Carlos Vergara – Papel
2013
Carlos Vergara
Carlos Vergara is a book that portrays this artists relationship with paper, which from the 1960s to the present day has served as background, protagonist, and packaging for his works. This richly illustrated book contains a text by Felipe Scovino about the sculptures made of Corten steel the artist exhibited at Museu do Açude, Rio de Janeiro, in 2013. Scovino sees these sculptures as “outflow” from painting, because they are directly related to two-dimensional thinking. There is also an essay by Juliana Rego Ripoli that investigates Vergara’s artistic process from its conceptual creation to the final results, without seeking out a linear route. She emphasizes the complex web of symbologies and significations that constitute his work, which reaches out beyond the field of art to penetrate the realm of life. The book comes with a multiple by the artist made of paper, which can be assembled to form a sculptural object along the lines of the sculptures shown at Museu do Açude.
“Three sheets of kraft paper, two flat and one corrugated, produce corrugated cardboard. Almost wood. I have worked my whole life with this material, as a base, as a background, as a protagonist, as packaging. (a) Three planes, two tucks, and there you have a standing image creating a place. Images, as Manoel de Barros said, are words that failed us.” Carlos Vergara
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