Celebrating 20 years of the fall of Berlin wall

By chance, I've found this week on my drawer this old drawing:

Crayon on paper ~ 48 x 68 cm ~ 1998

The Brandenburg Gate is a former city gate and one of the main symbols of Berlin in Germany. It was commissioned by King Frederick William II of Prussia as a sign of peace and built by Carl Gotthard Langhans from 1788 to 1791. Today, it is considered one of Europe's most famous landmarks.

ARTE NO PORTO III

This time we occupated an ancient building that has been a pasta's factory. 74 artists exhibiting his art in six floors. Thanks Pellegrin for the call.

S U R V E I L L A N C E






Acrilic lavis on canvas ~ 180 x 270 cm ~ 2009

Sea of Dreams

9 paintings ~ diferent sizes ~ acrilic on card

Action painting, sometimes called "gestual abstraction", is a style of painting in which paint is spontaneously dribbled, splashed or smeared onto the canvas, rather than being carefully applied. The resulting work often emphasizes the physical act of painting itself as an essential aspect of the finished work or concern of its artist. So the technique was perfect to dream about the sea...

Четврто меѓународно биенале во мала графика - Тетово 2008

Fourth International Biennial of Mini Prints - Tetovo 2008




The launch of this associate with us, The Fourth International Mini-print Graphics 2007 - according to the tradition on doorsteps by the entrance to the Europen Union, we are meditating as a cosmopolite. The troubles in this regions are as same as they are in all countries. The culturals and traditions autochthonous, are endangered by the recently urbanized man who is looking for to reclaim the heritage. New age named “The architecture of the new time” indeed is consequence from a mathematical function which doesn’t look after to the captured space. Macedonia have had over four thousand archaeological area from: early neolith, classical, roman, up to late middle century. How can we preserve them? The battle against trading with antiques and ”businessmen” is the biggest problem of all countries from the third world. As it’s with ours. “The rich” always find the way how to get what do they want in. The past, present and the future are the one’s nations identity. We are actively seeking for:to work on popularization to the diversity of one another to one after the other, and with your graphics to send a massage for: LET’S PROVIDE THE PROTECTION OF SMALL NATIONS’ CULTURAL HERITAGE!

http://mini-prints-biennial-tetovo.blogspot.com/2008/04/2008.html

Community




To this exhibition, each artist submited five prints and one of the prints remained as property of “Museum of Tetovo Area”. In my case, they chose this one. Artists from more than 50 nations take part in that Biennial.

Mini-print exhibition at Mafra's place





I like to organise exhibitions of small format printmaking in alternative spaces. This one happened in Santa Catarina, Brazil, on a artist's conference, where I received a nice white wall beside the theater to expose 20 original mini prints.

A woodcut to a cover CD




It's a compilation CD of a community radio - the Radiocom - that chose some musiciams to show the best of the local scene. "Arte daqui" means art from here.
I lent a image of a woodcut to the cover.

http://www.radiocom.org.br/projetos

Stencil and destruction




VII ~ 2009

Selfportrait's Exhibition in Portugal

MAIL ART EXHIBITION ~ MATRIZ PRINT O PORTO ASSOCIATION

"The enthusiasm for the mail art participation has been greater then we expected and we are very happy to have now a remarkable collection of more then a hundred printed postcards send from more then 20 countries."
The oppening of the exhibition will be on the 16th May at about 17 pm at Esteta Galeria ,Rua Sousa Viterbo nr.28-1º -PORTO. We request the pleasure of your company at the event to celebrate all together the joy of Art bringing together artists of all countries . We create a blog to join all the post cards that we recived. The call will be in the web site very soon until there enjoy in:

http://matrizassociaodegravuradoporto.blogspot.com/
(So, go there and you can take a look in my selfportrait too...)

A drawing to Superpose's EP cover: Aurora

Superpose is a Brazilian band, from the island of Florianópolis, in the very south of Brazil. It's formed by Paula Felitto in the vocals & Isaac Varzim in the keyboards, programing & also vocals. Los brasileiros just released a new EP titled Aurora , including 5 fine tracks & all of them free of charge! I had the pleasure of take part in that journey with my art.

