AGNÈS COLLET'S CONCERT
Paris, february, 2008




I had the privilege on hanging some of my woks as a scenery on the concert of the french singer Agnès Collet.

AGNÈS COLLET

http://agnes.collet.free.fr/

On the back:
Bridge ~ 132 x 192 cm ~ woodcut ~ 2004

IX BALCONADAS BIENNIAL





Betanzos is a municipality in Galicia, Spain, in the Province of A Coruña. Betanzos was formerly called by its ancient Latin name Brigantium.The town is located in a fertile valley close to the Atlantic Ocean, and it has one of the best preserved old quarters in Galicia. Noteworthy is the Igrexa de San Francisco (St Francis Church), erected in 1387 by order of count Fernán Pérez de Andrade, whose tomb, decorated with hunting scenes, can be seen inside of the church. The Igrexa de Santiago (St Jacques Church), built in the 15th century by the guild of tailors, has a main portal decorated with a horseback statue of Saint Jacques. Other sights in the town are several town palaces, a 16th-century clock tower, and the town walls, which preserve three of their original four gates. There are two celebrations in Betanzos in August each year. At the festival of San Roque, a very large paper balloon is launched. And later in August, decorated boats sail along the river to the nearby Os Caneiros. Each two years, on september, trere are this nice international biennial of paintings where we can apreciate the works hanging in the old balconys.

T O U R B I L L O N





140 x 140cm ~ acrylic on canvas ~ Paris, 2004

NEXT EXHIBITION:



Paris, France

Exhibition in Paris, France, 2008

A wonderful people with a good place in a nice cartier full of gallerys: the perfect exhibition in the city of lights, Paris.

www.lepavedorsay.org

VERNISSAGE IN PAVÉ D'ORSAY'S GALLERY





Photos, production and coctail: Florent Peutot

U R D I P E I N T U R E





100 x 100 cm ~ mixed media on canvas ~ Laulagner/Les Ulis, France ~ 2008

This is a photo of Florent Peutot, a detail of the painting.

S A P I N I N P A S






100 x 140 cm ~ mixed media on canvas ~ Laulagner/Les Ulis, France ~ 2008

G O T H I C P A I N T I N G





100 x 140 cm ~ mix media on canvas ~ Laulagner/Les Ulis, France ~ 2008

C O L O M B E





66 x 192 cm ~ woodcut ~ 2008

A L V O






100 x 100 cm ~ mixed media on canvas ~ Laulagner/Les Ulis, France ~ 2008

LES POTEAUX POTES





Instalation ~ 60 cm perimeter x 350 cm ~ print on plastic bubble sheets ~ 2008

When first time I arrived in Pavé d'Orsay, I've seen that, in the center of the exhibition's room, there was two white poles; so, in that moment, I began to work in a concept, trying to integrate them on the exhibition. The two white poles means to me "repetition" and a clean base to show some kind of print. I choose to use the plastic bubble sheets because it is a kind of poor material, it is transparent and have a surface that 'calls' people to touch it. Using a simple cork (take form a good bootle of french wine) and acrilyc paint, I've print two identic targets, one to each pole.

F O L L O W

Acrylic on canvas ~ 70 x 100 cm ~ France ~ 2008

P R O C E D U R E

Le Pavé d'Orsay ~ 2008 ~ Paris, France

It was a Pavé d'Orsay's artistic evening, called Verticale. I have been invited to perform something during the time that people are playing instruments, singing and sharing some pieces of advice. Florent Peutot take this nice photos.

Exhibition ARTE NO PORTO 2
= 34 artists sharing 6000 m2 =






The Cover's invitation, the artists hanging their work and the vernissage

U R D I P I N T U R A







350 X 550 cm - mixed media on material - 2007

My way back home:
Exhibition in Leopoldo Gotuzzo Museum







Museu de Arte Leopoldo Gotuzo ~ Pelotas, Brazil

www.malg-pelotas.blogspot.com

P U X A D I N H O






96 X 132 cm - woodcut on paper - 2007

R O S Á C E A






150 x 150 cm - mixed media on canvas - 2007

VI A AEROVIA







(four angles)
300 cm square - Wood sheets engraved with fire - 2007

AONDE VÔO?







70 x 550 cm - Woodcut on wood + writing with coal on the wall - 2007

SCENERY TO "LE DIVAN DU MONDE"






Le Divan du Monde thrives on romantic notions of France. Formerly Le Divan Japonais, this Paris club and concert venue used to be the haunt of seething poet Baudelaire and painter Toulouse-Lautrec. Today, the Divan du Monde is one of the best nightclubs and venues the city has to offer. There I was commissioned to hang a scenery on a unforgettable night: the concerts of Coco Mbassi and Kevin Max. To create that “décor” I mixed some grilles, mirrors, metal doors, drawings and video. In my design, I’ve tried to construct a good ambience beetween visual art, music and the traditional architecture presenting on the stage.

