“Urutu”
Urutu
(SKU. 11022)
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Date
2022 -
Technique
digital printing on MDF and laminated coated paper, gilding and hoststamping -
Dimensions
(H x W x D) 42 x 37 x 7 cm -
Edition
20 + 5PA -
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'Urutu' is an oracle developed by artist Marcela Cantuária based on the instinctive selection of poetic fragments from Brazilian works of literature, poetry, music and visual arts. The choice of these works symbolizes different eras and regions of the country in textual expressions that have become almost part of Brazil's cultural heritage.
Composed of 38 cards/paintings, 'Urutu' works without traditional archetypes, but rather with a blank canvas of possibilities. Just like the snake that "bites in a rush" – as the origin of its name in Tupi-Guarani says – each work offers the opportunity to delve into a universe of feelings and emotions and return with answers to deeper questions, brought by our inner poetry.”
Pedro Garcia de Moura
The multiple "Urutu" is the result of the 6th edition of the “Caixa de Pandora” project, conceived by KURA by Camila Yunes. In it, contemporary artists are invited to engage in dialogue with the Ivani and Jorge Yunes Collection, which brings together works of art from different eras. Artist Marcela Cantuária intervenes in the space with canvases that are part of the “Oráculo Urutu” project, as well as six oratories and a site-specific curtain.
Biography
Marcela Cantuária
Brazilian artist with a bachelor's degree in Painting from the School of Fine Arts at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. A member of the Popular Brigades, she creates works that intertwine historical images from the world of politics with representations of contemporary visual culture. Some of her pictorial inventions come from her research on the struggles waged by women around the world, such as the work "Sônia", which pays homage to a communist guerrilla fighter from the riverside who was killed by the military in the Araguaia region during Brazil's first military coup in 1964.
She has participated in group exhibitions such as "June 2013 – five years later", Hélio Oiticica Municipal Art Center (Rio de Janeiro, 2018); "Insurgent Chronicles", Fortes D'Aloia & Gabriel (São Paulo, 2018); "Living Under Fire", Federal Justice Cultural Center (Rio de Janeiro, 2019); "Feminist Stories: Artists After 2000", São Paulo Museum of Art (São Paulo, 2019); "Strategies of the Feminine", Farol Santander (Porto Alegre, 2019); "Bum-bum Paticumbum Prugurundum", A Gentil Carioca gallery (São Paulo, 2021); "Images that do not conform", Rio Museum of Art (Rio de Janeiro, 2021); "Chronicles of Rio", Rio Museum of Art (Rio de Janeiro, 2021) and "Collection in transformation", São Paulo Museum of Art (São Paulo, 2021).
His work has been presented in the solo exhibitions "Castles in the Air", Alfinete Gallery (Brasília, 2018); "Sutur|ar Libertar", Hélio Oiticica Municipal Arts Center, (Rio de Janeiro, 2019); "The Long Night of 500 Years", A Gentil Carioca Gallery (Rio de Janeiro, 2019); "Figuring the Impossible", Palace of Arts (Belo Horizonte, 2020) and "Balancing Hope", Pandora's Box (São Paulo, 2021). His work is part of the collections of the Maré Museum, the São Paulo Museum of Art and the Pinacoteca of the State of São Paulo.
Representative galleries
The Gentle Carioca , Rio de Janeiro
Destaques da carreira
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Caixa de Pandora #6 | 2021 | Kura, São Paulo | foto Everton Ballardin
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Castelos no ar | 2018 | Galeria Alfinete, Brasilia
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Figurar o impossível | 2020 | Palácio das Artes, Belo Horizonte
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La larga noche de los 500 años | 2019 | A Gentil Carioca, Rio de Janeiro
