Marcone Moreira | Superfícies
Marcone Moreira | Superfícies
Marcone Moreira | Superfícies
Marcone Moreira | Superfícies
Marcone Moreira
From Apr 09 to May 28 2010
Having the painting as a concept, Marcone Moreira?s work is the result from the gathering of various materials, which he collects and treats, such as wood from crafts, iron doors, and nylon fabrics typical of beach chairs. In the exhibition Superficies, the artist shows recent unpublished works on this universe of diverse materials and languages, through what he calls "expanded painting".
The city of Maracá, in Pará, by the River Tocantins, where he lives, is particularly present in his work. Colourful wooden chairs stuck in the water, by the riverside beach, originated a work that unfolded when the artist saw the colourful chairs of Rio's beaches in 2004. From there, Moreira went on to make a series of works with multicolour nylon fabric. "What called my attention was the fabric over the edge of the sea in contrast with the wood, and also the issue of stallholders, with the service and customised chairs."
Moreira also rescued iron doors used in commerce, painted in white. He noted the corrosion process gradually removes the paint, and when this reaction ended, he treated and lacquered the iron to stabilise the process. "What really interested me was to see that reaction of the material itself."
The universe of the local population of Marabá ? town crisscrossed by two major rivers, Tocantins and Itacaiúnas ? is one of the important references of his work, including the Banzeiro project, funded by the Marcantonio Vilaça Award/Funarte 2009 and destined for the Casa das Onze Janelas Museum, in Belém.