Warm Sun Cold Rain: São Paulo Chapter
24th November – 17th December 2023
Preview 23rd November 2023
Curated by Julie Dumont, the São Paulo chapter of Warm Sun Cold Rain will open later this month. Following on from the Brussels chapter, which opened in September 2023, works by Theodore Ereira-Guyer, along with works by Alexandre Canonico, Arorá, Ana Mazzei, Anderson Borba, Carolina Cordeiro, Darks Miranda, Juan Casemiro, Laura Belém, Lin Yi Hsuan, Monica Ventura, Raphaela Melsohn, and Zé Tepedino, will be exhibited in São Paulo.
This exhibition is a partnership between Elizabeth Xi Bauer Gallery and The Bridge Project, Warm Sun Cold Rain: Brussels Chapter was the first collaboration between The Bridge Project and Elizabeth Xi Bauer.
São Paulo, a land of multifaceted terrain and communities, is a vertical city: vibrant, and fast. Works by artists from Brazil, the UK and Taiwan will be brought together for the São Paulo chapter of this collaboration between Elizabeth Xi Bauer and The Bridge Project. Each artist reflects on the concepts of belonging, identity, nostalgia, and connection. São Paulo is a city of juxtapositions bustling against each other: scorching sun and deluging rains; the sunlight falling between towering buildings before the night brings a fluorescent glow of streetlamps; and the shimmer of the Cruzeiro do Sul constellation. Warm Sun Cold Rain tries to capture what may constitute a perception of Brazil: a melting pot of culture; a city simultaneously decaying and blossoming.
Works by Theodore Ereira-Guyer include a new series created by the artist in his garden. These etchings on paper depict Daylilies, or Hemerocallis, derived from the Greek for ‘beautiful for one day.’ The enchanting yet tragic life-cycle of this breed of lilies flowers for one day, creating a spectacle of petals and colours.
Notes to Editors
Theodore Ereira-Guyer (born 1990, London, UK) lives and works between London and Lisbon, Portugal.
From 2009 to 2011 Ereira-Guyer studied at Central St. Martins, London, followed by the Royal College of Art between 2012 and 2014.
Ereira-Guyer’s work has been exhibited internationally and is held in private and public collections including the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK; the British Museum, London; Tate, London; MoMA, New York, USA.; Yale Center for British Art, Connecticut, USA.; the Centre Pompidou, Paris, France and the Calouste Gulbenkian Museum, Lisbon, Portugal.
In 2023, Millennium BCP Foundation, Lisbon, Portugal, and MACAM – Museu de Arte Contemporânea Armando Martins, Lisbon, both acquired works by Ereira-Guyer which are now part of their permanent collections.
In 2014 Ereira-Guyer was the recipient of the esteemed Helen Chadwick Award for multidisciplinary artists. In 2019 the artist’s work was exhibited at the Palazzo Pesaro Papafava as part of the 58th Venice Biennale. In 2022, Elizabeth Xi Bauer presented The Thicket, Ereira-Guyer’s first solo exhibition at Elizabeth Xi Bauer, London. In 2022 The Bridge Project, São Paulo, presented Time Lapse a selection of works by Theodore Ereira-Guyer which were created in Brazil and Europe. Theodore Ereira-Guyer and Sam Llewellyn-Jones: Unwinding, presented by Elizabeth Xi Bauer and Umbigo Magazine ran at Galeria Sá da Costa, Lisbon, 16th February – 15th March 2023.
Alexandre Canonico (born 1974, Pirassununga, Brazil) lives and works in São Paulo.
Arorá (born 2000, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) lives and works in Rio de Janeiro.
Ana Mazzei (born 1979, São Paulo, Brazil) lives and works in São Paulo.
Anderson Borba (born 1972, Santos, Brazil) lives and works in London.
Laura Belém (born 1974, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil) lives and works in Belo Horizonte.
Monica Ventura (born 1985, São Paulo, Brazil) lives and works in São Paulo.
Raphaela Melsohn (born 1993, São Paulo, Brazil) lives and works in São Paulo.
Carolina Cordeiro (born 1983, Belo Horizonte, Brazil) lives and works in São Paulo.
Darks Miranda (born 1985 in Santos, Brazil) lives and works in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Lin Yi Hsuan (born 1985, Yilan, Taiwan) lives and works in São Paulo.
Juan Casemiro (born 1993, Itajubá, Brazil) lives and works between Conceição das Pedras, Minas Gerais, and São Paulo.
Zé Tepedino (born 1990, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) lives and works in Rio de Janeiro.
The Bridge Project is a curatorial platform based in São Paulo, created by Julie Dumont (born 1974 in Brussels, lives and works between São Paulo and Brussels), active mainly between Brazil; Brussels, Belgium; and New York City, USA, which aims to create dialogues between artists from different continents and career stages, in exhibition contexts, such as independent spaces, collections, art galleries and institutions.
Elizabeth Xi Bauer Gallery and The Bridge Project present Warm Sun Cold Rain: São Paulo Chapter which will run from 24th November – 17th December 2023.
The Preview will be held on 23rd November 2023, 6 – 10 pm in the presence of artists. Artists will be available for interviews.
