Judith Lauand: Concrete Deviation Judith Lauand

The Museu de Arte de São Paulo Assis Chateaubriand (MASP) presents, from November

25, 2022, to April 2, 2023, the solo exhibition Judith Lauand: desvio concreto [Judith Lauand:

Concrete Deviation], which occupies the museum’s 1st floor. Curated by Adriano Pedrosa,

MASP’s Artistic Director, and Fernando Oliva, MASP’s Curator, and assisted by Matheus de

Andrade, MASP’s Curatorial Assistant, the show is the largest ever devoted to the oeuvre of the

concrete artist, who this year turned 100 years old and completed more than seven decades of

professional production.

The exhibition Judith Lauand: desvio concreto aims to foster new research and debates on

her oeuvre, through 124 works and dozens of documents from her personal files, putting into

perspective the crucial transition—a deviation—she made in the mid-1950s, from figurative art to

abstract geometry. The work Acervo 29, Concreto 33 [Collection 29, Concrete 33] (1956) stands

out in the show, as one of the most significant in her career. The painting has just been donated

by the artist’s family to MASP for this exhibition, being the first of her authorship to be part of the

institution’s collection.

The show also intends to address new perspectives in her oeuvre, reinforcing the role of

political issues such as the repression of the military dictatorship in Brazil, the Vietnam War, and

the social condition of Brazilian women, when the artist crosses themes such as violence,

sexuality, submission, and female freedom.