“Variation 5c”
Variation 5c
(SKU. 5559)
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Date
2017 -
Technique
digital printing on Canson Etching Rag 310g paper -
Dimensions
(H x W) 109 x 149 cm -
Edition
9 + 3PA -
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This work is part of the series created exclusively for Carbono, where for the first time, the artist uses digital resources in his process.
Using six different matrices from oil paintings, Pasta uses the computer to simulate different color compositions. Through these chromatic variations, the artist creates compositions that sometimes resemble night scenes, sometimes abstractions closer to concrete constructions, and sometimes an almost mechanical or automated assembly, as Jacopo Crivelli Visconti cites, making these creations intensely poetic and personal, as is the case with all his work.
Biography
Paulo Pasta
Painter, engraver, and illustrator, Paulo Pasta is among the most important artists of his generation. He has participated in important group exhibitions such as the 22nd São Paulo Biennial, the 3rd Mercosul Biennial, the 3rd Cuenca Biennial, and the 3rd Arte Cidade, among others, in several countries. He has had more than 25 solo exhibitions and has been awarded prizes such as the Grande Prêmio Panorama from the São Paulo Museum of Modern Art. His work is in the collections of the Kunsthalle Berlin (Germany); the Itaú Cultural Institute, the Pinacoteca do Estado, the Museum of Contemporary Art, and the Figueiredo Ferraz Institute, all in São Paulo; and the Rio de Janeiro Museum of Modern Art, among other private and public collections.
PhD in Visual Arts from the University of São Paulo and winner of the Emile Eddé Scholarship for Visual Arts from the Museum of Contemporary Art at USP, Pasta had classes with Regina Silveira and Carmela Gross, and emerges from the Eighties Generation with paintings that made him stand out among the many painters of the time. Influenced by artists from the early 19th century, such as Paul Cézanne and Henri Matisse, Pasta also has Jasper Johns' pop as one of his references. Since he began producing, the artist has worked with medium and large format canvases, in which he frequently investigates color, paint as a medium, and the two-dimensionality of painting. Throughout his career, he will delve deeper into these investigations and, over the years, seek new references as a starting point for his painting. Among these are metaphysics, architecture, geometry, and the shape of objects.
As a professor, he taught painting at Faculdade Santa Marcelina, between 1987 and 1999; drawing at Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie, between 1995 and 2002; and painting at USP, in 2011 and 2012. He taught at Fundação Armando Álvares Penteado from 1998 to 2012.
Among the recent exhibitions in which he has participated, the highlights are solo exhibitions at the Brazilian Embassy in Rome (Italy), 2016; at the Millan Gallery and Millan Annex (São Paulo), 2015; at SESC Belenzinho (São Paulo), 2014; at the Iberê Camargo Foundation (Porto Alegre, RS), 2013; at the Maria Antonia University Center (São Paulo), 2011; and at the Banco do Brasil Cultural Center (Rio de Janeiro, RJ), 2008; for Panorama of Panoramas, at the Museum of Modern Art (São Paulo), 2008; and for a solo exhibition at the Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo (São Paulo), 2006.
In the words of Rodrigo Naves, “these canvases, in fact, eliminate light identifications and hasty recognitions. As with an object placed in water, we need to look at these forms in a different way. Instead of being guided only by their contours, we should consider their contact with the environment and the changes that these relationships produce. Less rigid, they acquire a spongy aspect and an indefiniteness that makes them more generous with the environment that surrounds them.”
Representative galleries
Millan Gallery , Sao Paulo
Destaques da carreira
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"Lembranças do Futuro" | 2018 | Galeria Millan, São Paulo, SP | foto: Filipe Berndt
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"Tempo Estendido" | 2017 | Galeria Paulo Darzé, Salvador, BA
