The renowned Brazilian artist José Damasceno's theme is sculpture and the surrounding space, which he investigates in humorous and playful works. From everyday materials he creates poetic formations in meticulous repetitions, sensitizing our perception for the fine nuances.
In the installation at O.K, thousands of telephone books stacked on top of one another result in sculptural forms growing from the floor to the ceiling. Following a horizontal path through the room, the artist's footprints grow into the vertical, turning the path into a strikingly sculptural form that also redefines the surrounding space. In the artist's opinion, space is never passive and artistic interventions can enter into a dialogue with it.
51st Venice Biennale, 2005

José Damasceno, born 1968 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, lives and works there