José Bechara

2010

November
Solo exhibition   Images
José Bechara: Cracks.  Text
The exhibition will present works produced in different media. Curated by Luis Camilo Osorio, paintings, sculptures, drawings and photographs on a large scale and also in small sizes will be presented from November at the Museum of Modern Art of Rio de Janeiro.
Since November 23th.
Av Infante Dom Henrique 85 - Rio de Janeiro - RJ - Brazil
http://www.mamrio.org.br/

Solo exhibition
José Bechara at LURIXS Arte Contemporânea.
Paulo Barreto 77 - Botafogo - Rio de Janeiro - RJ - Brazil
55 21 2541 4935
http://www.lurixs.com

October
Group exhibition   Text
Lisbon Architecture Triennale & National Museum of Contemporary Art - Museu do Chiado.
José Bechara at the group exhibition LET’S TALK ABOUT HOUSES: When Art Speaks Architecture [Constructing, Deconstructing, Dwelling]. Curatorship by Delfim Sardo.
Artistas: Angela Ferreira; Bruce Nauman; Cildo Meireles; Damian Ortega; Ed Ruscha; Fernanda Fragateiro; Gordon Matta-Clark; Hans Haacke;  José Bechara;  José Pedro Croft; Julião  Sarmento; Marepe; Nuno Sousa Vieira; Olafur Eliasson; Thomas  Scheibitz, Thomas Schutte; Wallid Raad/Atlas Group among others.
From October 16, 2010 until January 16, 2011.
Museu Nacional de Arte Contemporânea do Chiado. Rua Serpa Pinto, 4 - Lisbon - Portugal.
http://www.museudochiado-ipmuseus.pt/en/node/842
http://www.trienaldelisboa.com/pt/exposicoes/exposicao-falemos-de-casas-quando-a-arte-fala-arquitectura

September
Group exhibition
José Bechara at the group exhibition Kierkegaard's walk. Curatorship by Jacopo Crivelli Visconti. From September 16 to October 14 at Galeria Marilia Razuk. Nove de Julho 5719/2 - São Paulo - SP - Brazil
http://www.galeriamariliarazuk.com.br

Solo exhibition Images
Full
From September 16 to October 14 at Galeria Marilia Razuk.
Nove de Julho 5719/2 - São Paulo - SP - Brazil
55 11 3079 5791
http://www.galeriamariliarazuk.com.br

Book launch, “José Bechara, drawings: like firefly flashes”.
Published by Réptil - RJ, 288 pages, the book centers on the exercise of drawing in the artist's work and brings an article by Fernando Cocchiarale and an interview with the curator Paulo Reis.
Trilingual edition - Portuguese, English and Spanish.
Galeria Marília Razuk. Av. Nove de Julho 5719 loja 2 - São Paulo - SP - Brasil
September 16.
http://www.galeriamariliarazuk.com.br

Group exhibition Images
José Bechara takes part in the Ponto de Equilíbrio exhibition at the Instituto Tomie Ohtake. Curated by Agnaldo Farias and Jacopo Crivelli Visconti.
Begins September 20th.
Instituto Tomie Ohtake. Av. Faria Lima 201, Pinheiros - São Paulo - SP - Brasil
http://www.institutotomieohtake.org.br

Group exhibition   Images
José Bechara takes part in group exhibition at Gallery Celma Albuquerque.
Begins September 24th.
Galeria Celma Albuquerque.
Rua Antonio de Albuquerque 885, Lourdes - Belo Horizonte - MG - Brasil
http://www.galeriaca.com

Group exhibition  Images
Jose Bechara takes part in the exhibition General Archives. in Rio de Janeiro.  The show is in its fourth edition and is one of the major initiatives in Rio de Janeiro's contemporary art scene that takes places concurrently with the São Paulo Biennial. Curated by Marisa Flórido and Beatriz Lemos.
Starting September 25nd at Centro de Arte Hélio Oiticia
Rua Luís de Camões, 68 - Rio de Janeiro - RJ - Brazil

