Barquinho Herói (2010) Sculpture by Alberto Simões De Almeida
Sold by Alberto Simões De Almeida
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Original Artwork
Sculpture,
- Dimensions Height 83.5in, Width 57.9in
- Fit for outdoor? No, This artwork can not be displayed outdoor
Na entrada do meu mundo
tem um letreiro de luz
meu mundo não é uma esfera
tem o formato de cruz.
Tom Zé, em “Sonho colorido de um pintor”
Descrição (possível):
Uma jangada de pau de obra, que virou barco com torre de comando, que virou veleiro de vela enfunada, que virou navio de mastro altivo e carantonha temerosa, que virou barco de guerra de ponteira assestada, que virou barco grego de arietes laterais, que virou… que virou… (pausa) descanso de herói em casa quebrada num baloiço de corda.
Justaposição a Tom Zé:
A criação desta peça partiu não da letra da canção “Barquinho Herói”, tão só da analogia com os instrumentos musicais e até com a construção musical de Tom Zé em que são frequentes pequenos plágios assumidos ou não-instrumentos surpreendentes. Nessa analogia entram pedaços de madeira de toda a proveniência (pequenos plágios, enfim!) que, em se reconstruindo e reconfigurando (como as enceradeiras musicais), se constituíram nova identidade.
Dilema:
Peça pronta, o artista, distanciando-se do acto criativo (o quanto possível!), vê a obra que imaginara pintada de branco ou preto (à semelhança de anteriores) mas hesita. Porque percebe o quanto a peça tem de expressiva, se mantiver (em bruto!) as origens de cada elemento, coabitando com a nova identidade colectiva (de leitura imediata).
Ensaia cores de Tom Zé (mar cor-de-rosa, barquinho amarelo do brasil e “roxo de lua” para fundo do mar), mas, aconselhando-se, acaba recusando (por ora!?) o processo sem retorno, da tinta unificadora, conquanto castradora.
E você pintava? Ou não pintava?
Formation:
In the Studio: Postwar Abstract Painting, at the Museum of Modern Art in New York (MoMA)
Modern art & Ideas, at MoMA
Postgraduate degree in Multimedia Educational Communication, at Universidade Aberta, in Lisbon; this postgraduate course included training in "Semiotics of visual representations"
Painting course, at the National Society of Fine Arts, in Lisbon
Course “Themes of Aesthetics and Theories of Contemporary Art”, at the National Society of Fine Arts
Professionalization as a secondary school mathematics teacher, at Colégio S. João de Brito, in Lisbon
Degree in Electrotechnical Engineering, at Instituto Superior Técnico, in Lisbon.
Biography:
My first contact with art was in the discipline of History, at the age of 14/15, when studying the Assyrian, Greek and Roman civilizations. The sight of the sculptures of these civilizations and mainly of a photograph of “The victory of Samotrácia” marked me deeply.
But I always felt like an observer, being active in organizing plastic arts exhibitions, namely my partner, Ana Cassiano.
In 1999, I decided to attend a theoretical course “Themes of Aesthetics and Theories of Contemporary Art”, whose professor Dr. David Lopes awoke in me the need to create, to do. For the next three years, I took the Painting Course, but, not satisfied with painting, I started seeing sculptors and doing things! ...
I'm a late artist. I always had to combine professional activity with artistic activity, but I kept walking, and I'm still walking!
Profile:
I think that art should be considered by itself, painting should be "painting", sculpture should be "sculpting", in line with the objectives of the New York School's abstract expressionism. To decide in advance what I am going to do, I think it would be to restrict my freedom to create in the beginning, to limit the infinite capacity to be surprised.
Many of my projects have a common denominator that I fully assume because these movements synthesized my thinking: I am talking about suprematism, constructivism, minimalism, abstract expressionism.
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Nationality:
PORTUGAL
- Date of birth : 1952
- Artistic domains:
- Groups: Contemporary Portuguese Artists
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