leonardo finotti: pelada - galeria luciana caravello rio de janeiro rj, brazil
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- photography solo exhibition: leonardo finotti / curator: Waldick Jatobá / location: luciana caravello arte contemporânea / exhibition name: "PELADA" It’s a topic on bar tables. At the “botecos”. Restaurants. In living rooms. It’s small talk at bus stops. It’s big talk, period. Everyone knows about it. Everyone has a say in it. Everyone becomes a coach. Everyone knows the referee’s mother. Everyone knows how to dribble. Make a pass. Everybody knows when to get in the field. They know, quite well, that it doesn’t take that much to build a soccer field. That with two marks you have a goal. With one scream you have a cheering crowd. With one team, you have a national passion. Between portraits and records, flying over the suburbs of São Paulo, Leonardo Finotti presents a most sincere collection of spaces worthy of stadiums. Sacred spaces that prove not only this is the country of soccer, but that the country is made for soccer. Waldick Jatobá
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It’s World Cup time! However, in Brazil it’s always time for soccer. Capturing this passion from a different angle, Leonardo Finotti, brazilian architectural photographer, comes up with the exhibition “Pelada” (name for the spontaneous soccer game in the street; also means undress). The show will be placed at Luciana Caravello gallery, one of the most renowned galleries for contemporary art in Rio de Janeiro.
This work shows the special role that soccer fields play in the chaotic periphery of São Paulo. In a place with a total lack of order, these fields bring the absent structure. But they do even more: these soccer fields act as a resistance of the public realm, right where is more necessary; its particular function establishes an almost sacred public space, but its role goes beyond sports, providing leisure, joy and civic values.
Leonardo Finotti has built a solid career photographing architecture since 2000. Today he has one of the most expressive contemporary profile in architectural photography. He constantly collaborates with the main publications worldwide and his work has been shown in several solo and collective exhibitions. In “Pelada” he gives us a bare and honest view. The result is a touching reflection about built environment, art, politics and people.
gustavo hiriart / katia gondo
