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Galeria Fortes Vila�a: Barr�o - 9 Oct 2009 to 7 Nov 2009 Current Exhibition |
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Barr�o
Ninfas Derramadas, 2009 Porcelain and epoxy resin, 101 x 66.5 x 81 cm |
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English below Barr�o 08.10.2009 | 11.11.2009 A Galeria Fortes Vila�a tem o prazer de apresentar a exposi��o do artista carioca Barr�o. Desde 1992 sem expor em S�o Paulo, Barr�o apresenta dez esculturas in�ditas constru�das a partir de um processo de colagem de fragmentos de objetos de lou�a. O artista come�ou a trabalhar com apropria��es de objetos cotidianos nos anos 1980. Desde ent�o, j� utilizou eletrodom�sticos, como geladeiras, batedeiras e televis�es e, mais recentemente, passou a criar esculturas com lou�as decorativas; sempre mantendo o interesse de subverter - com humor e ironia - o sentido original dos objetos. Barr�o agrupa os peda�os de coisas, colando-os com durepox e deixando a emenda � vista na escultura finalizada. Como aponta Luis Camilo Os�rio, �alguns peda�os podem sugerir novas formata��es e o resultado surge dos acidentes do percurso � prop�sito e acaso caminham juntos�. As obras s�o orientadas por quest�es escult�ricas cl�ssicas, como a preocupa��o volum�trica. Em todas as esculturas tem-se um volume coeso central do qual partem as extremidades. Dando prefer�ncia a objetos do imagin�rio popular, usados e antigos, as esculturas s�o carregadas de refer�ncia pop e kitsch. Para Barr�o, os objetos dos quais se apropria n�o seguem qualquer l�gica hier�rquica. Seu interesse � focado nas formas, cores e tamanhos, assim, um elefante, uma caveira, um buda, uma x�cara, um bule ou um gatinho, pertencem � mesma classifica��o. Em Del�cia Tropical, uma s�rie de x�caras, vasinhos, potes e peda�os de pe�as decorativas com frutas estampadas, equilibram-se formando um colorido e estreito totem, que alcan�a a altura de 1,90. Em sua ponta h� quatro pequenos papagaios de lou�a. Ninfas Derramadas � formada por pequenas esculturas de deusas gregas com os bustos desnudos dispostas de cabe�a para baixo. As delicadas deusas formam uma esp�cie de cauda branca para o resto do ac�mulo de fragmentos de x�caras azuis que completa a obra. Outro �ajuntamento imprevis�vel� � visto em Hospedeiros, em que um cachorro de lou�a tem sua cabe�a cortada e separada de seu corpo e, entre as partes, o artista cola uma s�rie de outros objetos prontos, como um elefante, um bule e um cabo de guarda-chuva. � poss�vel identificar em suas obras um esp�rito curioso que se diverte ao desmontar objetos, para depois grud�-los de forma a estabelecer uma nova ordem de funcionamento para eles. Deixando de lado a utilidade dom�stica ou decorativa destes objetos, Barr�o desordena e destr�i, para depois construir suas obras. Barr�o 08.10.2009 | 11.11.2009 Galeria Fortes Vila�a is pleased to present the exhibition by Rio de Janeiro artist Barr�o. This show, Barr�o�s first in S�o Paulo since 1992, features ten new sculptures constructed through a process of gluing together the fragments of porcelain objects. The artist began to work with appropriations of everyday objects in the 1980s. Since then, he has used household appliances, such as refrigerators, egg beaters and televisions, and more recently has begun to create sculptures with decorative porcelain, always subverting � with humor and irony � the original meaning of the objects. Barr�o groups pieces of the things he appropriates, gluing them together with epoxy resin and leaving the glued seams visible in the finished sculpture. As Luis Camilo Os�rio has stated, �some of the pieces can suggest new formattings, and the result arises from chance happenings along the way � purposeful and random acts go hand-in-hand.� The artworks are guided by classic sculptural questions, such as the concern for volumetrics. In all the sculptures there is a central cohesive volume from which the extremities extend. Generally made with old and used commonplace objects, the sculptures are loaded with pop and kitsch references. There is no logical hierarchy among the objects; Barr�o�s interest is focused on their forms, colors and sizes, and therefore an elephant, a skull, a Buddha, a teacup, a teapot or a little cat belong to the same classification. In Del�cia Tropical [Tropical Delicacy], a series of teacups, little vases, pots and pieces of decorative items with stamped fruit patterns are balanced to create a colorful and narrow 1.9-meter-high totem pole. At its top are four little ceramic parrots. Ninfas Derramadas [Spilled Nymphs] is made up of small sculptures of Greek goddesses with bare breasts arranged upside down. The delicate goddesses form a kind of white tail for the rest of the work, consisting of an accumulation of fragments of blue jugs and teacups. Another �unforeseen conjoinment� is seen in Hospedeiros [Hosts], in which a ceramic dog has its head cut off and separated from its body, to which the artist glues a series of other ready-made objects, such as an elephant, a teapot and an umbrella handle. His works evince a curious spirit that enjoys taking objects apart and then sticking them together in a way that confers a new sort of operation to them. With no regard for the household use or decorative function of these objects, Barr�o disorders and destroys them, to then construct his artworks from their fragments. |
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