Frangioni’s attitude to knotty ideas that can be difficult to conceptualize can be effectively summarized in a phrase: he casts complex ideas in efficaciously simple visual nutshell.
Christian Viveros-Fauné, Art Critic, Brooklyn 2021
EXODUS Series
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Watch “Exodus in New York” art exhibit on NBC news | New York | June 2023
1 Brooklyn Bridge Park | June 1-28 | 2023
EXODUS IN NY is a solo exhibition by Alexandre Frangioni, a contemporary Brazilian artist.
Curated by Carly Aguilera
The Exodus series presents works exploring monetary values in their form of accumulation and transformation, revealing their paths traveled and the impacts they cause within society over time. Frangioni produces symbols embedded in the human mind, such as miniature piggy banks and charging bulls offering the public a new perception of financial stability and its relationship with current ethical and moral values.
The artist’s constant search for new materials, in this case, 3D print technology and real coins as currency, permits interposing these financial symbols based on collective narrative issues involving values, time, and memory of historical societies and how they reflect the contemporary frame of mind. As previous series by the artist, the symbol/matter union promotes an investigation of possible dialogues between past political-economic actions and the outcome of current society.
From the artist’s point of view, history has shown a massive migration of people, known as Exodus. A clear example is the striking case of the occupation of Manhattan, not only during its period of colonization but later during an intense period at the beginning of the 20th century with the entry of immigrants from Europe through its known Ellis Island. Finally, its current consolidation as one of the largest metropolises in the world with one of the most recognized financial centers on the planet.
For this art exhibit Exodus in NY, the artist’s artistic conceptual discourse reflects on a large-scale installation combining two series of his production, Exodus and Codes. This site-specific depicts a fusion between the financial market and the Exodus. In addition, a three-dimensional aesthetical body of work from 2016 to the present will intrigue the audience with a point of discussion about the relationship between the American Way of Life finances and the effects on other contemporary societies as a multicultural phenomenon.
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WHO IS FRANGIONI?
Alexandre Frangioni is a self-taught artist born in São Paulo, Brazil, in 1967, where he lives and works.
His artwork presence in international fairs and gallery exhibitions positioned him in private, corporate, and public art collections in New York, Miami, Atlanta (USA), São Paulo (Brazil), Buenos Aires (Argentina), (Lima) Peru, and Santiago de Chile (Chile).
Frangioni has participated in solo & collective exhibitions in Brazilian museums, such as; the Museu de Arte de Ribeirão Preto (MARP), Museu de Arte de Goiânia (MAG), Museu de Arte Contemporânea do Mato Grosso do Sul (MARCO), Museu de Arte Contemporânea de Blumenau (MAB), Museu Luiz Sacilotto (Casa do Olhar), Museu de Arte Contemporânea de Jataí (MAC Jataí), Pinacoteca Benedito Calixto, Museu Casa Alfredo Andersen, and Pinacoteca São Bernardo do Campo, among others.
Among art fairs & collections: SP Arte 2023, Palm Beach Modern & Contemporary 2022, SP Arte 365/Viewing Room 2021, Pinta Miami Live 2020, Art Wynwood Miami 2020, ART New York 2019, as well as other shows, like “Prelocaçao” and “o desejo do outro”, both in São Paulo.