“This is who we are, what can we do?”
This is who we are, what can we do?
(SKU. 1459)
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Date
2009 -
Technique
ceramics -
Dimensions
(H x W x D) 24 x 29 x 15 cm -
Edition
30 -
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The sculpture is a miniature piano, a work that is part of a series by the artist that features small-scale musical instruments. The design, its details and colors, remind us of objects that were very common until recently, objects made of ceramic and finished with shiny paint.
Biography
Nazareno
Nazareno holds a bachelor's degree in visual arts from the University of Brasília. In addition to his work as an artist, he has worked as a teacher, curator, coordinator of cultural spaces and consultant in visual arts publications. He works with different media, such as drawing, engraving, sculpture, installation and video. He has held several exhibitions, including those held at the MAM - Museum of Modern Art of Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo, the Museum of Art of Brasília, the Itaú Cultural Institute, Funarte, the Tomie Ohtake Institute, among others. He has participated in national exhibitions, mapping projects such as "Rumos Visuais Itaú" and artistic residencies. In 2011, 2008 and 2006 he was nominated for the Marco Antônio Vilaça-SESI award, and in 2010 he was one of the invited artists at the 29th Arte Pará. In 2013, he released the book “Num Lugar Não Longe de Você” and in 2004, he published the book “São as Coisas Que Você Não Vê Que Nos Separam”. His works are part of important public and private collections.
The artist's production process is based on research into everyday life. Everyday and seemingly banal facts can prove powerful to Nazareno and be transformed into playful situations, especially if they are related to verbality and if they activate memories.
His works often combine images and texts. The use of words is constant and very important to Nazareno. Orality has always been present in his growth, thus creating not only a vast repertoire, but also a need to express himself with words. The artist claims not to create poems or texts; he calls them “literary accidents.” Even when the word is not inscribed in the artistic object, it is present in the title. Nazareno always titles his works and sees them as a way of creating other visions, leading the viewer to different interpretative paths.
Another aspect that should be highlighted in his production is the scale chosen for his sculptures and objects. The artist creates small works, like miniatures of objects. These deal with things that are common to everyone in their daily lives, such as beds, chairs, boats, bottles, plates, pianos, among others, and are therefore easily recognized. With this miniaturization, the artist proposes that adults, his main audience, be reduced to the status of children, that they be surprised and see these objects from a different point of view.
However, his poetry does not only speak of joy. These works involve and generate many feelings, and most of the time they deal with human relationships and can also be related to disappointments.
In his work, nothing is there by chance. The design, the shape, the color, the text, the title, everything is precise and everything contains sparks of reading and reflection for the viewer.
Representative galleries
Lume Gallery , Sao Paulo
Destaques da carreira
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"Ali Onde Não Se Está" | 2012 | obra que faz parte do acervo do Museu de Arte Contemporânea da USP, SP
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Detalhe da obra "Eu sempre Soube" | 2010
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"Não Chore as Pessoas Estão Olhando" | 2012