Coco Mbassi is a highly accomplished singer, composer and arranger whose home country is Cameroon. Moving to France, Coco started using her singing talent as a backing singer for some of the well known African music stars: Salif Keita, Toure Kunda, Oumou Sangare and Manu Dibango as well as some international singers like Dee Dee Bridgewater and Demis Roussos. She went on to receive the German Critics Award for her first solo album, Sepia and was nominated in the Newcomer category in the BBC Radio 3 World Music Awards in 2003. Coco describes her music as a tree with African roots and branches that spread to many other places.





www.coco-mbassi.com

Kevin Max showed incredible vocal and musical talent early in his life. Later, at Liberty University, he met Toby McKeehan and Michael Tait. Together they formed dc Talk. The band went on to win four Grammys, 16 Dove Awards, and other recognitions. However, they decided to take an extended "intermission" in 2000. In recent years, Kevin has attempted to create a name for himself apart from dc Talk. He insists, "My music is for a Christian and a Buddhist to pick up and still enjoy, as well as for an atheist. But it is there to prod and ask some questions: What's my worldview? What do I believe in, and why do I believe it?"






www.kevinmaxmusic.com

TU MIRADA

50 x 50 cm ~ woodcut + fibre colée ~ 2006

O L A R I A A I R A L O

66 x 96 cm - Woodcut - 2006

View of the UFSC Gallery

Exhibition "As Ranhuras do Sensível" - Florianópolis - 2007

Photos taked by Edmilson Vasconcelos:

http://www.terreno.baldio.nom.br/alexandre_lettnin/alex_lettnin.htm

Some pictures of the mounting,
the vernissage and the conversation about the artwork





Florianópolis - 2007

View of the UFSC Gallery







Exhibition "As Ranhuras do Sensível" - Florianópolis - 2007

P A R A L E L O
A hip hop concert






It has been the first time I've made a scenery to ilustrate a concert to a Hip Hop night. The band Paralelo did a great show and I was with then on the stage making some grafittys...

www.grupoparalelo.com.br

P R E S S Ã O
Print's exhibition in Rio Grande - Brazil





Breche Gallery
etchings + lithography + woodcuts

D E B U T






24 x 27cm drypoint + rouleau 2005

EX-LIBRIS WORKSHOP






Pelotas Central Square...

I spend a nice week teaching people - from all ages - about Ex-Libris made with woodcut technics. Ex-librīs [Latin, "from the books of..."], is usually a small print or decorative label pasted into a book, often on the inside front cover, to indicate its owner.

COVER'S INVITATION OF A COLLECTVE EXHIBITION...






...that was placed on a hangar in my home town, Pelotas. This picture was taken from a bridge, so you can see the port and the river. My city is situated in a vast plain called La Pampah that's go down (on the map) till Argentine.

www.ufpel.tche.br/iad/artenoporto/

Some photos of the vernissage





The vernissage happens in a saturday morning. Eighteen artists shared this whole hangar, that was enormous.
I choose to made a larger woodcut - the "Gothic Print" - trying to find some relationship with the building.

GOTHIC PRINT







200 x 400cm woodcut 2006

ETCHING EXHIBITION AT RHABARBER'S PLACE
IN SWITZERLAND







Seventeen etchings ~ Altdorf ~ 2007

www.rhabarber-bar.ch

Organized with perfection by my Swiss manager Nathanael Wenger

" AS RANHURAS DO SENSÍVEL"
EXHIBITION IN PORTO ALEGRE, 2006





'Porto Alegre' means a happy port. It's a nice town located in south of Brazil, with more than one million people. My ehxibition was placed on Gasômetro, a old gas usine that became a nice art center. I receive a large wall to exhibit my woodcuts.

PAINTER IN ACTION







Sometimes I'm invited to paint something as a part of a concert. I like to do this kind of performance: it's a opportunity to share some message with lots of people on the same time. In this occasion I have been in Canguçú, a little town in far south of Brazil, where people don't have access to see art.

P O L I T I C







250 x 300cm acrylic on canvas 2006

ANOTHER TIME, ANOTHER PLACE







120 x 170cm (triplex) print + acrilyc paint on canvas 1998

H U M A N O S . . .

a little lithography takes a flight to Luxembourg...





18 x 18 cm lithography 2004

EXHIBITION "LE FACTEUR HUMAIN"
Could you find the "Humanos"?





72 prints of 72 artists from 10 countryes - print techniques on paper - 18 x 18 cm Luxembourg, 2004

"Le facteur humain, par définition est celui de l’inconnue, de l’incalculable, du risque, de l’erreur, du maillon faible. Au cours de mes nombreux contacts avec des artistes de partout du monde, le facteur humain m’a toujours semblé quelque chose de positif, d’enrichissant, dépassant l’ intérêt purement professionnel. Ainsi j’ai fait de belles rencontres, trouvé des copains généreux, des amis. Le Facteur Humain, Sylvie et AmiEs, est la réponse de 77 artistes d’origines différentes à mon invitation. Les œuvres sur papier, toutes techniques confondues, 18 X 18 cm, seront présentées en forme de muraille".

Sylvie Karier

http://mywebpage.netscape.com/AEmpreinte/gravkarier.html

This exhibiton happened in a art place called Chapelle du Rham. The curator was Sylvie Karier, the person responsible for the Atelier Empreinte.

http://mywebpage.netscape.com/AEmpreinte/homepage.html

Luxembourg, 2004