Opening on Wednesday, September 22 at 7 pm
Exhibition from September 22 - October 30th 2021
Five Magnetic Fields 1997
„Five Magnetic Fields“ are permanently on view at the Bavarian State Office for Digitisation, Broadband and Surveying, located in Alexandrastr. 4 in Munich.
The paintings are over the map of Bavaria going from North to South in color gradient magnetic fields as one descends the staircase of the five-story building.
Arsmondo Magazine Meet The Artist Cristina Barroso
CRISTINA BARROSO ‘NUMBERS AND PLANETS’
Cristina Barroso‘s paintings consist of several layers, the bottom of which mostly comes from everyday life cartography. The geography has a special meaning in her work, where she creates a place often expanded into the universe. Elements like stars appear sparkling like pearls on a dark background. With this, Cristina Barroso refers to a theme she has been working on since the 1990s. In addition, she introduced signs and symbols used in astronomy, which she adds to the geographic map material giving an additional level
of meaning to her paintings. Place and location of a person and ultimately of herself run through Cristina Barroso‘s work like a continuous thread — refering to the earth, the universe, space in general. Her images reflect this process in a way that they are not always flat but become reliefs and cubes into the space.
Dr. Martina Merklinger, art historian
Einzelausstellung bis 18. Juli, 2021 - Finissage am Sonntag, 18. Juli vom 11-13 Uhr
CRISTINA BARROSO ‘ZAHLEN UND PLANETEN’
Cristina Barrosos Gemälde bestehen zumeist aus mehreren Schichten, deren unterste aus dem karto- grafischen Alltag stammt. Die Geografie hat in ihrem Schaffen eine besondere Bedeutung, wobei sie den künstlerischen Raum immer wieder auf das Univer- sum ausweitet. Es tauchen beispielsweise Sterne oder sternenähnliche Elemente auf, die als Perlen aus ei- nem dunklen Untergrund heraus funkeln. Damit greift Cristina Barroso auf ein Thema zurück, das sie bereits in den 90er Jahren bearbeitete. Hinzu kommen nun
in der Astronomie verwendte Zeichen und Symbole, die sie dem geografischen Kartenmaterial hinzufügt und womit sie ihren Gemälden weitere Bedeutungse- benen gibt. Der Ort und die Verortung des Menschen und letztlich ihrer selbst ziehen sich wie ein durch- laufendes thematisches Band durch Cristina Barrosos Werk – bezogen auf die Erde, das All, den Raum im allgemeinen. Ihre Bilder, die selbst nicht immer flach sind, sondern wie Reliefs und als Kuben in den Raum gehen, spiegeln diesen Prozess wider.
Dr. Martina Merklinger, Kunsthistorikerin
Latest Work: Series of 'Cities'
São Paulo & Sun City
These two paintings "São Paulo“ and "Sun City“ are a continuation of a series of city paintings I started in 2002. They depict a „mood“: night and day, mysterious versus playful , oppressive versus liberating. The interpretation is intuitive. The image is from São Paulo in 1958, the year I was born. I consider this a symbolic image of „home“, a place of origin. The city is one aspect in my work, a starting point to explore the world.
Below are selected works of the larger collection of ‘Cities’ - paintings from 2002-2005 and recent objects.
Cristina Barroso talks of connection between Microcosm and Macrocosm
The Brazilian artist Cristina Barroso explains what inspires her in her paintings and how she came to Germany.
Studio YouTube visit at Arte no Mundo
My studio
Bellow is a photo of the studio from last year.
Atelier Cristina Barroso 2019
Running Exhibitions
In Stuttgart until September 22, 2019
Könnte Aber Doch
Exhibition of the artist members.
Württembergischer Kunstverein Stuttgart
In Léon, Spain until September 15th:
The Notational Shift
Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Castilla y León
Works deal with the codification, movement, visual poems and cartography. Among the artists are Concha Jerez, Esther Ferrer, John Cage, Merke Cunningham, Cristina Barroso, Julie Mehretu and many others.
Curators: Jose Iges and Manuel Olveira
In Frankfurt until end of November 2019:
Cristina Barroso . Solo exhibition
Kunst•Praxis•Dialog
Eschenheim Anlage 7, 60316 Frankfurt, T.: +49 69 403 32 86
By appointment only.
Kunst•Praxis•Dialog Exhibition in Frankfurt
My exhibition in Frankfurt is this time in a medical praxis curated by Gottfried Hafemann and stays on view for 6 months until end of November 2019.
It is open to the public at Eschenheim Anlage 7, 60316 Frankfurt, T.: 069.403 32 86 Parkplätze auf dem Krankenhausgelände. To see some snap-shots of the opening last week click here.
Gottfried Hafemann writes:
Objekte, Schriftzeichen, Karten und Zahlen sind Ausgangs- punkt für Cristinas künstlerische Reisen durch Zeiten und Räume, durch eingefangene Ewigkeiten voller kosmischem Fernweh, durch verinnerlichte Gefühlsräume voller Lust auf die äußere Welt.
Cristina Barroso ist eine visuelle Poetin, die in ihren Arbeiten verdichtet und entzerrt und ständig unterwegs ist in dieser unserer Welt.
Museu de Arte Sacra de São Paulo
Últimos dias para ver a exposição: "O Sagrado na Arte Brasileira"
Curador: Fabio Magalhães. Artistas: Marco Giannotti, Cristina Barroso, Paulo Pasta, Anita Malfatti, etc.
Museu de Arte Sacra de São Paulo, Av. Tiradentes, 676 - Luz, São Paulo - SP
Exhibition extended. - last day: Sunday, April 28
Catalog launch: Saturday, April 27 at 11 am
Cristina Barroso “Chuva Dourada”, 2015 Acrílica e ouro sobre mapa de Jerusalem em acetato