July
Book launch José Bechara, drawings: like firefly flashes. Images
Published by Réptil - RJ, 288 pages, an exploration of drawing in the artist's work. With an essay by Brazilian art historian and curator Fernando Cocchiarale and an interview with the curator Paulo Reis. Trilingual edition - Portuguese, English and Spanish.
Travessa bookstore, Shopping Leblon, Afrânio de Melo Franco avenue, 290 - second floor.
Thursday, july 15 at 7PM.
http://www.repetileditora.com.br

June
Solo exhibition
José Bechara: Firefly flashes, CarpeDiem Arte e Pesquisa - Lisbon. Same ocasion it will be launched the book José Bechara, drawings: Firefly flashes. Published by Réptil, Rio de Janeiro, the book deals with the exercise of drawing in the artist's work and brings text by Fernando Cocchiarale and an interview by the curator Paulo Reis. Exhibition opening at June 18 from 7 PM.  Book launch June 19. In the same day it will be ofered a round table with Brett Littman, executive director of The Drawing Center-NY.
CarpeDiem Arte e Pesquisa, Rua de O Século, 79 - Lisboa - Portugal.
http://www.reptileditora.com.br/
http://www.carpediemartepesquisa.com

April
SP-Arte 2010 – São Paulo International Art Fair. José Bechara stand in the galleries: Lurixs Arte Contemporânea, Bolsa de Arte de Porto Alegre e Galeria Marilia Razuk.
From april 29 to may 2.
Ciccillo Matarazzo Pavilion, Ibirapuera Park, Gate 3 - São Paulo - SP - Brazil.
http://www.sp-arte.com/index.php

Group exhibition
"Bizarro" - sos 4.8 Festival in Murcia, Spain. Curated by Fernando Castro Flórez the project gets together 21 international artists that, as said by the curator, "can not be labeled in the traditional way".
April 30 and May 1. Primero de Mayo avenue with  Del Intendente Jorge Palacios avenue - Murcia - Spain.
http://www.sos48.com/es_2010/index.php

March
Group exhibition
José Bechara New Acquisitions 2007-2010. Paintings, sculptures, drawings, prints, photographs, graffiti and installations: 87 artists, which together represent an overview of the thought of Gilberto Chateaubriand on Brazilian art, curatorship by Luis Camillo Osório.
From march 30 to may 02 at Museum of Modern Art of Rio de Janeiro.
Infante Dom Henrique avenue 85 - Rio de Janeiro - RJ - Brazil
http://www.mamrio.org.br/

Group exhibition
José Bechara  at the exhibition Do Pensamento à Representação. Curatorship by Luiz Mussnich.
From march 11 to april 10 at Marilia Razuk Galeria de Arte.
Av. Nove de Julho 5719/2 - São Paulo - SP - Brazil.
55 11 3079 5791
http://www.galeriamariliarazuk.com.br/

February
ARCO'2010. Spanish Contemporary Art Fair in Madrid, Spain. From 2010 february 17 to 21.
Paintings and sculptures at Galeria Carlos Carvalho, stand 10G07.
http://www.ifema.es/ferias/arco/in.html
http://www.carloscarvalho-ac.com

Solo exhibition
Geometric birds, a rectangular bird at least
From 2010 February 13  to march 6.
Recent paintings
Diana Lowenstein Fine Arts, 2043 N Miami Avenue, Miami, Florida, USA
http://www.dlfinearts.com

January
Feria de Arte Contemporáneo Espacio Atlántico. Spanish Contemporary Art Fair in Vigo. From 2010 january 14 to 19.
Paintings at Carlos Carvalho Arte Contenporanea, sculptures from the Open House series in Xavier Fiol, and a special  "Gelosia-Gelosia"  to the fair's  Project Room.
http://www.espacioatlantico.com
http://www.galeriaxavierfiol.com
http://www.carloscarvalho-ac.com

