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LEDs we can also find in her urban Candlestick series

of sculptures….

In this case, the artist overturns the “domestic” scale

of an object and converts it into an icon that relates to the

local reality of the buildings opposite, in which the works

are installed, through the use of bottles as containers for

a typical alcoholic beverage in the country in question. 8

Therefore, bottles of champagne in Blue Champagne

2012 at versailles; of sake in Message in a Bottle 2006

8 Joana Vasconcelos: Trafaria Praia, 2013, motorboat to transport for the Echigo Tsumari art Triennial 2006 in Tokamachi;
passengers. On external façades: Great Panorama of Lisbon mosaic
(21st Century), tiles Viúva Lamego hand painted. Installation presented of wine in nectar 2006 in the installations opposite the

at the 55th Biennale of Venice. Courtesy of the Berardo collection museum in Lisbon.
artist and of Transtejo - Transportes Tejo, S.A., Lisbon.

Photo: Luís Vasconcelos/ Courtesy Unidade Ininita Projectos
Compared with most light artists, Richi Ferrero,

9 Joana Vasconcelos: Valkyrie Azulejo, 2013, textures, wool worked with who originates from theatre, is quite atypical: since
crochet, trimming, polyester, LEDs. Installation realized inside Trafaria
the Seventies he has been working with all-out
Praia boat, for the 55th Biennale of Venice.
Photo: Luís Vasconcelos/ Courtesy Unidade Ininita Projectos lighting, whereas most begin with traditional

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