• Alan Fontes, O Livro de Crônicas do Tempo
  • Alan Fontes, O Livro de Crônicas do Tempo
  • Alan Fontes, O Livro de Crônicas do Tempo
  • The Book of Chronicles of Time
  • Alan Fontes, O Livro de Crônicas do Tempo

Alan Fontes

“The Book of Chronicles of Time”

(SKU. 9140)

  • Date

    2019

  • Technique

    book-object: oil and alkyd on 300g Fabriano paper and letters cut in opaline paper

  • Dimensions

    (H x W x D) 46 x 66 x 7 cm

  • Edition

    10 + 3PA

  • Comes with certificate of authenticity

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The work "The Book of Chronicles of Time" is part of a series of paintings on paper, previously developed, in which images of tornadoes that occurred in different parts of the world were represented as diptychs, with a layout analogous to that of an open book.

In this edition, the image on the left page is a reference to a photo of Brasília, a symbol of a country in continuous development, which projected itself as the "Country of the Future". The right page shows a tornado moving across a stormy and empty landscape. The two oil paintings are made on a bound paper support, without printed text. Cut-out paper letters are included loosely, remaining dispersed within the acrylic box that holds the work. Fragments of words can be read and reconfigured by handling the work.

Biography

Alan Fontes - Carbono Galeria

Alan Fontes

b. 1980, Ponte Nova (MG), Brazil | Lives and works in Belo Horizonte (MG), Brazil.

Alan Fontes holds a Master's degree in Visual Arts from the Federal University of Minas Gerais. His work revolves around his interest in the various representations of views of space (frontal, aerial) transforming them into portraits of three-dimensionality, so that the scenery is not far from his work.

His most recent solo exhibitions were: "The Book of the Wind", at the Emma Thomas Gallery, New York (2016); "Poetics of a Landscape – Memory in Change", at the Banco do Brasil Cultural Center, Rio de Janeiro (2016); "About Uncertain Houses", at the Emma Thomas Gallery, São Paulo (2015); "Deconstructions", at the Baró Gallery, São Paulo (2014); "Sweet Lands" and "La Foule, both at the Laura Marsiaj Gallery, Rio de Janeiro (2012) and "The House", at the Paço das Artes, São Paulo (2008);

He participated in the exhibitions "To the Love of the Public I", at the Rio Art Museum (MAR), Rio de Janeiro (2016); "MAP Bolsa Pampulha Exhibition", Pampulha Art Museum, Belo Horizonte (2014) and "Award-Winning International Art Rio Fair", Rio de Janeiro (2013).

He has completed the residencies Painting Beyond Painting, at CEIA, Belo Horizonte (2006); 5th Edition of the Bolsa Pampulha Program, Belo Horizonte (2013); and Residência Baró, São Paulo (2014). Among the most recent awards received are Bolsa Pampulha 5th edition (2014); 1st Foco Bradesco/ArtRio Award (2013) and the 1st CCBB Contemporary Award.

Representative galleries

Celma Albuquerque Art Gallery , Belo Horizonte

Kogan Amaro Gallery , Sao Paulo

Destaques da carreira

  • "Poética de uma paisagem em mutação" | 2016 | Centro Cultural do Banco do Brasil, Rio de Janeiro | Foto: Mario Grisolli
  • "Black House" | 2018 | VOLTA, Nova Iorque, Estados Unidos
  • "A Casa" | 2007 | Espaço das Artes, São Paulo
  • "Bolsa Pampulha" | 2014 | Casa Kubistschek, Belo Horizonte | Foto: Glenio Campregher
  • "Bolsa Pampulha" | 2014 | Casa Kubistschek, Belo Horizonte | Foto: Glenio Campregher