Get it now:

www.myspace.com/superpose

B R I C O L E U R






Exhibition in IDEA Gallery on the University of Rio Grande ~ extreme south of Brazil ~ 2008

A L A D O
(detail)






Installation ~ Post-it on glass ~ 120 x 600 cm

FOGO AMIGO






Gravure on paper ~ 38 x 56 cm ~ 2008

H A R D W A R E






Woodcut on wood ~ 45 x 45 cm ~ 2008

TALK SHOW VIDA:
SCENERY IN PROGRESS






I have been comissioned to make a scenery to a TV talk show. It was a different experience to me, I had to learn about artificial lights, profundity and another camera's effects. It was funny because I had to work when the show was "on the air", so I take some weeks to do the job.

Some details of the finish scenery

Vida means Life

VIDA TALK SHOW

Presented by Vilnei Varzin




Painting + glasses + material + paper + wood ~ 2008

By this time now I'm showing one of my prints in this collective exhibition, organized by Anico Herskovits. There, we can see 50 artists that are working in the south of Brazil with prints.

http://www.cccev.com.br/site/template_011.asp?campo=314&secao_id=7

AGNÈS COLLET'S CONCERT
Paris, february, 2008




I had the privilege on hanging some of my woks as a scenery on the concert of the french singer Agnès Collet.

AGNÈS COLLET

http://agnes.collet.free.fr/

On the back:
Bridge ~ 132 x 192 cm ~ woodcut ~ 2004

IX BALCONADAS BIENNIAL





Betanzos is a municipality in Galicia, Spain, in the Province of A Coruña. Betanzos was formerly called by its ancient Latin name Brigantium.The town is located in a fertile valley close to the Atlantic Ocean, and it has one of the best preserved old quarters in Galicia. Noteworthy is the Igrexa de San Francisco (St Francis Church), erected in 1387 by order of count Fernán Pérez de Andrade, whose tomb, decorated with hunting scenes, can be seen inside of the church. The Igrexa de Santiago (St Jacques Church), built in the 15th century by the guild of tailors, has a main portal decorated with a horseback statue of Saint Jacques. Other sights in the town are several town palaces, a 16th-century clock tower, and the town walls, which preserve three of their original four gates. There are two celebrations in Betanzos in August each year. At the festival of San Roque, a very large paper balloon is launched. And later in August, decorated boats sail along the river to the nearby Os Caneiros. Each two years, on september, trere are this nice international biennial of paintings where we can apreciate the works hanging in the old balconys.

T O U R B I L L O N





140 x 140cm ~ acrylic on canvas ~ Paris, 2004

NEXT EXHIBITION:



Paris, France

Exhibition in Paris, France, 2008

A wonderful people with a good place in a nice cartier full of gallerys: the perfect exhibition in the city of lights, Paris.

www.lepavedorsay.org

VERNISSAGE IN PAVÉ D'ORSAY'S GALLERY





Photos, production and coctail: Florent Peutot

U R D I P E I N T U R E





100 x 100 cm ~ mixed media on canvas ~ Laulagner/Les Ulis, France ~ 2008

This is a photo of Florent Peutot, a detail of the painting.

S A P I N I N P A S






100 x 140 cm ~ mixed media on canvas ~ Laulagner/Les Ulis, France ~ 2008

G O T H I C P A I N T I N G





100 x 140 cm ~ mix media on canvas ~ Laulagner/Les Ulis, France ~ 2008

C O L O M B E





66 x 192 cm ~ woodcut ~ 2008

A L V O






100 x 100 cm ~ mixed media on canvas ~ Laulagner/Les Ulis, France ~ 2008

LES POTEAUX POTES





Instalation ~ 60 cm perimeter x 350 cm ~ print on plastic bubble sheets ~ 2008

When first time I arrived in Pavé d'Orsay, I've seen that, in the center of the exhibition's room, there was two white poles; so, in that moment, I began to work in a concept, trying to integrate them on the exhibition. The two white poles means to me "repetition" and a clean base to show some kind of print. I choose to use the plastic bubble sheets because it is a kind of poor material, it is transparent and have a surface that 'calls' people to touch it. Using a simple cork (take form a good bootle of french wine) and acrilyc paint, I've print two identic targets, one to each pole.

