Ana Goulart - "Art is life, gratitude and connection ", by Edmundo Cavalcanti

Edmundo Cavalcanti é Artista Plástico, Colunista de Arte e Poeta. — Edmundo Cavalcanti is a Visual Artist, Art Columnist and Poet.

1- Where did you born? And what is your academic training?

I was born in Jundiaí, Interior of São Paulo. Panamericana School of art & Design, and 2020 cursarei the Graduate Program in Art Therapy.

2- How and when you give your first contact with the Arts?

Since I can remember. The Art was my first form of communication, and the uneasiness of being a creative person made me build an identity. Being creative is to seek to, create something better in the world.

Ana Goulart é Artista Plástica. — Ana Goulart is Plastic Artist.

3- How did you find this gift?

My mother discovered that gift that caught her attention, The drawings I made jokingly start in childhood. She, Now I'm not a kid anymore, He told me it was very unique and had a lot of expression.

4- What are your main influences?

No school atelier in particular, or artist, My inspiration is to observe the world and translate it into my universe.

5- What materials do you use in your works?

Use ink oil, acrylic, chemical pigments in cotton fabric.

6- What is your creative process itself? What inspires you?

My creative process is sometimes inspired by my dreams.

And for some time in my day to day what captivated me and caught in a photograph.

7- When you started effectively to produce or create your works?

I started with painting the 16 Years. First with acrylic paint and went evolving until arriving to the technique of oil painting.

8- Art is an intellectual production exquisite, where emotions are embedded in the context of creation, but in art history, we see that many artists are derived from other, following technical and artistic movements through time, you own any model or influence of any artist? Who would be?

Vincent Van Gogh, Monet, Gustav Klimt. The Expressionist movement attracts me and that's how gallery owners curators usually identify my works. Just as in Marcelo Neves Art Gallery Gallery.

9- What does art mean to you? If you were to summarize in a few words the meaning of Arts in your life…

Art and life, Gratitude, Connecting with God, the universe. Art is transformation and evolution. Also why I am constantly learning and it teaches me to be resilient to empathize.

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10- What techniques do you use to express their ideas, feelings and perceptions about the world? (Whether it is through painting, sculpture, drawing, collage, photography… or uses several techniques in order to make a mix of different art forms).

Drawing with ink and pen and ink. Chemicals Pigments technique, Acrylic paint and oil. modeling paste for volume and texture work Assemblage, and sometimes collages with objects that dialogue with the work, as for example: bank notes in the Work: What is Your Price?

11- Every artist has his mentor, that person who you have mirrored, you encouraged and inspired you to follow this career, going ahead and taking your dreams the other expression levels, who this person is and how it introduced you in the art world?

My Mother and My Maternal Grandmother, Boyfriend and that inspires me motivates Continue.

12- You have another activity beyond art? You give lessons, lectures etc.?

I teach, and in the future plan to publish some texts that I have saved from my 14 Years, and perhaps in the future from them to talk to the public on topics, for example: Self help.

13- Its major national and international exhibitions and their awards? (Mention 5 most recent).

Marcelo Neves Art Gallery – “Spectrum Miami Art Show”Miami / USA of 04 to 08/12/2019.
Geraldes da Silva Gallery – Port city, Portugal, Art and art exhibition touched touching 2nd Edition 2019.
Gilda gallery Queiroz, Belo Horizonte / MG – Art and art touched touching 2019.
Art Designe Gallery Miami, award for public vote of the Work: Women and cancer 2018.
Instituto Tomie Ohtake – Sp / SP, Space Look 2018.

14- Your plans for the future?

In December 2019 I will attend the Art Fair Spectrum Miami Art Show – Marcelo Neves Art Gallery.

15- In your opinion what is the future of Brazilian art and its artists? (in the general context) and why so many artists are giving preference to show their work in international exhibitions despite high costs?

Brazil is a wonderful country, we really talented people, but we need to have more investment in culture, from Pre-School.

16- I have noticed that some traditional galleries are closing activities. Artists are giving preference to exhibit at Cultural Spaces. In your opinion what would be the cause?

We need to value art and bring it to all audiences, It must be inserted in the education base, so that spaces like these can continue, because all the public are important.