tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55400438354381800892024-03-04T22:18:26.187-08:00Canas ao vento, folhas que rolam, flores esmagadas, areias que se dispersam...THE WRONG GUYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03167347885998481125noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5540043835438180089.post-28039581760531891302012-10-15T02:26:00.001-07:002012-10-18T03:34:07.802-07:00<span style="font-size: large;"><b>"Canas ao vento, folhas que rolam,</b></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;"><b>Erva Nasce</b>, 2012. MDF, wood, paint, varnish and mirrors.</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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<tr align="left"><td class="tr-caption"><b>Erva Nasce</b>, 2012. MDF, madeira, tinta, verniz e espelhos. | MDF, wood, paint, varnish and mirrors. 230x275x225cm</td></tr>
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<b>Espigueiro</b>, 2012. Estante, milho, vidro e espelhos, moedas e tinta spray. </div>
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<tr align="left"><td class="tr-caption"><b>Brunelleschi (fragmento da cupola)</b>, 2009-12. MDF, tinta, cola e tecido | MDF, paint, glue and fabric. 200x550cm</td></tr>
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THE WRONG GUYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03167347885998481125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5540043835438180089.post-48087283152164643362012-10-13T03:04:00.000-07:002012-10-18T03:18:42.556-07:00<iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="413" mozallowfullscreen="mozallowfullscreen" src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/51339267?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0&color=ff0179" webkitallowfullscreen="webkitallowfullscreen" width="550">vee</iframe> <br />
<a href="http://vimeo.com/51339267"> Visita vídeo | Video tour </a> ( <a href="http://vimeo.com/andresousa">André Sousa</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com/">Vimeo )</a>.THE WRONG GUYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03167347885998481125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5540043835438180089.post-60743971440200322072012-10-13T02:45:00.001-07:002012-10-18T16:14:07.998-07:00<span style="font-size: large;">André Sousa <b> </b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>"Canas ao vento, folhas que rolam,</b></span><br />
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Fotografia | Photography by: Luís Espinheira<br />
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28.09>28.10.2012<br />
Artes | Fundação Mauel António da Mota<br />
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<b><i>Canas ao vento, folhas que rolam, flores esmagadas,
areias que se dispersam …</i> </b>é o título<b> </b>da exposição de André
Sousa. Soa como se estivesse imbuído de uma espécie de catástrofe ambiental ou
força natural, ou até de ter sido retirado de um tema de Bob Dylan (conhecido
por 'A Voz da Canção de Protesto') desfalcado. Mas não. O título foi descoberto
tal e qual, quando André Sousa o leu na obra <i>A Sibila</i>, escrita em 1954
por Agustina Bessa-Luís, a partir da perspetiva de alguém que explorava, em
português, fronteiras físicas, psicológicas e irónicas. </div>
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Um outro tipo de fronteiras físicas, psicológicas e irónicas
em Portugal pode ser caracterizado pelas comuns divisórias de duas cores usadas
nos cafés durante as décadas de 80 e 90 – um elemento frequentemente acentuado
por uma decoração resistente às modas. No Porto, um género de fronteira mais
premente é a fronteira artística importada; ou mesmo a fronteira cultural
criada através do cubo branco. Apesar de menos visíveis, estes dois últimos
tipos confluem no pavilhão ARTES. Refletindo as condições de como estão
expostas, as paredes divisórias ilustram discrepâncias entre os valores
localizados e consagrados pelo tempo que representam, assim como as economias
derivadas do capital cultural, no âmbito mais alargado do mundo da arte e no
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Mesmo que não sejamos uns especialistas em Marxismo ou
antropólogos, é bom detetar sinais ou pistas visuais no esquema mais vasto das
coisas – especialmente na arte. Em<i> Canas ao vento, folhas que rolam, flores
esmagadas, areias que se dispersam</i> <i>… </i>existem símbolos e motivos bem
visíveis. Um desses exemplos trata-se de uma espécie de linha em ziguezague
triangular, que se encontra bem documentada ao longo da exposição. Esta
nebulosa insígnia tem precedentes na Sala 64 do Museu Britânico (Antigo Egito)
e na Sala 65 (Sudão, Egito e Núbia). Outra referência é um LP dos Pink Floyd (<i>Dark</i>
<i>Side</i> <i>of</i> <i>The</i> <i>Moon</i>). </div>
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Produtos recentemente votivos incluem exemplares do estilo
de vida da década de 80, objetos encontrados na cidade, gráficos e mapas que
registam os altos e baixos dos mercados financeiros e de tudo o que a eles está
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Estes símbolos recorrentes são extraídos de uma realidade
popular mais vasta e antiga, e referenciados no interior de um espaço artístico,
civilizado e pós-corporativo. Apesar de enraizados noutro lugar, são aqui
aplicados pelo artista subjetivamente – tal como os diversos objetos aqui
compilados a partir da considerável coleção de André Sousa. Desta forma, os
símbolos evocados podem exprimir um novo momento: um regresso sensacionalizado.
