Nov 5th 2012

Ricardo Basbaum is an artist and writer who was born in 1961 and currently lives and works in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Recent solo shows include ‘la société du spectacle (& NBP)’ (kunstraum lakeside, Klagenfurt, 2007) and ‘psiu-ei-oi-olá-não’ (A Gentil Carioca, Rio de Janeiro, 2004). In 2007 Basbaum exhibited at Documenta 12 (Kassel) and presented work at ‘Imagine Action’ (Lisson Gallery, London), among other group shows and projects. In 2006 he co-curated ‘On Difference #2’ (Kunstverein Stuttgart) and ‘pogovarjanja/conversations/conversas’ (with Bojana Piskur, Škuc Gallery, Ljubljana). He is the author of Além da pureza visual (Zouk, 2007) and a contributor to Art after Conceptual Art (ed. Alexander Alberro and Sabeth Buchmann, Generali Foundation, MIT Press, 2006). He works at the Instituto de Artes, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro.

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