Last Thursday (5), the exhibition Ecos Armoriais – presented at CASACOR São Paulo 2024 – arrived at Lar Center, a shopping mall specializing in architecture and decoration located in the north of São Paulo . Curated by Rodrigo Ambrósio and
Pedro Ariel Santana , the exhibition exalts the popular culture of the Northeast and, especially in this new season, celebrates the memory of J. Borges , a woodcut artist from Pernambuco who died in July of this year. In addition to the woodcuts on display at
CASACOR , the curators have added
10 other works by J. Borges to represent the artist in this new selection. "We decided to pay homage to J. Borges, who not only created woodcuts, but also cordel literature,
the basis of the armorial movement ", says Pedro Ariel.
(Adriana Barbosa/CASACOR)
The so-called Armorial Movement , founded by Ariano Suassuna in the 1970s, brought together artists and intellectuals from the Brazilian northeast who believed in the possibility of creating an erudite art with roots in the country's popular traditions. Mainly based on cordel literature , the movement was responsible for spreading northeastern cultural productions in the national imagination. "This exhibition arose from a desire to bring together artists who drew from the armorial source, but we also have works by great masters and its founder, Ariano Suassuna. Visitors will find murals, design pieces, works of art, literature, music and sculptures. It is
a true immersion into what the
essence of the armorial was and is," explains Pedro.
(Adriana Barbosa/CASACOR)
Who are the artists that echo Armorial?
To keep the flame of the Armorial Movement alive, Pedro and Rodrigo presented artists from the Northeast of Brazil in the exhibition who, through their respective works, reverberate the legacy of the movement inaugurated by Suassuna. The curators managed to bring to the exhibition at Lar Center 23 of the 25 original works exhibited in the last edition of CASACOR São Paulo. (Adriana Barbosa/CASACOR)
Works by
Joana Lira and her fellow countryman can be seen in the exhibition
Derlon , visual artists from Pernambuco who signed the
murals in the space. The Ceará native
Yuri Simoes spreads across the walls of the exhibition classic figures such as the woman, the priest, the devil, the beast.
(Adriana Barbosa/CASACOR)
