Barrão - Mufa Caos
09/28/2018 — 11/25/2018
Arte Clube Jacaranda, Rio de Janeiro, RJ
Mufa Caos is a collection of works produced by the artist, Barrão, over the last three years. Comprising 34 works, including multi-coloured ceramic sculptures and monochromatic resin pieces, this series of watercolours and sculptural objects has been brought together for the first time to illustrate the complexity and subtlety of his artistic practice, which began in the 1980s. “Mufa Caos is chaotic thought and organization, technique and improvisation; it is irony and seriousness, heart and mind; it is you and I in the fantastical universe of Barrão”, explains the curator of the exhibition, Luiza Mello.
There is no hierarchical or chronological logic to the construction of the works on display or in relation to the elements that compose it: a ceramic potato acquired from a street vendor is given no less prominence than a piece bought in an antiques shop.
This approach, adopted by the artist in his studio, dissolves hierarchy in a time of simultaneousness. While he waits for the ceramic pieces to dry, and which take longer to make, for example, the artist works on watercolours. During the preparation of a mould for a resin piece, he explores the materials which might form a new sculpture. These are the continuous experimental exercises that follow a method, both rigorous and subversive, which are on display in Mufa Caos.
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