Roulien Boechat presents the exhibition “O Amargo do Açúcar”, where he brings characters from the luxurious cabarets and bars of Recôncavo Baiano of sugar mill owners, painted by the artist in the dark, using lighting technology.
The show, held by EntreArte, can be visited at Centro Cultural Correios RJ, from 12/01, curated by Carlos Bertão, and exhibition design and lighting by Alê Teixeira EntreArte presents the exhibition “O Amargo do Açúcar”, by Roulien Boechat, i who, in addition to being a self-taught plastic artist, is a photographer, historian, specializing in Brazilian and Art History and interior designer, which comes from the memories of his grandmother, 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 technique, such as bitumen, texture and water-based paint. One of the techniques that Roulien has learned and developed over the years, educating his vision, is to paint practically in half, that is, almost in the dark, with a yellow light wherever the reflected light comes from. Leaving the design faculty, he took a specialization course in lighting technology and studied warm and cool 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 Centersince December 1, 2022, with curated by Carlos Bertão, Exhibition design and lighting by Alê Teixeira and production by EntreArte Consultancy, until January 28, 2023.
About Roulien Boechat
Self-taught plastic artist, he was born in 1972, in the city of Bom Jesus do Itabapoana-RJ, where at the age of six he began to scribble his first crayons. He moved, in 1990, to Niterói-RJ. In 2004, together with the artists Monteiro Prestes, Clóvis Péscio and Luiz Pinto, among others, he was part of the editions of Revista Galeria em Tela, published by On LINE, and performed in exhibitions, painting live. Today, his figurative work is loaded with images of the earth, portraying his characters, often lifelike, surrounded by striking texture and color. Her theme seeks to highlight and preserve Brazilian culture and its roots. Son of a Bahian and mother who is a granddaughter of Europeans, grandson of an Indian, Roulien Boechat escapes in his history and origin, the source of inspiration. In addition to exhibitions held in Brazil, he has works in private collections in Cuba, Spain, Switzerland and Portugal. After several years devoting himself to photography, he returned to visual art. Instagram: @roulienboechat Email: [email protected] Exhibition in Brazil: . Trianon Theater – Campos dos Goytacazes, RJ. Cultural space of the Court of Justice – Vitória, ES. Collective exhibition in Itaperuna, Miracema and Búzios, RJ. Personal exhibition at the Central Bank of Belo Horizonte, MG. Personal exhibition at the Legislative Assembly – Vitória, ES. Collective Exhibition – Tiradentes, MG. Cultural Space Exhibition of the Municipality of Guvernador Valadares, MG. Personal exhibition Banco do Brasil – Bom Jesus do Itabapoana, RJ
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 the works of 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 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/roulienboechat/ Curator: Carlos Bertão @cbertao Exhibition design and lighting: Alê Teixeira @aleartale Production: EntreArte Consultoria @entrearteconsultori: Office of press: Paula Ramagem @_paula_r_soares Information: [email protected] – 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) Opening: 1 December 2022, from 16:00 to 19:00 Visit: 1 December 2022 to 28 January 20, opening hours : 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.
