Supported by the British Council, Galeria Leme invited Anya Gallacio to show her work in São Paulo.

Gallaccio’s work is memorable for its use of organic materials such as chocolate, flowers and fruit in ambitious sculptural projects through which she explores the ephemerality and transience of nature. In producing temporal sculptures and installations, she challenges the notion that art can outlive life, instead suggesting that the residue and record of her work will survive inevitable entropy.  Often site-specific, Gallaccio’s works thereby consider not only the ephemeral nature of each work but also that of its environs.

Anya Gallaccio was born in Scotland and lives and works in London.  Recent exhibitions include One Art at the Sculpture Center, New York, (2006) Shadow of the things we know, Blum & Poe, New York (2006), The Look of Things, at Palazzo delle Papesse in Siena (2005).  Gallaccio was also a nominee in the Turner Prize Exhibition, London (2003).  In her work we can observe references to Duchamp and the ready-made, arte-povera, minimalism and performance amongst others.

July 12 to August 19, 2006
Galeria Leme
Rua Agostinho Cantu, 88 – São Paulo
São Paulo

www.galerialeme.com