Jacques Douchez and Norberto Nicola
Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo (MAM)
Texture, volume, and depth were fundamental characteristics of the twenty-six tapestries, hung from the ceiling and surrounded by mirrorclad walls, in “Os pássaros de fogo levantarão voo novamente. As formas tecidas de Jacques Douchez e Norberto Nicola” (The Firebirds Will Take Flight Again: The Woven Forms of Jacques Douchez and Norberto Nicola). Curated by assume vivid astro focus—a collective whose variable personnel in this case consisted only of its founder, Eli Sudbrack—the show presented the work of two artists who were business partners in the weaving studio Atelier Douchez-Nicola,