The exhibitions “Passagem”, by Liliane Braga and “O Amargo do Açúcar”, by Roulien Braga, will have a guided tour for the public this Tuesday, the 13th, with the presence of artists and curators, at the Centro Cultural Correios RJ.
The exhibitions confirm the importance of Carlos Bertão and Alê Teixeira for spreading the diversity of art
The exhibitions “Passagem”, by Liliane Braga and “O Amargo do Açúcar”, by Roulien Braga, open guided tours to the public this Tuesday, the 13th, at 2:30 p.m., in galleries A, I and II, second floor , with the presence of artists and curators, at the Centro Cultural Correios RJ, where visitors can move between different universes and extraordinary experiences.
or visual artist Liliane Braga PRESENT Exhibition “Passage”, contemporary art show that brings the “lived place” during the pandemic period, born from the idea of living close to nature and the atelier, allowing the observer to feel this transformation of the geographical space when invested with love and built by experiences. – both physical, mental and sensory, through images, monotypes on cotton paper and assemblages of clay, leaves and twigs on the floor. According to Carlos Bertão, curator of the show, “in PASSAGEM, this place lived by Liliane is presented during a period of great pain and introspection, where she witnessed the transformation of the geographical space, when invested with love and built by experiences, both physical and physical. and mental. , as sensory – “Place in an experiential perspective” – in the words of Yi-Fu Tuan, a renowned Chinese-American geographer. fauna and flora, mapping paths, trails, tracks, tracks, all recorded as a photographic inventory of his surroundings. Bringing his experiences as part of the landscape, PASSAGEM shows nature as life and life as art. Try, see, hear and feel here the traces of this living passage.” The exhibition can be visited in Gallery A on the second floor of Correios RJ Cultural Centercom curated by Carlos Bertão, Exhibition design and lighting by Alê Teixeira, production by EntreArte Consulting and sound editing by Rubens Takamineuntil January 28, 2023.
Roulien-Boechat presents the exhibition “Bitter Sugar”, which features characters from the cabarets of the sugar mills and luxury bars in Recôncavo Baiano, painted by the artist in the dark, using light technology. Produced by EntreArte, the exhibition features works by the artist who, in addition to being a self-taught visual artist, is a photographer, historian, specializing in Brazilian History and Art, and interior designer. His works portray the characters of the luxurious cabarets and bars of Recôncavo Baiano, originating from his grandmother’s memories, the stories of Jorge Amado and Gilberto Freyre, and the slave traders who earned their living in the paintings on canvas, in which he uses a mixed media, such as bitumen, texture and water-based paint. One of the techniques that Roulien has learned and developed over the years, educating his eyesight, is to paint practically in penumbra, that is, almost in darkness, with a yellow light wherever the reflected light comes from. Because of the design faculty, he got a specialization in lighting technology and studied warm and cold colors. This technique changes the viewer’s perception, causing the feeling that he is really designing an environment for the character. The inspiration for this exhibition came when Roulien did field research and became interested in the readings of Jorge Amado (‘No País do Carnaval’, among others) and Gilberto Freyre (‘Casa Grande e Senzala’). His grandmother was from Bahia, she came to Rio with two children, one of them her father, putting together the stories she heard from both, not only from the daily life of Recôncavo Baiano, but from real people. Many of her grandmother’s friends were white and said their mothers and grandmothers came from Portugal, brought by slave traders. On the same ship came Portuguese slave-traded orphans, although white, but living in orphanages and coming with the intention of ‘serving’ the plantation owner. These girls barely reached adulthood and already frequented the most luxurious places, as companions, because for the white man and the owner of the land they were beautiful and wealthy, unlike their wives, housewives. Young boys often came, also orphans, with feminine characteristics (according to the order) and presented as girls, all living in cabarets and luxurious bars. Hearing these stories from his grandmother greatly inspired the artist to write a book, which will be published soon, where this exhibition will be the prologue, where the characters from the paintings will be presented, which will serve as illustrations. The exhibition can be visited in Galleries I and II on the second floor, at Correios RJ Cultural Centercom curated by Carlos Bertão, Exhibition design and lighting by Alê Teixeira and production by EntreArte Consultancy, until January 28, 2023.
About Carlos Bertão (Curator)
Carioca, a lawyer, graduated from the State University of Rio de Janeiro, with a master’s degree from New York University (NYU), worked in law firms in Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo and New York. In 1980, he joined the World Bank in Washington, where he worked for nearly twenty years. Art collector for more than 40 years, when he retired from the World Bank he returned to Brazil and began to devote himself to the production and curation of exhibitions. He has curated, among others, exhibitions at the Centro Cultural Correios, in Rio de Janeiro, the Espaço Cultural Correios, in Niterói, the Banco do Brasil Cultural Center, in Brasília, the Caixa Econômica Federal Cultural Center, in São Paulo, the Museum of Contemporary Art of the State of Mato Grosso do Sul – MARCO. Today he divides his time between Rio de Janeiro and Bonito, MS, having conceived and executed the project IMERSÕES MS, which included a residential work by the renowned plastic artist Carlos Vergara in the Serra da Bodoquena region, also with the anticipation of an exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art of the State of Mato Grosso do Sul – MARCO and the preparation and execution of a book and a video of the work developed during the residency. He was also the curator of the exhibition CONSCIÊNCIA, by the Peruvian artist Ivan Ciro Palomino, produced by the UN, and held at the Centro Cultural Correios RJ, from 25.9.19 to 19.01.20, which was visited by 143,524 people. . In all the exhibitions he curated, in which he presented works by more than 40 artists, Carlos Bertão had the participation of Alê Teixeira, who was responsible for their design and lighting.
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Exhibition: “O Amargo do Açúcar” Artist: Roulien Boechat Exhibition: “Passagem” Artist: Liliane Braga Curator: Carlos Bertão @cbertao Exhibition design and lighting: Alê Teixeira @aleartale Production: EntreArte Consultoria Consultoria @entreagem_ Ramasul Information: : cbertao@ gmail.com – works available @cbertao
Target audience: The project aims to reach students, teachers, artists, critics, visitors to the cultural space, visitors to the center of Rio and the general public of different age groups, socio-economic and cultural levels. Location: Centro Cultural Correios RJ Rua Visconde de Itaboraí, 20 – Centro, Rio de Janeiro – RJ) Visit: until January 28, 2023 Time: Tuesday to Saturday, from 12:00 to 19:00 Admission: free Classification: free How to get there: Metro (get off at Uruguaiana station, exit towards Rua da Alfândega); bus (get off at stops near Rua Primeiro de Março, Praça XV or Candelária); ferries (Terminal Praça XV); VLT (get off at Av. Rio Branco/Uruguaiana or Praça XV); train (get off at Central Station and take the VLT to AV. Rio Branco/Uruguaiana). Information: (21) 2253-1580 / E-mail: [email protected] The unit has access for wheelchair users.
