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Yehudi Hollander-Pappi•Aug 07, 2025 — Aug 28, 2025
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Material Nights: Time and Surface in Gustavo Silvamaral
The exhibition "Alive" by Gustavo Silvamaral presents a systematic investigation of the boundaries between painting and sculpture. The artist employs heterogeneous materials—wood, glass, burlap, and encaustic—in accumulation processes that yield complex surfaces. This materialist approach demonstrates a methodology that prioritizes the physical properties of media over traditional pictorial conventions.
Silvamaral’s practice operates through serialization, where repetition generates compositional variations. His assemblages function as hybrid systems that incorporate gestural elements derived from American Neo-Expressionism and Brazil’s Generation 80, combined with references to contemporary pop culture. This synthesis results in a formal language that articulates ambiguity through rigorous procedures of accumulation and...More
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Alive
Yehudi Hollander-Pappi•Aug 07, 2025 — Aug 28, 2025
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Material Nights: Time and Surface in Gustavo Silvamaral
The exhibition "Alive" by Gustavo Silvamaral presents a systematic investigation of the boundaries between painting and sculpture. The artist employs heterogeneous materials—wood, glass, burlap, and encaustic—in accumulation processes that yield complex surfaces. This materialist approach demonstrates a methodology that prioritizes the physical properties of media over traditional pictorial conventions.
Silvamaral’s practice operates through serialization, where repetition generates compositional variations. His assemblages function as hybrid systems that incorporate gestural elements derived from American Neo-Expressionism and Brazil’s Generation 80, combined with references to contemporary pop culture. This synthesis results in a formal language that articulates ambiguity through rigorous procedures of accumulation and...More
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