Artist from Minas Gerais who lives in Rio presents unpublished works in charcoal, wood, iron and paper.
In the exhibition “Things that still exist”, Afonso Tostes talks about fires, climate change and species extinction.
opening will be day 10 March, from 16h to 20h, Leblon.
Mul.ti.plo Espaço Arte opens on the day 10 de março uma exhibition de Afonso Tostes. Conhecido por suas esculturas em madeira descartada, na mostra “As coisas que ainda existem” Tostes apresenta cerca de 16 unpublished works, incluindo peças esculpidas sobre carvão, material extremamente instável. As novas obras, criadas durante a pandemia, trazem reflexões sobre os impactos ambientais causados pelo homem, remetendo a queimadas, mudanças climáticas, extinção de espécies etc. Nas peças apresentadas, além de madeira e carvão, entram também ferro e papel. The exhibition runs until 29 April, Leblon, with free admission.
Sem apresentar uma individual no Rio desde 2015, na mostra da Mul.ti.plo, Afonso Tostes traz aproximadamente três esculturas de grande formato, sete objetos de parede sobre tela e seis desenhos sobre folha de dicionário, divididos em três séries. “Trabalho sobre o que já existe, discarded things out there, who suffered the interference of the human hand. I am interested in man's relationship with his surroundings, with nature. I am not just talking about the relationship with the environment, but also of personal relationships, of our visible and invisible expressions ”, explains Afonso.
The charcoal series is made up of about seven wall objects on screen, of 40cm x 50cm. The work began with the collection of residues of charred trees in a burning in the region of Visconde de Mauá. After, he found in a street in Copacabana an illustrated dictionary of the 1960. “They had several reproductions of nature paintings, a cataloging of species. I started to confront these two ideas and then the series was born, that joins carved coal with butterfly illustrations, fish, aves, rodents, insects and mammals ”, explained.
In another series, It uses the encyclopedia leaves as the basis for drawings made with residual wood powder pigments, collected in your own studio. These works measure between 210cm x 100cm and 60cm x 40cm. To complete to Mostra, Afonso Tostes also has sculptures made from branches, tied, de 202cm X 60cm. “With a powerful and unique language, Afonso's works in this exhibition speak of human precariousness. The works are sophisticated, and carry a certain melancholy of the hour, A feeling of fragility of life, of this ability to destroy it but also to transform it into poetry ”, Finishes Maneco Müller, Gallery partner.
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Afonso Tostes was born in 1965, in the city of Belo Horizonte, MG. His artistic trajectory began in his hometown, where you attended the Guignard School (UEMG). In the late 1980, He moved to Rio de Janeiro, Turning to the study of two-dimensional support-later accompanied by a vast sculptural production with woods found on the streets. The artist's interest turns to the reach of simple methods from these discarded materials, developing apparently stripped sculptures of structural complexity and carrying the grooves and marks of the previous uses in the body. Their Works, almost always opts for materials that have already undergone some process of use. Its practice also proposes sensitive experiences born of a critical look at the world. Afonso Tostes lives in Rio de Janeiro.
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contemporary art exhibition
Title: The things that still exist
Artist: Afonso Tostes
Opening: 10 March 2022 (Thursday), 16h to 20h
Exhibition: until 29 April 2022 (Friday)
Local: Mul.ti.plo Space Art
Tel: +55 21 2259-1952
New time: Monday to Friday, from 11:00 to 6:00 pm
End: Dias Ferreira Street, 417, 206 – Leblon – Rio de Janeiro
Free entry
Please respect the rules for wearing a mask during the visit.
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