Feira de Arte - ARTEFIERA - Fiera Internazionale d'Arte Contemporanea, Italian Art Fair of contemporary art in Bologna, from 2010 january 29 to 31. Sculptures from the Open House series and paintings at Galeria Xavier Fiol.
www.artefiera.bolognafiere.it
http://www.galeriaxavierfiol.com

2009
December
Group exhibition
JOSÉ BECHARA - HERBERT HAMAK - WINSTON ROETH. In this show, that brings together the work of the 3 artists, José Bechara will present paintings and sculptures from the series "Open House".
From 2009 december 10 to 2010 january.
Galeria Xavier Fiol, c/ Sant Jaume 23 A, 07012. Palma de Mallorca. España.
http://www.galeriaxavierfiol.com

November
Group exhibition
COLEÇÕES9. The show brings together works by  José Bechara, Antonio Muntadas, Barbara Wagner, Bob Wolfenson, Cabelo, Camila Sposati, Chico Fernandes, Cristiano Mascaro, Gilda Midani, Henrique Cesar, Jeanete Musati,  Marcius Galan, Miguel Rio Branco e Neville D'almeida, Regina Vater. All works with edition of 100.  Curatorship by Nessia Leonzine.
From november 24 to december 23 2009.
Galeria Luisa Strina, Rua Oscar Freire 502, São Paulo, Brazil.
http://www.galerialuisastrina.com.br

Group exhibition
Building Rooms. Group exhibition showing paintings, sculptures, and photographies by José Bechara, Pedro Duarte Bento, Isidro Blasco, Manuel Caiero, Roland Fischer, José Lourenço, Aitor Ortiz, Manuel Saro and Richard Schur.
From 2009 november 11 to 2010 january 9.
Carlos Carvalho Arte Contemporânea, Rua Joly Braga Santos, lote F R/c. Lisbon, Portugal.
http://www.carloscarvalho-ac.com

Art fair- PINTA NY, the modern & contemporary latin american art fair, Metropolitan Pavillon/Altman Building, Nov 19 - 22. Sculptures from the Open House series at Galeria Bolsa de Arte de Porto Alegre.
http://www.pintaart.com
http://www.bolsadearte.com.br

October
Solo exhibition
José Bechara:Frestas
First solo exhibition of the artist in Victoria, with new paintings of large, medium and small sizes on different medias, recent sculptures of the Open House series and also recent drawings in large sizes.
From october 23rd at Matias Brotas Arte Contemporânea. Carlos Gomes de Sá 130, Mata da Praia, Vitória - ES. Tel 55 27 332723344
http://www.matiasbrotas.com.br

September
Group exhibition
"Paisatges Creuats / Crossing landscapes", at the EsBaluard- Modern and Contemporary Art Museum of Palma, Palma de Mallorca, Spain, Sept. 17 2009 -  Jan10, 2010. The show brings together the most recent acquisitions of the museum’s permanent collection, and includes works by Marina Abramovic, Miguel Barceló, José Bechara, Rebeca Horn, Denis Openheim, Lawrence Carrol, Anselm Kiefer, Imi Knobel, Jason Martin, Luiz Gordilo, and Helena Almeida among others. Curatorsjip Cristina Ros.
Foundation EsBaluard- Modern and Contemporary Art Museum of Palma. Baluard de Sant Pere, s/n. Palma de Mallorca, Spain.
http://www.esbaluard.org

June
Solo exhibition
A Casa (The House)
A large-scale wooden sculpture specially produced for the external area of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation.
From June 19 to September 30
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian.
Address: Avenida de Berna, 45A, Lisbon, Portugal
http://www.gulbenkian.pt
http://www.gulbenkian.pt/proximofuturo

Basel - Scope Art Show, Feira de arte contemporânea.
De 8 a 14 de junho.
Sportplatz Landhof, Basel, Suíça.
Escultura e pinturas presentes no estande da Galeria Celma Albuquerque Galeria de Arte, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brasil.
http://www.scope-art.com