As coisas tornam-se visíveis em modos novos e especificamente diferentes, como
mostram as formas triangulares e o mobiliário <i>Yuppie</i> feito em vidro e
bambu. Apesar da indústria cultural e outras forças civilizadoras esperarem
receber, e tornar consumíveis estas instâncias de uma reconhecível novidade
artística, há, no caso de André Sousa, certos símbolos que ultrapassam tal
inevitabilidade. Símbolos que registam o momento dramatizado da sua própria
criação e, ao fazê-lo, exprimem o que se pode sentir enquanto ser humano num
lugar e num tempo real. Como tal, <i>Canas ao vento, folhas que rolam, flores
esmagadas, areias que se dispersam</i>... afirma a possibilidade de algo subjetivo
na arte - e isso é bom. Em vez de transformar o sol numa mancha amarela, o
artista transforma uma mancha amarela no sol.</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB">Canes in the wind, rolling leaves, crushed flowers,
dispersing sands… </span></i></b><span lang="EN-GB">is the title of the
exhibition by André Sousa. It sounds like it is imbued with some kind of
environmental inevitability or natural force or an embezzled Bobby Dylan,
a.k.a. The Voice of Protest lyric.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But
it’s not. It was found that way when André Sousa read it in a book called <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">A Sibyla</i>, written in 1954 by Agustina
Bessa-Luis. It is written from the perspective of a person exploring physical,
psychological, and ironic boundaries in Portuguese.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Other physical, psychological and ironic
boundaries in Portugal can be symbolised by popular two-tone partition walls of
1980s and 1990s cafés - often accented with trend-resistance decor.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>More topical boundaries in Porto include oft <s>–</s>
imported art ones; white-cube cultural ones.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>These are less visible but both kinds come together at the ARTES
pavilion. Mirroring the conditions of their exhibition the partition walls
illustrate discrepancies between the localised time-honoured values that they
stand for, and the wider art world economies of culturally-derived capital they
are observed within.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Even if you’re not a trained Marxist or an Anthropologist,
it’s good to see special signs or visual cues in the wider scheme of things –
especially in art.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Canes in the wind, rolling leaves, crushed
flowers, dispersing sands…</i>there are symbols or motifs visible. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One example is a kind of triangular zigzag line
that is well documented throughout the show.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This nebulous insignia has precedents in Room 64 of the British Museum
(Early Egypt) and Room 65 (Sudan, Egypt and Nubia); Plus an LP by Pink Floyd (Dark
Side of The Moon). Recent votive products include lifestyle ones from the 1980<s>’</s>s,
found objects from the city and graphs and charts tracking the peaks and
troughs of financial markets and their subjects therein.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">These recurring symbols are taken from a
wider, more ancient, popular reality and referenced inside a more civilised post-corporate
art space.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are rooted elsewhere,
but applied subjectively here by the artist – like the various objects compiled
here from André Sousa’s wider collection.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In this way reissued symbols can express a new moment - a
sensationalised return.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Things are visible
in newer and specifically different ways as illustrated by triangular forms and
Yuppie furniture made from glass and bamboo.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Despite the culture industry and other civilising forces waiting to
receive and commodify these instances of recognisable newness in art, certain symbols
supersede this inevitability in André Sousa’s case. They record the dramatized moment
of their own creation and in doing so express what it feels like to be a human
being in a real place and time. Therefore, “Canes in the wind, rolling leaves,
crushed flowers, dispersing sands…” affirms the possibilities for subjective things
to happen in art and that is good - instead of transforming the sun into a
yellow spot, he transforms a yellow spot into the sun.</span></div>
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