F O L L O W

Acrylic on canvas ~ 70 x 100 cm ~ France ~ 2008

P R O C E D U R E

Le Pavé d'Orsay ~ 2008 ~ Paris, France

It was a Pavé d'Orsay's artistic evening, called Verticale. I have been invited to perform something during the time that people are playing instruments, singing and sharing some pieces of advice. Florent Peutot take this nice photos.

Exhibition ARTE NO PORTO 2
= 34 artists sharing 6000 m2 =






The Cover's invitation, the artists hanging their work and the vernissage

U R D I P I N T U R A







350 X 550 cm - mixed media on material - 2007

My way back home:
Exhibition in Leopoldo Gotuzzo Museum







Museu de Arte Leopoldo Gotuzo ~ Pelotas, Brazil

www.malg-pelotas.blogspot.com

P U X A D I N H O






96 X 132 cm - woodcut on paper - 2007

R O S Á C E A






150 x 150 cm - mixed media on canvas - 2007

VI A AEROVIA







(four angles)
300 cm square - Wood sheets engraved with fire - 2007

AONDE VÔO?







70 x 550 cm - Woodcut on wood + writing with coal on the wall - 2007

SCENERY TO "LE DIVAN DU MONDE"






Le Divan du Monde thrives on romantic notions of France. Formerly Le Divan Japonais, this Paris club and concert venue used to be the haunt of seething poet Baudelaire and painter Toulouse-Lautrec. Today, the Divan du Monde is one of the best nightclubs and venues the city has to offer. There I was commissioned to hang a scenery on a unforgettable night: the concerts of Coco Mbassi and Kevin Max. To create that “décor” I mixed some grilles, mirrors, metal doors, drawings and video. In my design, I’ve tried to construct a good ambience beetween visual art, music and the traditional architecture presenting on the stage.

Coco Mbassi is a highly accomplished singer, composer and arranger whose home country is Cameroon. Moving to France, Coco started using her singing talent as a backing singer for some of the well known African music stars: Salif Keita, Toure Kunda, Oumou Sangare and Manu Dibango as well as some international singers like Dee Dee Bridgewater and Demis Roussos. She went on to receive the German Critics Award for her first solo album, Sepia and was nominated in the Newcomer category in the BBC Radio 3 World Music Awards in 2003. Coco describes her music as a tree with African roots and branches that spread to many other places.





www.coco-mbassi.com

Kevin Max showed incredible vocal and musical talent early in his life. Later, at Liberty University, he met Toby McKeehan and Michael Tait. Together they formed dc Talk. The band went on to win four Grammys, 16 Dove Awards, and other recognitions. However, they decided to take an extended "intermission" in 2000. In recent years, Kevin has attempted to create a name for himself apart from dc Talk. He insists, "My music is for a Christian and a Buddhist to pick up and still enjoy, as well as for an atheist. But it is there to prod and ask some questions: What's my worldview? What do I believe in, and why do I believe it?"






www.kevinmaxmusic.com

TU MIRADA

50 x 50 cm ~ woodcut + fibre colée ~ 2006

O L A R I A A I R A L O

66 x 96 cm - Woodcut - 2006

View of the UFSC Gallery

Exhibition "As Ranhuras do Sensível" - Florianópolis - 2007

Photos taked by Edmilson Vasconcelos:

http://www.terreno.baldio.nom.br/alexandre_lettnin/alex_lettnin.htm

Some pictures of the mounting,
the vernissage and the conversation about the artwork





Florianópolis - 2007

View of the UFSC Gallery







Exhibition "As Ranhuras do Sensível" - Florianópolis - 2007

P A R A L E L O
A hip hop concert






It has been the first time I've made a scenery to ilustrate a concert to a Hip Hop night. The band Paralelo did a great show and I was with then on the stage making some grafittys...

www.grupoparalelo.com.br

P R E S S Ã O
Print's exhibition in Rio Grande - Brazil





Breche Gallery
etchings + lithography + woodcuts

D E B U T






24 x 27cm drypoint + rouleau 2005

EX-LIBRIS WORKSHOP






Pelotas Central Square...

