ROJO
Photo, Agressividade e Ternura, Antonio Temporao
Index
Concept 2
Artists 3 Antonio Temporao (Brazil) 3 Maria A. Listur (Argentina) 5 Mauro Mejiaz (Venezuela) 11 Sami Korhonen (Finland) 13
The Gallery 17
General Information 19
Acknowledgements 21
Media Photos 22
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Concept
"In many languages we use the same word to say" red "and" colorful ". As a color par excellence, red is always ambivalent. It is the color of life, because it is the color of blood, but pouring it leads to death. It is the color of eroticism and love, but sometimes leads to passion and all the excesses of sin, lust and prostitution. It is the color of the divine love, but it is also the red of the Devil and the torment of the flames of Hell ... In the West, it is the color of the temporal and spiritual power: but its excess causes still the danger leads to the revolutions, red blood shed by the people revolted and massacred under the flag, always red, which by extension becomes that of the "Reds", communists, soviets, then Chinese ...
In her book "The Taste of the Red" (Mercure de France), Pascale Lismonde offers an astonishing journey in the many facets of this color from texts by Charles Baudelaire, Patrick Grainville, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Michel Tournier, Arthur Rimbaud, Shakespeare, Barbey d'Aurevilly, Aragon, Leila Sebbar, Matisse, Proust, Jean-Christophe Rufin, Tracy Chevalier and many others. "... From the book "The Taste of the Red", by Pascale Lismonde (Mercure de France), 2013
With the intention of continuing this debate, we are delighted to be able to present you a new artistic extract of the red color, through artistic points of view of Antonio Temporao, Maria A. Listur, Mauro Mejiaz and Sami Korhonen.
A great opportunity to discover their approach using the color that is such a present and diversified color in our daily lives and so important in contemporary art.
Ricardo Fernandes
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Artists
Antonio Temporao (Brazil)
Autoportrait Antonio Temporao
(1937 - 2011)
"If we look at contemporary life, it's like a river running towards its estuary, gradually taking possession of places ..." (Antonio Temporão)
In big cities, today's life treats the man with a lot of aggressiveness, transforming everything on its way into a gigantic gray mass that darkens us and projects us on a trajectory strewn with pitfalls where we live under the permanent threat of new cities that are constantly emerging and spreading, irreversibly, becoming little by little huge "stone jungles".
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The man of the cities gradually sees the fear settle down and lives in the terror of the unknown.
But does life offer us an antidote against urban aggression, against this frightening mirror bristling with spikes that pierce us tirelessly, without our knowing how to face the defilements, the pain, all the sufferings inflicted on us by The contemporary world ? Where does this aggression come from, which made us forget tenderness and deprived us of the freedom to embrace what is eternal?
The series Aggressiveness and Sweetness of Antonio Temporão, denounces this trap almost without issue, represented by barbed wire points and by the red blood of the suffering which flows in the streets, in these difficult times.
But in this series of photographic metaphors, Temporão does not just ask questions, he also gives us the answers, he invites us to live a life lighter and softer. With his natural tissues, soaked with this red blood symbol of life, he tries to prove to us that beyond death, there is life, even if both are represented by the same color.
Bathed in a palette of carmine reds, this series, which manages the ambiguous feelings with a master hand, shows us the power of change that can be acquired thanks to two great antidotes of transformation: the awareness and the urban ethics.
It is by using his great experience that Antonio Temporão, born in 1937, presents us with this perfect metaphor through which he shows us, with great control of thought and expression, that it is possible to change the to be human through an awareness that is manifested by the beauty of the blood red, symbol of life, running through our veins and beating very hard in our hearts.
