Aluísio Carvão
Mestre da Cor
Junho - Julho 2021
work's photos: Jaime Acioli
artist's Photo: José Paulo Gandra Martins
In 1961, presenting an exhibition by Aluísio Carvão at the Museum of Modern Art of Rio de Janeiro, Mário Pedrosa “warned the rushed, shallow, moody audiences not to label the painter as insensible or incoherent, just because his current paintings do not strictly follow surface-level norms or demonstrate constructive or purely geometric concerns on the foreground". He made this observation based on Max Bill's claim that concrete art can express itself in fully a-geometric or amorphous forms, and added: "Carvão’s art is exactly the same today as it was yesterday, and it will most likely remain the same tomorrow".
And the critic was absolutely right. What he said a quarter of a century ago still holds true for the current standing of Carvão's paintings: it remains the same, and yet, it continues to surprise us for its originality and boldness. In the apparent diffusion of his work over four decades, there is great internal coherence. Although this unity is not always evident, it does exist. However, this does not mean there is a rigid, unyielding agenda either. In fact, aesthetic rigor should not necessarily imply neither in straight lines, nor in imprecision or disorder. At this stage of his career, in which forms seem to blossom like flowers in the morning sun, and colors gain a completely new sense of luminosity and vibration, there is nothing spontaneous or fortuitous. Instead, Carvão's usual rigor remains the same.
Introduction by Frederico Morais for the “Aluísio Carvão” exhibition, October / November 1986 – Galeria de Arte de São Paulo.
Gustavo Rebello Arte, now in a new address in Ipanema, at Rua Visconde de Pirajá, No. 82, SS 101, presents an exhibition composed of various works from our own collection, and borrowed from private ones. This exhibition focuses on Aluísio Carvão, featuring paintings produced from 1959 to 1986 by this essential artist.
Observing the current health protocols, visits must be scheduled in advance.
Amarelobranco - 1959 - 50x50cm - Têmpera s/ Tela
Cromática IV - 1960 - 50x61cm - Têmpera s/ Tela
Construção - Circa 1960 - 22x14cm - Têmpera s/ Tela
Sem Título - Circa 61 - 26x23cm - Óleo Sobre Cartão
Sem Título - Circa 62 - 13x11cm - Óleo Sobre Cartão
Retrato de Bea - 1964 - 38x46cm - OST
Batalha - Circa 1965 - 39x30cm - OST
Batalha - 1966 - 38x46cm - OST
Batalha - Circa 66 - 46x33cm - OST
Para Maria José - 1978 - 25x33cm - OST
Personagem - 1979 - 80x60cm - OST
Lua Sorriso - 1980 - 50x120cm - OST
Brasiliana Amazônica - 1982 - 115x100cm - OST
Espiral - 1982 - 73x116cm - OST
Sem Título - 1984 - 81x100cm - OST
Branco - 1986 - 145x120cm - OST
Sem Titulo - 1986 - 92x160cm - OST
Sem Título - 1986 - 150x140cm - OST