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DURING THE PAST SUMMER MONTHS SHE PRESENTED HER PIECES AT VERSAILLES, FOLLOWING GREAT ARTISTS AS JEFF KOONS AND TAKASHI MURAKAMI, BECOMING THE YOUNGEST ARTIST EVER AND THE FIRST WOMAN TO SHOW HER WORK IN THIS ICONIC FRENCH PALACE. IT CAN BE SAID THAT JOANA VASCONCELOS IS THE HIGHEST REPRESENTATIVE OF CONTEMPORARY PORTUGUESE ART OF THE LAST DECADE. SHE HAS BEEN AWARDED WITH SEVERAL INTERNATIONAL PRIZES, INCLUDING THE WINNER TAKES IT ALL, ASSIGNED BY THE BERARDO FOUNDATION. IN 2009 THE AUCTION HOUSE CHRISTIE’S SOLD ONE OF HER PIECES FOR 192 THOUSAND EUROS. HER EVOCATIVE INSTALLATIONS, COLORFUL AND FULL OF PORTUGUESE TOUCH, TRAVEL ALL AROUND THE WORLD AND ARE PART OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PRIVATE COLLECTIONS OF EUROPE.
‘There are colleges and art schools that flood of pessimism promising youngsters for not living in New York, London or Berlin… Under your experience, are many limitations as an artist if you do not live in the main capitals of art?
The technology and the media have significantly shortened distances and facilitated radically the access to information, so, more than ever, today, the possibility of building an international career is much bigger, even if not being centrally located. What is really important is to think global, regardless of being in a central or peripheral location. I’m an example that you can work from Portugal to the world.’
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Wonder Magazine 13
HighLights_ Joana Vasconcelos by Marta Bran_ pp. 22-27_ November / December_ 2012