Ricardo Fernandes, 2011
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Maria A. Listur (Argentina)
Photo Gabriele del Papa
Born in Argentina in 1964, the artist attends the“Facultad de Artes” of the Universidad Nacional de Cuyo, Mendoza, Argentina. In 1991 she moves to Europe where she keeps researching among the interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary fields relating paint, sound, writing and movement. www.mariaalistur.wordpress.com www.artslant.com/maria-a-listur www.instagram.com/maria_listur_art/
Main Exhibitions
2019 Una Storia Fantastica, Omaggio all 'ARTICOLO femminile - Gianni Rodari e La
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nascita delle scuole, Reggio Emilia, Italy
2018 Paris, France – LIGHT-WALK – Monthly at AGITAKT Rome, Italy – PENSARE IL CORPO – Workshop on creative and corporal research – Facilitator
2017 Reggio Emilia, Italy – RODARI Reloaded with and by Laura Pazzaglia – Artistic Coordination at Reggio Narra – Loris Malaguzzi International Center Reggio Emilia, Italy – POWER OF ART – Conception Paris, France – CATALOGUE Tracer l’éphèmere and Tracce d’effimero (Tracing the Ephemeral and Traces of Ephemeral) – MD’art Ed. Paris, France – LIGHT-WALK – Monthly at AGITAKT Rome, Gubbio, Paris – PENSARE IL CORPO – Workshop on creative and corporal research – Facilitator
2016 Paris, France – November 11, 2016, TRACER L’ÉPHÈMÈRE, en attendant Pascal Quignard – Performance Gutai-Butoh and Expo Art Gutai, Homage to all the dead for France Rome, Gubbio, Paris – PENSARE IL CORPO – Workshop on creative and corporal research – Facilitator
2015 Reggio Emilia, Italy – Performance SACRE VOCI – with Laura Pazzaglia Rome, Italy – Horatio’s Dream – short film by Michele Truglio, Maria A. Listur and Daniela Ciotola Hollywood, Los Angeles Giuseppe Verdi by Emanuela Morozzi – Film – Writer Tokyo, Japan – Viaggio Verticale nel Tempo con Keiko Kitagawa (Vertical Time Travel with Keiko Kitagawa) – interview for the Tv network NHK BS Premium
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2014 Rome, Italy – Giuseppe Verdi by Emanuela Morozzi – Film – Writer Sicily, Italy – Performance IL SOGNO – with Paolo Fresu Tokyo, Japan – Contemporary art expo Hosu: Aile – Fashion Toiles
2013 Siena, San Gimignano, Italy – Contemporary art expo: GestAzioni (GestAction): Exhibition of circular canvases. Mixed techniques: acrylic and plaster Genova, Italy – Galata Museo: Omaggio a Hokusai (Homage to Hokusai): Circular canvas “Dentro l’Onda” – Collective exhibition
2012 Rome, Italy – Teatro Keiros: Mac-Beth by W. Shakespeare – Adaptation Director Actress Rome, Italy – Teatro Keiros: 72 canti I-II-III (72 chants): Voice Maria A. Listur – Music by G. Policardo
2011 Paris, France – Mélia Vendôme Hotel: Sideral – Personal Exposition: 33 circular canvases
2010 Rome, Italy – Galleria Rilievi: SoWeArt: Free exhibition of Visual Arts Rome, Italy – Fonderia delle Arti: Planets & Cells / Footprints: Exhibition of circular canvases of different diameters. Mixed techniques: acrylic, stones, plaster, gold and silver dust Rome, Italy – Complesso Santa Maria al Quirinale: Sguardo sulla realtà e oltre (A Glance Over Reality and Beyond): Collective exhibition Rome, Italy – Fonderia delle Arti: Festa di relazion@rte: Performances – Exhibition
2009
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Milan, Italy – Spazio Oberdan: Las Americas Latinas – Las Fatigas del Querer (The Latin Americans – The Fatigue of Desire): Collective exhibition
2008 Rome, Italy: Fiorire Appassendo (To Blossom while Withering): Japanese Ink for the book written by Valerio Caddedu “Elettra” Rome, Italy – Galleria L’Acquario: Intimità (Intimacy): Canvases in mixed techniques: wood, metal, sand, stones
2007 – 2006 Rome, Buenos Aires: “Maria de Los Angeles”: Book not printed yet
2005 Buenos Aires, Argentina – Centro Cultural Recoleta: TRAPOS Y QUIMERAS: Performance, Music, Video
2004 Rome, Italy: Agradecida: CD – Traditional South-American themes in Spanish and Portuguese
2003 Rome, Italy: La Ferita (The Wound): Book with texts and paintings Rome, Italy – Teatro Furio Camillo: ‘kjara: Performative Exhibition
