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Regina Silveira

June 5–July 26, 2013

Regina Silveira, Installation view, Alexander Gray Associates, 2013

Regina SilveiraInstallation view, Alexander Gray Associates, 2013

Regina Silveira, Installation view, Alexander Gray Associates, 2013

Regina SilveiraInstallation view, Alexander Gray Associates, 2013

Regina Silveira, Installation view, Alexander Gray Associates, 2013

Regina SilveiraInstallation view, Alexander Gray Associates, 2013

Regina Silveira, Installation view, Alexander Gray Associates, 2013

Regina SilveiraInstallation view, Alexander Gray Associates, 2013

Middle Class & Co., 1971, Part 1 of 15, Silkscreens on paper with front and back cover

Middle Class & Co., 1971

Part 1 of 15, Silkscreens on paper with front and back cover

25h x 19w in (63.5h x 48.26w cm)

Edition of 25

Middle Class & Co., 1971, Part 2 of 15, Silkscreens on paper with front and back cover

Middle Class & Co., 1971

Part 2 of 15, Silkscreens on paper with front and back cover

25h x 19w in (63.5h x 48.26w cm)

Edition of 25

Middle Class & Co., 1971, Part 3 of 15, Silkscreens on paper with front and back cover

Middle Class & Co., 1971

Part 3 of 15, Silkscreens on paper with front and back cover

25h x 19w in (63.5h x 48.26w cm)

Edition of 25

Middle Class & Co., 1971, Part 4 of 15, Silkscreens on paper with front and back cover

Middle Class & Co., 1971

Part 4 of 15, Silkscreens on paper with front and back cover

25h x 19w in (63.5h x 48.26w cm)

Edition of 25

Middle Class & Co., 1971, Part 5 of 15, Silkscreens on paper with front and back cover

Middle Class & Co., 1971

Part 5 of 15, Silkscreens on paper with front and back cover

25h x 19w in (63.5h x 48.26w cm)

Edition of 25

Middle Class & Co., 1971, Part 6 of 15, Silkscreens on paper with front and back cover

Middle Class & Co., 1971

Part 6 of 15, Silkscreens on paper with front and back cover

25h x 19w in (63.5h x 48.26w cm)

Edition of 25

Middle Class & Co., 1971, Part 7 of 15, Silkscreens on paper with front and back cover

Middle Class & Co., 1971

Part 7 of 15, Silkscreens on paper with front and back cover

25h x 19w in (63.5h x 48.26w cm)

Edition of 25

Middle Class & Co., 1971, Part 8 of 15, Silkscreens on paper with front and back cover

Middle Class & Co., 1971

Part 8 of 15, Silkscreens on paper with front and back cover

25h x 19w in (63.5h x 48.26w cm)

Edition of 25

Middle Class & Co., 1971, Part 9 of 15, Silkscreens on paper with front and back cover

Middle Class & Co., 1971

Part 9 of 15, Silkscreens on paper with front and back cover

25h x 19w in (63.5h x 48.26w cm)

Edition of 25

Middle Class & Co., 1971, Part 10 of 15, Silkscreens on paper with front and back cover

Middle Class & Co., 1971

Part 10 of 15, Silkscreens on paper with front and back cover

25h x 19w in (63.5h x 48.26w cm)

Edition of 25

Middle Class & Co., 1971, Part 11 of 15, Silkscreens on paper with front and back cover

Middle Class & Co., 1971

Part 11 of 15, Silkscreens on paper with front and back cover

25h x 19w in (63.5h x 48.26w cm)

Edition of 25

Middle Class & Co., 1971, Part 12 of 15, Silkscreens on paper with front and back cover

Middle Class & Co., 1971

Part 12 of 15, Silkscreens on paper with front and back cover

25h x 19w in (63.5h x 48.26w cm)

Edition of 25

Middle Class & Co., 1971, Part 13 of 15, Silkscreens on paper with front and back cover

Middle Class & Co., 1971

Part 13 of 15, Silkscreens on paper with front and back cover

25h x 19w in (63.5h x 48.26w cm)

Edition of 25

Middle Class & Co., 1971, Part 14 of 15, Silkscreens on paper with front and back cover

Middle Class & Co., 1971

Part 14 of 15, Silkscreens on paper with front and back cover

25h x 19w in (63.5h x 48.26w cm)

Edition of 25

Middle Class & Co., 1971, Part 15 of 15, Silkscreens on paper with front and back cover

Middle Class & Co., 1971

Part 15 of 15, Silkscreens on paper with front and back cover

25h x 19w in (63.5h x 48.26w cm)

Edition of 25

Discurso (Dilatáveis Series), 1981/2003, Vinyl

Discurso (Dilatáveis Series), 1981/2003

Vinyl

79h x 157.50w in (200.66h x 400.05w cm)

Eclipses, 2005, Photo etching

Eclipses, 2005

Photo etching

27.60h x 19.10w in (70.10h x 48.51w cm)

Armadilha para Executivos II, 1974, Silkscreen, 21.85h x 27.75w in (55.51h x 70.49w cm)

Armadilha para Executivos II, 1974

Silkscreen, 21.85h x 27.75w in (55.51h x 70.49w cm)

Edition of 6

Armadilha para executivos I, 1974, Silkscreen, 21.85h x 27.75w in (55.51h x 70.49w cm)

Armadilha para executivos I, 1974

Silkscreen, 21.85h x 27.75w in (55.51h x 70.49w cm)

Edition of 5

De Artificiali Perspectiva 3, 1976, Silkscreen

De Artificiali Perspectiva 3, 1976

Silkscreen

19.69h x 27.56w in (50.01h x 70.01w cm)

Edition of 10

Botão (da serie Armarinhos), 2008, Vinyl

Botão (da serie Armarinhos), 2008

Vinyl

85.40h x 87.80w in (216.92h x 223.01w cm)

Press Release

Spotlighting recent and historic works, this third exhibition at the Gallery traced Regina Silveira’s experimentation with a variety of graphic media investigating political themes and formal practice.

Silveira began her exploration of printmaking processes in the 1970s, and her ground-breaking portfolio, Middle Class 
& Co. (1971) provides the first example of the artist’s integration of photographic images into her graphic practice. The series features fifteen images of mass groupings of figures enclosed in geometric configurations; a representation of class and a standardized society much like that of Brazil, the artist’s home. In the Armadilha para Executivos (1974) silkscreens, Silveira incorporates images selected from newspapers of key figures in military regimes, while integrating perspectival lines, adding complexity to the composition and highlighting her interest in space.

Silveira’s experiments with scale and perspective are widely recognized for taking form in adhesive vinyl installations, 
a medium that was unavailable to her before the 1990s; In the vinyl installations Discurso (2003) and Parra Lizarraga (2008), political domination and voice take form through photographic imagery that has been amplified through Silveira’s signature shadows, which are impossibly cast to dramatic scale. More familiar, personal and domestic subjects are transformed in other works in the exhibition, including Botão (2002–2013), an ambiguous image of a button and thread either unraveling or fastening. In the series of six photo etchings, Eclipses (2006), Silveira distorts household items, including eyeglasses, silverware, and paperclips. In these works, personal and political are up-ended, questioning perspective and location, both physically and socially.

In conjunction with the exhibition, Regina Silveira and Lowery Sims, Curator at the Museum of Arts and Design, discussed the artist’s practice in relation to Latin American design and graphic arts, Wednesday, June 19, 2013, 6:00 – 8:00pm.