João Maria Gusmão + Pedro Paiva: The Sleeping Hippopotamus and the Missing Eskimo

• English / German, Softcover
• 176 pages
• 27.9 x 21.1 cm

João Maria Gusmão & Pedro Paiva: The Sleeping Hippopotamus and the Missing Eskimo was produced to accompany two exhibitions of the artist duo João Maria Gusmão & Pedro Paiva, which took place in Cologne at Kölnischer Kunstverein in 2015 and in Aarau at Aargauer Kunsthaus in 2016.

The exhibitions in Germany and in Switzerland were conceived independently from one another in terms of content, but they display certain overlaps and parallels. The exhibition The Sleeping Eskimo at Kunsthaus Aarau consists of around forty filmic works and sculptures as well as more than thirty photographic pieces.

Rather than giving an overview of the world of Gusmão and Paiva’s work as a whole, the exhibition The Missing Hippopotamus at Kölnischer Kunstverein was conceived to draw attention to a somewhat overlooked area of their work. To this end, forty-one bronze sculptures, almost the entire sculptural oeuvre of the two Portuguese artists, were presented.

The catalogue offers an extensive insight into the Portuguese artists' multilayered oeuvre. Alongside images of both exhibitions and artworks, this publication features essays by Anselm Franke, João Maria Gusmão, João Ribas and Madeleine Schuppli.

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