I spend a nice week teaching people - from all ages - about Ex-Libris made with woodcut technics. Ex-librīs [Latin, "from the books of..."], is usually a small print or decorative label pasted into a book, often on the inside front cover, to indicate its owner.

COVER'S INVITATION OF A COLLECTVE EXHIBITION...






...that was placed on a hangar in my home town, Pelotas. This picture was taken from a bridge, so you can see the port and the river. My city is situated in a vast plain called La Pampah that's go down (on the map) till Argentine.

www.ufpel.tche.br/iad/artenoporto/

Some photos of the vernissage





The vernissage happens in a saturday morning. Eighteen artists shared this whole hangar, that was enormous.
I choose to made a larger woodcut - the "Gothic Print" - trying to find some relationship with the building.

GOTHIC PRINT







200 x 400cm woodcut 2006

ETCHING EXHIBITION AT RHABARBER'S PLACE
IN SWITZERLAND







Seventeen etchings ~ Altdorf ~ 2007

www.rhabarber-bar.ch

Organized with perfection by my Swiss manager Nathanael Wenger

" AS RANHURAS DO SENSÍVEL"
EXHIBITION IN PORTO ALEGRE, 2006





'Porto Alegre' means a happy port. It's a nice town located in south of Brazil, with more than one million people. My ehxibition was placed on Gasômetro, a old gas usine that became a nice art center. I receive a large wall to exhibit my woodcuts.

PAINTER IN ACTION







Sometimes I'm invited to paint something as a part of a concert. I like to do this kind of performance: it's a opportunity to share some message with lots of people on the same time. In this occasion I have been in Canguçú, a little town in far south of Brazil, where people don't have access to see art.

P O L I T I C







250 x 300cm acrylic on canvas 2006

ANOTHER TIME, ANOTHER PLACE







120 x 170cm (triplex) print + acrilyc paint on canvas 1998

H U M A N O S . . .

a little lithography takes a flight to Luxembourg...





18 x 18 cm lithography 2004

EXHIBITION "LE FACTEUR HUMAIN"
Could you find the "Humanos"?





72 prints of 72 artists from 10 countryes - print techniques on paper - 18 x 18 cm Luxembourg, 2004

"Le facteur humain, par définition est celui de l’inconnue, de l’incalculable, du risque, de l’erreur, du maillon faible. Au cours de mes nombreux contacts avec des artistes de partout du monde, le facteur humain m’a toujours semblé quelque chose de positif, d’enrichissant, dépassant l’ intérêt purement professionnel. Ainsi j’ai fait de belles rencontres, trouvé des copains généreux, des amis. Le Facteur Humain, Sylvie et AmiEs, est la réponse de 77 artistes d’origines différentes à mon invitation. Les œuvres sur papier, toutes techniques confondues, 18 X 18 cm, seront présentées en forme de muraille".

Sylvie Karier

http://mywebpage.netscape.com/AEmpreinte/gravkarier.html

This exhibiton happened in a art place called Chapelle du Rham. The curator was Sylvie Karier, the person responsible for the Atelier Empreinte.

http://mywebpage.netscape.com/AEmpreinte/homepage.html

Luxembourg, 2004

June is the month of "Fête de la Musique" in France, so Paris is very full of music! I have been commissioned to hang a backdrop paint in a corner of the XX arrondissement, to decorate the stage of ALHARM, a modern rock band.

http://www.fetedelamusique.culture.fr/




500 x 500 cm acrilyc + oil sprays on blue material 2003

ALHARM'S CONCERT

www.pierre-nicolas.com

Place Frehel, Cartier de Belleville, Paris, 2003.

SCENERY TO
NICHOLE NORDEMAN'S CONCERT
PARIS, 2001





White material + colour lights + french windows + candles + piano + nice chapel parisienne...

Some unforgettable moments of Nichole Nordeman on the stage

http://www.nicholenordeman.com/




I tryed to mix some abstraction with realistic settings to have a proper ambiance.

JUDITH ROBERTSON'S CONCERT

The english singer made a nice concert on a Friday night in Paris.





To this occasion I painted a kind of backdrop as a scenery.

300 x 900 cm acrylic paint on material 2003

Special moments when Judith had some intimacy with his public...

