Joana Villaverde
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      • OXI, Porta 14, Lisboa 2020
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      • 1/3 MeelPress Bermondsey Project Space London 2019
      • O OLHAR DA SÍBILA / SIBYL'S GAZE - museu do Oriente Lisbon 2017
      • 3AM Birzeit December 2015, Teatro do Bolhão, Porto 2016
      • Azul, cubos azuis, Fortaleza de Sagres 2016
      • Y Son Fieras -Almada pela Paz 2015
      • Animals' Nightmare >
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      • Rethink Palestine - Jericho 2015
      • Upside Down, Lisbon 2011/2
      • Data, Feedback Kolectiv#2 2011
      • Assoalhada & Lda 2012
      • Um Elefante no Quarto 2012
      • You Took From Me All The Air So I Can Breathe-NYC- Location One 2011
      • Je Vous Garde, Lisbon Pavilhão Branco-City Museum 2009
      • Desenhos-Sala do Veado, Lisbon 2006
      • Construção- Identidades-continuação #4 2003
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You Took From Me All The Air So I can Breathe-NYC- Location One

On the press release: 
​Joana Villaverde creates spaces that lack a sense of proportion and proper scale. In her installation You Took from Me All the Air So I Can Breathe, an empty chair and a doorframe stands before a canvas, dwarfed by the large dimension of the portrait of a woman’s face. Although there is plenty of room between these objects, the gallery space becomes suffocating: the woman is too big for the painting in which she is entrapped, the chair is too small for its empty surroundings, and the door frame creates nothing more than an illusion of a place.
Villaverde’s works are often variations on the same theme: people in a space in need of more space. This closeness or suffocation, however, is more a mental than a physical one. Villaverde brings forth an intense sense of narrative and dialogue to the viewer using the plainest elements: a canvas, a chair, and a wooden frame.

Claudia Calirman
  • Joana Villaverde
  • Works
    • Exhibitions >
      • OXI, Porta 14, Lisboa 2020
      • Brincar de Pensar, Luzlinar, Fundão 2020
      • Looking at Animals, CAPC - Coimbra 2020
      • A Oficina encarregar-se-á das partes pintadas do cenário. Galeria Quadrum Lisbon 2019
      • 1/3 MeelPress Bermondsey Project Space London 2019
      • O OLHAR DA SÍBILA / SIBYL'S GAZE - museu do Oriente Lisbon 2017
      • 3AM Birzeit December 2015, Teatro do Bolhão, Porto 2016
      • Azul, cubos azuis, Fortaleza de Sagres 2016
      • Y Son Fieras -Almada pela Paz 2015
      • Animals' Nightmare >
        • Animals' Nightmare Lisbon - 2016
        • Animals' Nightmare - Avis 2015
        • Animals Nightmare Book
      • Rethink Palestine - Jericho 2015
      • Upside Down, Lisbon 2011/2
      • Data, Feedback Kolectiv#2 2011
      • Assoalhada & Lda 2012
      • Um Elefante no Quarto 2012
      • You Took From Me All The Air So I Can Breathe-NYC- Location One 2011
      • Je Vous Garde, Lisbon Pavilhão Branco-City Museum 2009
      • Desenhos-Sala do Veado, Lisbon 2006
      • Construção- Identidades-continuação #4 2003
      • Set Design
    • Limited Editions
    • Publications
    • Works for Teatro do Bairro >
      • Monthly Programs
      • Posters
  • About
    • Interviews
    • Talks and Lectures
  • Current + upcoming
  • Clipping
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