Judith Lauand
Judith Lauand is a Brazilian painter and printmaker. She is considered a pioneer of the Brazilian modernist movement that started in the 1950s, and was the only female member of the concrete art movement based in São Paulo, the Grupo Ruptura.
Early life and education
Lauand was born in Pontal, São Paulo, Brazil.In the mid-1950s, Lauand graduated from the Escola de Belas Artes in Araraquara, São Paulo in Brazil with a degree in fine arts. While at Escola de Belas Artes, Lauand's education was based in traditional fine arts. Domênico Lazzarini and Maria Ybarra de Almeida taught her painting and Lívio Abramo taught her printmaking.
Career
After graduating from college, Lauand worked as a teacher in Araraquara and produced artwork on the side, which at that time was in the style of expressionist figurative paintings.In 1953, Lauand moved to São Paulo. In 1954, she worked as a gallery monitor at the São Paulo Art Biennial, which led to her connecting with fellow artists who were part of the concrete art movement, Grupo Ruptura: Anatol Władysław, Geraldo de Barros, Leopoldo Haar, Lothar Charoux, Luís Sacilotto, Kazmer Féjer, and Waldemar Cordeiro. Lauand soon joined the group, becoming their only female member.
Lauand work is rooted in the abstract art from the 1950s, with a movement in 1954 to a more rigid and analytical approach. Starting in the 1960s, Lauland began incorporating non-traditional materials like paper clips and other items into her pieces, making the surfaces uneven and creating different effects.
Lauand was the only artist among her contemporaries who signed her paintings, and signed on the front of the painting. This was seen as a more traditional approach, and was a rejection of the theoretical aesthetic of what other artists were doing.
Lauand works across many different mediums. As a painter, she creates works using acrylic, enamel, oil, and tempera paints, incorporating gouaches and/or collages. Lauand's output also takes the form of embroidery, sculptures, woodcuts, and tapestries.
Selected exhibitions
;Group exhibitions- 1956: "Exposicão Nacional de Arte Concreta." Museu de Arte Moderna
- 1960: "Konkrete Kunst." 50 Jahre Entwicklung, Helmhaus
- 1965: VIII Bienal Internacional de Arte de São Paulo
- 1967: IX Bienal Internacional de Arte de São Paulo
- 1969: X Bienal Internacional de Arte de São Paulo
- 1977: "Projeto construtivo brasileiro na arte. 1950–1962." Museu de Arte Moderna do Rio de Janeiro ; Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo
- 1984: "Tradição e ruptura." Sãntese de arte e cultura brasileras, Fundação Bienal de São Paulo
- 1994: Bienal Brasil Século XX
- 1997: I Bienal de Artes Visuais do Mercosul
- 2003: "Cuasi-corpus. Arte concreto y neoconcreto de Brasil." Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Internacional Ruãno Tamayo ; Museo de Arte Contemporáneo
- 2006: "The Sites of Latin American Abstraction." Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation
- 2007: "The Geometry of Hope. Latin American Abstract Art from the Patricia Phelps de Cisneros Collection." Blanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin ; Grey Art Gallery, New York University
- 2007: "Desenho construtivista brasileiro." Museu de Arte Moderna do Rio de Janeiro
- 2009: "Geometric Abstract Works. The Latin American Vision from the 1950s, 60s and 70s." Henrique Faria Fine Art
- 2010: "Then & Now. Abstraction in Latin American Art from 1950 to Present." 60 Wall Gallery, Deutsche Bank
- 2010: "Vibración. Moderne Kunst aus Lateinamerika." The Ella Fontanals-Cisneros Collection, Bundeskunsthalle
- 2017–2018: "Making Art Concrete: Works from Argentina and Brazil in the Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros." Getty Center
- 1954: Galeria Ambiente
- 1965: Galeria Novas Tendências
- 1977: Museu de Arte Contemporânea da Universidade de São Paulo
- 1984: "Geometria 84." Paulo Figueiredo Galeria de Arte
- 1992: "Efemérides." Museu de Arte Contemporânea da Universidade de São Paulo
- 1996: "Obras de 1954–1960." Galeria Sylvio Nery
- 2007: "50 anos de pintura." Galeria Berenice Arvani
- 2008: "65 anos arte." Galeria Berenice Arvani ; Secretaria de Cultura, Araraquara
- 2011: "Judith Lauand: Experiências." Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo – 20 Jan-03 Apr, 2011
- 2013: "Judith Lauand: The 1950s." Stephen Friedman Gallery
- 2014-2015: "Judith Lauand: Brazilian Modernist, 1950s-2000s," Driscoll Babcock Galleries – October 23, 2014 – January 10, 2015
- 2017: "Judith Lauand: Brazilian Concrete Abstractions," Driscoll Babcock Galleries – June 15–July 28, 2017
Selected works
- ' at Driscoll Babcock Galleries, New York City
- ' at Driscoll Babcock Galleries, New York City
- ' at Driscoll Babcock Galleries, New York City
- ' at Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
- ' at Driscoll Babcock Galleries, New York City
- ' at Driscoll Babcock Galleries, New York City
- ' at Driscoll Babcock Galleries, New York City
- ' at Driscoll Babcock Galleries, New York City
- ' at Driscoll Babcock Galleries, New York City
- ' at Driscoll Babcock Galleries, New York City
- ' at Driscoll Babcock Galleries, New York City
- ' at Driscoll Babcock Galleries, New York City
- ' at Driscoll Babcock Galleries, New York City
- ' at Driscoll Babcock Galleries, New York City
- ' at Driscoll Babcock Galleries, New York City
- ' at Driscoll Babcock Galleries, New York City
- at Driscoll Babcock Galleries, New York City
Awards and honors
- 1945: 9th Salão de Belas Artes de Araraquara, Prêmio Estímulo de Desenho
- 1952: 15th Salão de Belas Artes de Araraquara, Primeiro Lugar
- 1953: 16th Salão de Belas Artes de Araraquara, Prêmio Cidade de Araraquara
- 1954: 3rd Salão Paulista de Arte Moderna, Grande Medalha de Bronze
- 1955: 4th Salão Paulista de Arte Moderna, Pequena Medalha de Prata
- 1958: 7th Salão Paulista de Arte Moderna, Prêmio Aquisição
- 1959: 8th Salão Paulista de Arte Moderna, Prêmio Aquisição
- 1964: 13th Salão Paulista de Arte Moderna, Prêmio Aquisição
Works and publications
- – de 19 de novembro a 17 de dezembro de 1996
- – Catalog of an exhibition held Aug. 2-Sept. 10, 2007 at the Galeria Berenice Arvani in São Paulo, Brazil
- – Catalog of an exhibition held November 4-December 12, 2008 at Prefeitura Municipal de Araraquara; and December 2, 2008 – January 16, 2009 at Galeria Berenice Arvani, São Paulo
- – Catalog of an exhibition held at Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo, Jan. 21-Apr. 3, 2011
- – Catalog of an exhibition held February 8-March 9, 2013 in London
- – Catalog of an exhibition held at Driscoll Babcock Galleries from October 23-December 20, 2014