A backdrop is a painted curtain that hangs in the back of the stage to indicate scenery.

F A V E L A







56 x 304 cm woodcut 2002

FAVELA, PROCEDURE







Printed with a typographic press in Torben Bo Halbirk's Studio, Paris, France, 2002

www.torbenbohalbirk.com

The braziliam word 'Favela' means a shanty-town. As the people who lives in Favelas do, I did with my woodcuts: I've found some pieces of wood on the streets to build my matrix which, after printed, was desconstruct it to give birth to another one, so, in this way, I've printed several houses to form a entire Favela.

T R A D E M A R K







Print/Performance + Vídeo ~800 x 140 cm ~ Paris, 2002

VIDEO AND PRINT PROCEDURE OF "TRADEMARK"






Vídeo by Cyril Sauvenay, Paris, 2002

www.cysplace.tv

In this work I use my own body to print, conglomerating my mouvements and weight, what resulted in an image. To film the performing act I invited Cyril Suvenay, a french film-director. So, below the work I put a TV showing the performance.

TRADEMARK (SIDE B)

On the other side of the work I made 1200 prints whit my thumb to draw somethig near to a electrocardiogram's image.

STEALING SHADOWS...





Performance art can be any situation that involves four basic elements: time, space, the performer's body and a relationship between performer and audience.

“Performance has been a way of appealing directly to a large public, as well as shocking audiences into reassessing their own notions of art and its relation to culture. Conversely, public interest in the medium, especially in the 1980s, stems from an apparent desire of that public to gain access to the art world, to be a spectator of its ritual and its distinct community, and to be surprised by the unexpected, always unorthodox presentations that the artists devise. The work may be presented solo or with a group, with lighting, music or visuals made by the performance artist him or herself, or in collaboration, and performed in places ranging from an art gallery or museum to an “alternative space”, a theatre, café, bar or street corner. Unlike theatre, the performer is the artist, seldom a character like an actor, and the content rarely follows a traditional plot or narrative. The performance might be a series of intimate gestures or large-scale visual theatre, lasting from a few minutes to many hours; it might be performed only once or repeated several times, with or without a prepared script, spontaneously improvised, or rehearsed over many months.”
(Roselee Goldberg states in Performance Art: From Futurism to the Present)

NO SHADOW

drawing on the floor with chalk - São Paulo, 2007

V I S - À - V I S







20 x 500 cm instalation: varnish on book pages, under plexiglass - Paris, France - 2003

I like to make Installation art, because I have the opportunity of use some sculptural materials or other media ( materials used in contemporary insallation art range from everyday and natural materials to new media) to modify the way people experience a particular space (installation art is not necessarily confined to gallery spaces and can be any material intervention in everyday public or private spaces - some installations are site-specific in that they are designed to only exist in the space for which they were created).

VIS-À-VIS' S DETAILS

T R A S L A D A Ç Ã O







180 x 500 cm woodcut on synthetic fibre 1998

TRASLADAÇÃO'S DETAILS

When I chose to work with synthetic fibre, I was looking for thickness and transparency on my print.

INSTALLATION IN BELLEVILLE'S CHURCH
PARIS, FRANCE





In this installation people experiemented new sensations by hearing the particular soundtrack that Rémy Silva made for the occasion.

QUAND LE CIEL TOUCHE LA TERRE







8000 x 1000 cm white tape on plastic 2002

INTO THE HEART







100 x 150 crayon + assemblage 2002

I think that drawing is one of the major forms of visual expression within the visual arts. Drawing is often exploratory, with considerable emphasis on observation, problem solving and composition. I like to draw in big sizes using fast movements.

D R E A M E R








100 x 150 cm crayon 2002

MYSTERIOUS WAYS







100 x 150 cm ball-point pen 2002

UNTIL THE END OF THE WORLD








100 x 150 cm crayon 2002

O N E







150 x 100 cm ball-point pen 2002

FAST CHANGES







100 x 150 cm crayon 2002

D A N C E







66 x 96 cm crayon + assemblage 2001

ANOTHER PAPER IN THE WALL

Performance + collage

"In the beginning was the black wall, and the wall was wider, and the artist had to scale the scaffold in front of the wall. With him was the waste papers and this papers was the light that formed a large face of men. “The Light shines in the darkness and the darkness did not overcome it”.

