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Brazil
Painting, Oil on Wood
Size: 27.4 W x 28.7 H x 1.2 D in
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Unesp, the University of the State of São Paulo, through a partnership with the Confucius Institute, invited 15 artists to participate in the "The eye on China" project. Each artist received from Unesp the book "The Analects", to read and create a work based on the teachings of Confucius. Reading the book I realized that Confucius based his teaching on three themes (study, friendship and nobleman) and that five factors are constant in his cognitive system of teachings, namely: 5 elements: metal, water, wood, fire and earth. 5 colors: white, black, green, red and yellow. 5 human qualities: gentle, kind, courteous, frugal and humble. 5 organs: lung, kidneys, liver, heart and spleen. 5 emotions: sadness, fear, irritability, joy and anxiety, reflection and concern. Curiously, the elements are correlated with the colors: metal = white; water = black; wood = bluish green; Fire = red and earth = yellow. Having this numerical principle in mind, I have idealized a geometric composition using rectangles and triangles which act as aesthetic elements and are always repeated in the same quantity. These rectangles and triangles serve as a basis for incorporating computer boards, Chinese ideograms representing the five emotions mentioned by Confucius, and visual references to the elements of nature; main colors; human qualities, etc. In addition to Chinese, concepts I also had incorporated into the work Western concepts that I usually use in my paintings. So in each rectangle, I used silhouettes of dancers that direct the viewer's gaze to some visual elements present in each part of the work and in the center of I included a silhouette that resembles the Vitruvian man. In it I added a sixth ideogram that can be translated as "wise and intelligent man". At the base of the painting I placed the silhouette of a computer, two hands holding a pen and a pencil, and I incorporated a pen, in an allusion that all the human qualities discussed by Confucius depend exclusively on education, no matter the time. In the upper part of the painting I placed painted images of the planet earth, moon and the sun, a triad that follow my works long ago and tries to demonstrate that, above all, we are part of a system extremely harmonious and balanced and superior to our pretensions of mastery of nature.
Painting:Oil on Wood
Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork
Size:27.4 W x 28.7 H x 1.2 D in
Frame:Not Framed
Ready to Hang:Not applicable
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CURRENT PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES • Has been working as Plastic Artist since 1976. • Accomplished 23 individual art exhibitions and has been participated of 111 group Art Exhibitions. • Has been participated of 55 Salons of Art (where was awarded 21 times) and has received 2 homage due his professional work. • Has been teaching Art History, Color Theory, Drawing, Watercolor, Pastel and Painting at Ateliê Oficina FWM of Art since 1996. • Has works represented in many Museums, Cultural Institutions, private and corportive collections of Brazil, Latin America and USA. • Has been giving Lectures in Art Schools, Cultural Institutions, Colleges and Universities since 1983. • Has been member of Jury in Salons of Art since 1987. • Has been working as graphic designer (creating logos and packages for several companies, making desktop publishing, creating advertising pamphlets, folders, etc.) since 1995. • Has been member of the Brazilian Association (ABCA) of Critics of Art since 2019. • Has been updating his knowledge through own studies and researches in Museums of Europe, Latin America and USA. PAST PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES 2013/18 – Was elected two times as the president of APAP-SP Professional Sao Paulo Association of Plastic Artists (2013/2018). 2016/17 – Was one of the three Curators of the project “Art Brazil Week” 2016/17 – Sao Paulo, Santos and Caraguatatuba. 2016 – Was the curator of the final Art Exhibition of the “Sao Paulo Cultural Map”, at the Marta Traba Gallery on the Latin America Memorial – Sao Paulo. 2015/16 – Was the Coordinator of visual arts to the “Sao Paulo Cultural Map” 2015/16 edition of the Sao Paulo State Commission for the Plastic Arts. 2014 – Was the Curator of the exhibition “A Copa é Aqui” with the participation of 32 artists of many countries. Espaço Cultural do Banco do Uruguay – Cultural Space of Bank of Uruguay 2013 – Was cultural and technical coordinator of the Project “Oficina de Esculturas” (Sculptures Workshop) on the city of Rio Grande/RS.
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