2001 – 2002 Canada – St. Norbert Arts Centre and the Univ. of Manitoba: Sounds Colours Migrancy: Workshop and Conference on the interdisciplinarity among Colour and Sound – Teacher Rome, Sassari, Italy – Theatres Greco and Verdi: i AM LET On: The Fury: Performative Exhibition
2000
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Rome, Italy – Libreria delle Donne: Il Segno e la Luce (The Sign and The Light): 25 Elements in seaweed paper and tempera Rome, Naples, Festival of Benevento, Italy – Theatres: Phaedra’s love by Sarah Kane: Actress, Phaedra
1999 Manitoba, Canada – Private collection: El Laberinto (The Labyrinth): 5 Elements on brown paper, acrylic and tempera
1997 – 1998 Rome, Udine, Italy – Asunción, Paraguay – Theatres and Universities: ConCerto Borges: Music Voice
1995 Siena, Italy – Spazio 0: Le Acque (The Waters): 12 Elements in seaweed paper, oil and tempera
1994 – 1996 Rome, Saint Petersburg, Berlin – Protei Project: Performances with Antonin Vassiliev Method – Actress
1993 Perugia, Italy: Il Cerchio (The Ring): 9 Elements in mixed technique
Main Galleries, Museums and Institutions Collections
Fondazione famiglia Piccolo di Calanovella, 2014-2017, Sicilie, Italy Galleria Blanchaert, 2017, Milan, Italy Galleria d’Arte L’Acquario, 2007-2017, Rome, Italy Ricardo Fernandes Gallery, Paris, France
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Main Private Collections
Amalia GARBULSKY, 1991-2017, Tel Aviv, Israel Carola SCORRANO, 2005-2017, Rome, Italy – Paris, France Daniela CIOTOLA, 2009-2017, Rome, Italy – Paris, France Emanuela Morozzi, 2007-2017, Rome, Italy Emanuele AGLITTI, 2009-2017, Rome, Italy Fernando de TORO, 2000-2017, Manitoba, Canada Fortunata Giorgianni, 2017, Paris, France Gabriele del PAPA, 2002-2017, Rome, Italy Laura PAZZAGLIA, 2011-2017, Reggio Emilia, Italy – Paris, France Marcela DE ROCHA, 2012 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – Chicago, USA Maria Cristina BRACHETTI, 2007-2017, Rome, Italy Michele TRUGLIO, 2000-2017, Rome, Italy Mirella AGLITTI, 2000-2017, Rome, Italy Rosella CAROCCI, 2007-2017, Rome, Italy Tiziana BOZZO, 2011-2017, Rome, Italy – Paris, France
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Mauro Mejiaz (Venezuela)
Alain Bosquet and Mauro Mejia. Paris, 1979 Photo archives Alain Bosquet
Surrealist Inspirations based on the subconscious and from his own beliefs on cosmic creation, Mauro Mejiaz (1930-2000) paintings are a science-fiction world of fantastic colors.
His oil on canvas paintings, provide a superb example of why Mejiaz is considered one of the premier Venezuelan colorists in Latin America History.
The paintings of Venezuelan artist and teacher, Mauro Mejiaz capture the essence of his own version of surrealism. Major critics and historians, such as Pierre Restany and Alain Bosquet, have credited him as one of the most influential artist in Latin America.
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Encouraged by Braulio Salazar, Mejiaz enrolled at the Fine Arts School in Valencia, Venezuela and graduated in 4 years instead of the typical 5. In 1952, he put on his first solo show at Hotel Carabobo and participated at the Caracas Fine Arts School’s ‘XIII Salón Oficial Anual de Arte Venezolano’ exhibition. That same year he was awarded the Prize of Painting and Sculpture of the Lion’s Club in the X Salón Arturo Michelena in the Ateneo, Valencia. After his second solo show at the Ateneo, Valencia, Mejiaz won Valencia’s ”Herrera Toro“ award for his painting, ‘Transmutación’. Equal to his passion for painting was his love of teaching, Mejiaz served as the director-founder at fine arts schools in Barinas and Barcelona, Venezuela. Since the 1950s, Mejiaz’s work has been seen throughout the world and is included in many public collections, including, Museum of Contemporary Art, Madrid, Spain; Museum of Modern Art in Paris, France; and Galería de Arte Nacional, Caracas, Venezuela.
Mejiaz and his works have remained historically relevant after his passing in 2000.
He was the subject of a 2004 retrospective, ‘Ceremonia Imaginaria’ in the Sala de Exposición Centro Cultural Eladio Alemán Sucre in Valencia, Venezuela.
