• José Damasceno, Carimbo (vale o escrito)

Jose Damasceno

“Stamp (Written value)”

Stamp (Written value)

(SKU. 4790)

  • Date

    2010
  • Technique

    wood and rubber
  • Dimensions

    (H x W x D) 6 x 52 x 15 cm
  • Edition

    20

José Damasceno's "Stamps" are two multiples developed by the artist exclusively for Carbono Galeria. One reads "Vale o escrita" (Value the writing), which is the same as the one stamped in the animal game. The other reads "Criticism", opening the way for reflection.

Works from Jose Damasceno

Biography

José Damasceno - Carbono Galeria

Jose Damasceno

b. 1968, Rio de Janeiro (RJ), Brazil | Lives and works in Rio de Janeiro (RJ), Brazil.

José Damasceno is a sculptor who has been developing his works since the early 1990s. The artist's works follow an investigative development of the relationships between space and thought, where intriguing situations invite the viewer to observe and think about what they see.

"Method for Starting and Moving" is the title of his first solo exhibition in 1993, at the Sérgio Porto gallery, Rio de Janeiro. The work is part of the collection of the Inhotim Institute. In this installation, the artist uses industrial carpet as the only material and, from this, establishes a series of questions of the utmost importance in the artist's career.

In the following decade, his work achieved great international notoriety. In 2005, for the Venice Biennale, the artist developed "Durante o caminho vertical" (During the vertical path), a piece first presented in Madrid in 2001. The installation, composed of stacks of printed paper cut into the shape of a footprint, describes a walk where columns arranged throughout the exhibition space each correspond to a left, right, and so on, configuring a final form through circumambulation. At the Galleria d'Arte Moderna Villa delle Rose in Bologna, Italy, in the exhibition "Alla ricerca dell'identità" (Alla ricerca dell'identità), in 2001, Damasceno exhibited "Trilha sonora" (Soundtrack) for the first time, a work consisting only of hammers and nails. Arranged sequentially, they produce something between a sound graphic and the suggestion of a landscape. The following year, this work was presented at the São Paulo Biennale.

In addition to having received several awards throughout his career, he participated in the 51st and 52nd editions of the Venice Biennale, the 25th São Paulo Biennale, the 15th Sydney Biennale and the 4th Mercosul Biennale. His work is included in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art – MoMA and the Cisneros Fontanal Art Foundation (both in the USA); Daros Foundation (Switzerland); Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Barcelona – MACBA (Spain); Instituto Inhotim; Museu de Arte Moderna do Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo; among other important public and private collections.

Representative galleries

Millan Gallery , Sao Paulo