MAR" exhibition

MAR

'meeting of the waters of Yemonjá, keeper of secrets, theories and stories, brings out the series and exhibition by artist Luiz Martins APL

 

A BASE Gallery, closes its 2021 exhibition agenda with "MAR"by the multimedia artist Luiz Martinscomposed of two series: "Primary Vestiges"with works in acrylic tempera technique and "Sea"composed of unpublished works, created in nankeen and watercolor, in a set of 25 drawings and paintings that attest to the artist's commitment to issues of sustainability and environmental preservation. The curatorship is by Ana Paula Lopes.

According to the concept elaborated by the curator, "the exhibition MAR, at Base Gallery in São Paulo, brings together a production that explores a pictorial materiality in the technique of drawing and painting, composed of a roughness and a gradil of forms, where the colours transit through the ochre and in the black and gray scales, which dilate ethnographic, anthropological and political concepts of a maritime territory, constituted by a linguistic and material invoice, which are explored by the artist".

Divided into two parts, the show exhibits on the ground floor "Primary Vestiges"where works with the use of colours in which many of them result from an authorial technique - of acrylic tempera on cotton paper to achieve the intended pictorial palette - where the artist marks the surface of the paper in allusion to the scars left on the slaves' skins giving rise to cave forms. "Luiz unites his origins - black and indigenous - the result is a powerful set with a refined finish and a unique technique", explains Daniel Maranhão.

Earthy tones predominate, but bright colours, such as yellow and red, complete the unit. It is "A set of tones of ochre and colour, which develops from a simultaneity between anthropology and rock ethnography, outlined by a circular graphy, which intends a roughness and dryness of a savannah, as if they were engravings on rocks", explains Ana Paula Lopes.

 

On the upper floor, there is the series '.Seawhich emerges after a long period of creative gestation. "Mar"was born in 2016 when Luiz Martins begins to collect materials thrown to the beach by the sea on his walks along Praia do Sonho (Dream Beach). Shells, stones, corals and many other organic materials are taken to the studio and start the construction of drawings "as if he were returning to the sea that which was thrown by it," adds Maranhão.

Second Luiz Martinswhen talking about the new works, he comments: "Series of drawings in which I make a representation of the fragments found on walks through the sands in search of understanding the potentiality of these elements left by the seas throughout their trajectory, elements that for me represent strength, energy and fluid connection between contemporary life and ancestry".

These new drawings and paintings do not show the obvious; they are not records of green and blue, which come to mind when one thinks of the sea. On the contrary, they are black and white images, with shades of grey. The techniques chosen by the artist - nankeen and watercolour - plus some artifices such as mechanical blowing, show themselves as fundamental and precise so that Luiz Martins to achieve the final pictorial result he explored.

"Sea of Luiz MartinsLuiz Martins is an artist, of deep waters, almost like the ocean, that combines a plurality of concepts and poetics, expressing other images that we do not associate when we refer to the sea". Ana Paula Lopes

 

The artist - Luiz Martins (Machacalis, MG, Brazil)

Luiz Martins has indigenous origins on his father's side, being son of a black mother. He lived with the Indians of his tribe, the Maxacalis until the age of 17, when he moved to São Paulo to attend the Faculty of Fine Arts of São Paulo. He exhibited for the first time in 1996, at Casper Líbero Foundation, curated by Professor Walter Zanini. Since then, integrates several individual and collective exhibitions in Brazil and abroad as Poland, Lithuania, Denmark, Italy, Portugal, Austria and Japan. Since 2008 he keeps a permanent studio in Vienna with the Venezuelan artist Gustavo Mendez. Currently has 3 published books and his works are part of important collections, such as MAC USP.

 

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Exhibition: "MAR"

Artist: Luiz Martins

Curator: Ana Paula Lopes

Artistic Coordination: Daniel Maranhão

Administrative Coordination: Leonardo Servolo and Cassia Saad

Technical Coordination: Marina da Silva

Assembly and exhibition design: Harpia Design and Productions

Opening: December 11 - Saturday - 12:00 to 17:00

Period: from 13 December 2021 to 05 February 2022

Opening hours: Tuesday to Friday, from 11am to 7pm; Saturday, from 11am to 3pm.

Venue: Base Gallery

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Number of works: 25

Technique: ink and watercolour paintings, acrylic tempera on cotton paper

Dimensions: n/a

Price: no consultation