Raul Mourão | Homenagem ao Cubo
Raul Mourão | Homenagem ao Cubo
Raul Mourão | Homenagem ao Cubo
Raul Mourão
From Sep 10 to Nov 23 2012
The title of the exhibition refers to the famous series by the German artist Josef Albers, Homage to the Square (1965). "The experiences I've been developing with kinetic works progressed through several paths, materials and sizes over the past few years. The urban and monumental scale sculptures, such as those at Praça Tiradentes, were created concurrently as the works at a more intimate scale, domestic, calling for a more quiet contemplation. This series I am presenting at LURIXS: Arte Contemporânea are linked to the works of constructive power of Brazilian and international art, and are a dialogue with the works of other artists such as Josef Albers and Sol Lewitt."
Created in the second semester of 2009, Raul Mourão's kinetic sculptures series had works displayed in solo exhibitions at the Ateliê Subterrânea, in Porto Alegre, at Galeria Nara Roesler, in São Paulo, and here at LURIXS in 2010, as well as in collective exhibition at the CAIXA Cultural do Rio de Janeiro, the Instituto Tomie Ohtake, and the Liceu de Artes e Ofícios, in São Paulo.
About the artist
Raul Mourão was born in Rio de Janeiro in 1967. He studied at the School of Visual Arts of Parque Lage and has been exhibiting his work — that includes the production of drawings, prints, paintings, sculptures, videos, photographs, texts, installations and performances — since 1991. In 2010, the artist began a series of kinetic sculptures shown in the following solo exhibitions: Tração Animal, Museum of Modern Art of Rio de Janeiro; Cuidado Quente, Galeria Nara Roesler, São Paulo; Homenagem ao Cubo, LURIXS: Contemporary Art, Rio de Janeiro; Processo, Studio X, Rio de Janeiro; and Toque Devagar, Tiradentes Square, Rio de Janeiro. And also in group exhibitions such as From the Margin to the Edge, Sommerset House, London; Projetos (in)Provados, Caixa Cultural, Rio de Janeiro; Ponto de Equilíbrio, Instituto Tomie Ohtake, São Paulo; Mostra Paralela 2010, Liceu de Artes e Ofícios, São Paulo; and Travessias, Centro de Arte Bela Maré, Rio de Janeiro. As a curator and producer, Mourão organized solo exhibitions of Brazilian artists Fernanda Gomes, Cabelo, Tatiana Grinberg, Brigida Baltar and João Modé, among others, and the group exhibitions Travessias 2 (Galpão Bela Maré, Rio de Janeiro), Love’s House (Hotel Love’s House, Rio de Janeiro) and Outra Coisa (Museu Vale, Vila Velha). He was the editor of the art magazines The Carioca and Item and made the overall coordination of the multimedia show FreeZone, which brought together artists from various fields curated by the poet Chacal, in Rio de Janeiro, Curitiba, Porto Alegre and São Paulo. Along with Eduardo Coimbra, Luiza Mello and Ricardo Basbaum, he created and directed the gallery Agora, in the neighborhood of Lapa, Rio de Janeiro, between 2000 and 2002. In 2005, the artist published the book ARTEBRA, by Casa da Palavra, and In 2011 MOV, by Automatica Editions.