Metamorphoses – Young Brazilian Art

"Metamorphoses – Young Brazilian Art"
Four Perspectives, One Movement: The exhibition Metamorphoses—organized in collaboration with the Leonardo Leal Gallery in Fortaleza and with the support of the Vilsmeier–Linhares Collection in Munich—presents four artists to watch.

Featuring Beatrice Arraes, Arrudas, Gustavo Diógenes, and Caio Marcolini, the exhibition brings together four voices from the young Brazilian art scene in São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, and Fortaleza, whose works explore transformation—in form, material, and meaning.

Beatrice Arraes has recently attracted international attention with her US debut exhibition in Los Angeles and her current exhibition in New York. In her oil paintings, she translates the changing landscapes of her north-eastern Brazilian homeland into magical-realist visual worlds that lie somewhere between memory and inner topography. Her painting connects with the innermost self by utilising the space between clarity and blurriness to imbue the reality around her with psychological significance. Gustavo Diógenes, a leading figure in Fortaleza's art scene and an important mentor to the younger generation of artists, expands the dialogue through his own painterly and object-based practices, which explore origins, identity and new beginnings. Diógenes's works are characterised by slowed-down sense of time, transforming everyday scenes into images that are simultaneously imbued with a sense of rootedness and a feeling of alienation.  Caio Marcolini’s organic sculptures, crafted from interwoven metal, translate natural forms into delicate architectural structures and provide a sculptural counterpoint to the paintings. Arrudas, the youngest of the artists, employs a style of fantastical realism and combines oil paintings with ceramic sculptures, using symbols such as wallpaper, birds and insects to explore the human psyche.

For further background information on the artists, see on the right "artists".