600 x 900 cm ~ gluing of waste paper on the wall ~ 2005

J U M P

110 x 90 cm acrylic on canvas 2004

T E N I R - D E B O U T







120 x 150 cm acrylic on canvas 2007

THE PROMISE







105 x 105 cm acrylic on canvas 2007

...once upon a time, I was invited to perform a kind of action painting on a stage, as a part of the concert of Golgotha, a cool hardrock band. Yeah, you can take a look:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uy-u2tEZfRQ




...well, the result was "in the light"...

IN THE LIGHT







125 x 150 cm acrylic on canvas 2003

TWO ARE BETTER THAN ONE







80 x 150 cm acrylic on canvas 2007

R E G A R D







120 x 50 cm acrylic on canvas 2003

V I S I O N N A I R E








70 x 100 cm acrylic on canvas 2003

A R M É E







70 x 120 cm acrylic on canvas 2002

V I D E







110 x 110 cm acrylic on canvas 2002

F R E E D O M







60 X 150 cm triple - acrilic on canvas 2004

C O U P L E







60 x 90 cm acrylic on canvas 2001

D A V I D







120 x 210 cm acrylic on canvas 2001

LA GUERRE







70 x 100 cm acrylic on canvas 2001

THE PATH







80 x 120 cm acrylic on canvas 2001

U P W A R D







120 x 80 cm acrylic on canvas 2006

WHIRLWIND







110 x 110 cm acrylic on canvas 2004

E S C A L I E R








70 x 110 cm acrylic on canvas 2003

R A V E N S








100 x 100 cm acrylic on canvas 2002

LA FUITE



80 X 130cm acrylic on canvas 2002

D E E P E R



120 x 150cm acrylic on canvas 2003

Printmaking is the process of making artworks by printing, normally on paper. The process is capable of producing multiple copies of the same piece, which is called a print. Each copy is known as an impression. Prints are created from a single original surface, known technically as a matrix.

Common types of matrices include: plates of metal, usually copper or zinc for engraving or etching; stone, used for lithography; blocks of wood for woodcuts. Each print is considered an original work of art, not a copy. Works printed from a single plate create an edition, in modern times usually each signed and numbered to form a limited edition.

WITH ARMS WIDE OPEN

16 x 25cm woodcut 2005

O N W A R D

20 x 25cm woodcut 2006

S U M M E R T I M E

21 x 25cm woodcut 2005

E X I T

27 x 20cm woodcut 2006

INSIDE THE BOX

21 x 26cm woodcut 2006

ONCE UPON A TIME...

25 x 27cm woodcut 1997

A TERCEIRA MARGEM DO RIO

25 x 18cm woodcut 2006

A M O R P E R F E I T O

25 x 20cm woodcut 2006

W H I R L W I N D

19 x 19cm cromolithography 2004

S T O R Y

32 x 23cm cromolithography 2004

 

A V I A T I O N

25 x 36cm lithography 2004

BREAKING THROUGH

23 x 32cm cromolithography 2004

H O P E L E S S

32 x 23cm cromolithography 2004

 

THE OLD OX

23 x 32cm lithography 2004

THE TREE

32 x 23cm lithography 2004

THE FALL

32 x 23cm cromolithography 2004

A B I S M

25 x 32cm cromolithography 2004

 

F I R E M A N

19 x 19cm cromolithography 2004

 

C H A M P

22 x 37cm etching 2004

D U S T

28 x 28cm aquatint 2004

D E S E R T

22 x 37cm etching 2004

N I G H T

22 x 37cm aquatint 2004

I N S I D E

37 x 22cm etching 2004

S O U L

36 X 23cm etching 2004

MISSION

22 x 37cm aquatint 1999

S T A I R W A Y T O H E A V E N

19 X 39cm aquatint 2004

M E N I N A

22 X 37cm etching 2004

C O M B A T

22 x 37cm aquatint 2000

W A R R I O R

39 x 23cm aquatint 2004

P O N T

22 x 37cm aquatint 2000