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Sami Korhonen (Finland)
Photo Jiro Ishihara
Education
2006 Fashion Design FUMEC University, Belo Horizonte, Brazil 2003 Clothing and Fashion Helsinki Polytechnic (Stadia), Helsinki, Finland 2002 International Trade Helsinki Business Polytechnic (Helia), Helsinki, Finland 1998 Fashion Design Anhembi Morumbi University, São Paulo, Brazil 1997 Theater Diplom Lahti College of Theatre, Lahti, Finland
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Main Solo and Collective Exhibitions, Main Costume Projects
2017 aestival 2017, Centre Culturel Cloître des Billettes, Paris, France, 2017
2016 aestival 2016, Centre Culturel Cloître des Billettes, Paris, France, 2016 Passion Marginale, Centre Culturel Cloître des Billettes, Paris, France Ballade de la Soupe Populaire d´Emilia Pöyhönen, Paris, France
2015 BB Collection, Brigitte Bardot Dans l'Intimité, Sao Paulo, Brazil
2014 Speculum Court métrage de Kira Poutanen, Paris, France Solitudo Court métrage de Kira Poutanen, Paris, France Ça Foxtrotte dans la Botte de Mamie de Sirkku Peltola, Paris, France
2013 Purge de Sofi Oksanen, Paris, France
2012 Sami Korhonen SS13, Paris, France
2011 Costume Project for Riikka Timonen, Paris, France
2010 Lettres à Maurice Solovine d'Albert Einstein, Paris, France
2009 Gibier d’élevage de Kenzaburo Oé, Paris, France Basics, Galerie Emka, Paris, France Finnish Catwalk at Helsinki Fashion Week, Helsinki, Finlande AIA – Ensemble vocal, Helsinki, Finland, 2009
2008 Autoportrait d´Edouard Levé, Paris, France Déguisé en Homme de Leena Krohn, Paris, France
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2002 Minna Tervamaki - National Ballet of Finland, Helsinki, Finlande
Main Fashion Shows
2012 Sami Korhonen at Zafferano, Macmillan Charity Event, London, United Kingdom Sami Korhonen at the Playboy Club London, London, United Kingdom
2009 Finnish Catwalk at Helsinki Fashion Week, Helsinki, Finlande
2006 Beleza da Arte Escondida, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
2005 Cahvia Kiitos!, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
2004 Model Of The Year 2004, Helsinki, Finland
2003 Bossa Nova, Helsinki, Finland Helsinki Fashion Week, Helsinki, Finland
Prizes
Alfred Kordelin Foundation Grant, Helsinki, 2011
Main Collections
Bruno Pinheiro et Yves Gayet, Brazil Eeppi Ursin, Finland Galerie Ricardo Fernandes, France Loredana Celi, France
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Minna Tervamaki, Finland Outi Maenpaa, Finland Tiina Kaartama et Xavier Maitre, France
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The Gallery
Photo SK: Exposition individuelle de l’artiste Amilcar de Castro à Paris, 2015
Ricardo Fernandes Gallery focuses on presenting contemporary art from around the world to the market. It is an ongoing effort of more than twenty-five years, beginning with the inauguration of a first gallery in Brazil and then an international career in which Ricardo Fernandes is actively involved in the promotion of recognised international artists.
The Gallery is part of an extremely dynamic and resolutely cosmopolitan environment that reinforces its international and artistic values. It organizes various forms of visual arts (painting, sculpture, photography, installations, etc.) and promotes and supports a wide variety of contemporary artistic expressions.
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Through its constant support of international artists and its involvement in the development of a rapidly expanding international market, Ricardo Fernandes actively participates in the diverse, artistic and cultural interactions of the city of Paris.
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General Information
Title Rojo
Artists Antonio Temporao (Brésil) Maria A. Listur (Argentina) Mauro Mejiaz (Venezuela) Sami Korhonen (Finlande).
Description Contemporary Art, Temporary Exhibition
Curator & Scenography Ricardo Fernandes
Opening April 27, 2019
Exhibition From April 27 to May 13, 2019
Time https://www.ricardofernandes.biz/contact-us/
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Texts Ricardo Fernandes
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Acknowledgements
Thank to all those who helped to the accomplishment this exhibition.
Special thanks to art collector Mrs. Marluce Arruda for supporting our projects as a wise counselor.
From the artist Maria A. Listur, we thank:
Eduardo B. Toledo, Gabriele del Papa, Personal Assistant Laura Pazzaglia for MA&LA pro Emanuela Morozzi for ARTES Rossella Carocci Emanuele Aglitti pro
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Media Photos
Photo Antonio Temporao Untitled, from the series Agressividade e Ternura
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Photo SK, Rennaissance,Mauro Mejiaz
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Maria A. Listur Photo Stefano Corrias
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Photo Sami Korhonen
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For further information, high-definition photos of the works in this exhibition are available to the media (Upon presentation of official accreditation only).
Kindly contact us via email: [email protected]
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