Stroke Tonalities and Lines of Force:
Drawing in Flávio de Carvalho idealization, production and coordination of exhibition
Drawing in Flávio de Carvalho idealization, production and coordination of exhibition
Stroke Tonalities and Lines of Force:
Drawing in Flávio de Carvalho
idealization, production and
coordination of exhibition,
for
A Casa dos Passarinhos
A Casa dos Passarinhos, experimental center for research and production in visual arts, is honored to host this exhibition of drawings by Flávio de Carvalho from Breno Krasilchik’s collection, meticulously assembled with significant readings over 40 years.
The exhibition, curated by Rui Moreira Leite, features works from the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s; it includes period documents and a selection of portraits by the photographer Ingeborg de Beausacq.
- A Casa dos Passarinhos
Idealization:
Alessandra Nigri and Eleonora Aronis
Curator:
Rui Moreira Leite
Exhibition Design, Coordination, and Production:
Alessandra Nigri, Breno Krasilchik, Eleonora Aronis,
and Jacqueline Aronis
Assistance:
Latife Hasbani
Public Relations:
Lilian Ring
Photographic Record:
Sérgio Guerini
Assembly:
Ck Black Art Handler
Realized by:
A Casa dos Passarinhoswww.acasadospassarinhos.com.br
Flávio de Carvalho, Draughtsman
Rui Moreira Leite
This exhibition brings together an expressive collection of drawings byby Flávio de Carvalho (1899-1973) representing the best momentscharacterised by the dominant use of the fountain pen in the 1930s, pencil and charcoal in the 1940s and, finally, ink and brush in the 1950s.As you can see, his interest never changed, and he remained fixed on the female figure and the portrait - also themes of his work in painting.
The artist's text reproduced here identifies two parallel registersin the drawings: the tonalities of the lineand the lines of force. The former are introduced right from the start, while the lines of force characterise his work from the 1940s onwards. This was also the moment when the artist was more widely recognised. He had his second solo show in 1948, in São Paulo and Buenos Aires, and was part of Brazil's first representation at the XXV Venice Biennale in 1950.
Ingeborg de Beausacq,
Expression and Gesture
Rui Moreira Leite
The photographer and later explorer Ingeborg de Beausacq (1910-2003) lived in Brazil in the 1940s, first in Rio de Janeiro and then in São Paulo. As well as fashion photography, she dedicated herself to portraits of writers, artists and actors. In São Paulo she lived for two years (1945-46) with Flávio de Carvalho, who then occupied the residence on the corner of the group of houses built by the architect on Alameda Lorena and Ministro Rocha Azevedo - the only one demolished to this day.His photographic portraits can be likened to Flávio's work in their attempt to capture the expression of the subject and a characteristic gesture. The treatment of light, so delicate, is a central instrument in defining the volumes and lines of the figures. The exhibition allows us to contrast a photo of Flávio by Inge and a drawing of Inge by Flávio.
