS OCEAN

2021

Aquaresin, steel, aluminium, glassfiber, pigment, clay residue

122 x 91.5 x 53 cm (48 132 x 36 132 x 20 78 inches)

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Head 4

2020

Aquaresin, glass fiber, pigment

16 x 16 x 16 cm (6 516 x 6 516 x 6 516 inches)

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Urn 3

2018

Hydrocal, FGR-95, glass fiber, steel, burlap, clay, pigment

157.5 x 68.5 x 40.6 cm (62 x 26 3132 x 15 3132 inches)

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Amphorae

2013

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Spread

2021

Graphite and colored Luminance pencil on paper

83 x 63 x 16 cm (32 1116 x 24 1316 x 6 516 inches)

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Scrub A

2021

Graphite and colored Luminance pencil on paper

83 x 63 x 16 cm (32 1116 x 24 1316 x 6 516 inches)

Installation

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Orogenesi, 2019
National Archaeological Museum, Naples

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Orogenesi, 2019
National Archaeological Museum, Naples

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Sculpture In the City, 2018-2020
London

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Blind spot, 2015
Lustwarande, Tilburg

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Dividual, 2018
Institute Tomie Ohtake, São Paulo

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Dividual, 2018
Institute Tomie Ohtake, São Paulo

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Exhibitions

Habitual

Madrid
Nov 18 - Jan 27, 2024
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Meridiano espíritu fantástico

L’Antiga Farinera
Jun 24 - Aug 27, 2023

Hours:
June 24, 25 & 30 from 17h to 21h
July Thu to Sun from 17h to 21h
August Tue to Sun from 17h to 21h

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Estar a la lluna

Fonteta
Aug 07 - Sep 26, 2021

We’re delighted to present the second chapter of the joint project by Bombon, Galeria Joan Prats and NoguerasBlanchard, taking place in Fonteta, a small village in the Empordà region from June to September.

The exhibition, conceived in two chapters, brings together artists from three different generations. The proposal begins with a concept from the Empordà Parar la fresca (to take in fresh air) described by Josep Pla in the book Las Horas (The Hours), 1953.

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The Swamp of Forever. Chapter 4: Origin

Madrid
Feb 06 - Apr 10, 2021

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