‘Cine São José’ by Estudio Campana opens at Friedman Benda to coincide with Frieze LA, featuring rare and significant pieces from the studio’s history
‘“Cine São José” was planned before [my brother] Fernando passed away, but it’s become an homage to him, to our history and to his memory,’ says Humberto Campana of his studio’s exhibition at Los Angeles gallery Friedman Benda, which opens this week in line with, aged 61.
The show chronologically traces rare pieces from the history of Estúdio Campana that are imbued with cultural, societal or personal narratives, while introducing some new works that bring together the studio’s core ideologies.The show’s earliest piece, the ‘Yanomami’ chair , is part of a series of rough sculptural iron seats called the ‘Desconfortáveis’, or ‘Uncomfortables’, created at a time of political upheaval as Brazil was coming out of 30 years of dictatorship.
Key exhibition pieces show how the brothers continued to find inspiration in São Paulo’s neighbourhoods, both in its found or recycled materials and in its local artisans, whose work they supported. The ‘Detonado’ series integrates reclaimed Thonet cane seating, rewoven in a patchwork, while the ‘Wave’ buffet is distinguished by concentric rolls of surplus cloth, including rubber and carpeting.
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