Efrain Almeida Exhibition
CRG Gallery
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CRG Gallery presents new work by Brazilian artist Efrain Almeida.
Efrain Almeida was born in Boa Viagem, 1964, Ceará and lives and works in Rio de Janeiro. He started his artistic training at Escola de Artes Visuais do Parque Lage (EAV/Parque Lage) [Lage Park School of Visual Arts] in the late 1980’s. In 1990, he attended a course in the Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo (MAM/SP) [Museum of Modern Art of São Paulo] and began researching into diverse materials. He chose wood as the raw-material for his work, which is comprised mainly of small-size sculptures.
In 1993, he held his first individual exhibition, Objects, at the Centro Cultural Sérgio Porto [Sérgio Porto Cultural Center], in Rio de Janeiro. Among his solo exhibitions the highlights are Marcas at Estação Pinacoteca in 2007, Handmade, at Galeria Fortes Vilaça in 2010 and O Sozinho, at Casa-França Brasil, in 2013. He participated in the 1st Mercosul Biennial in 1997, International Biennial of Buenos Aires in 2002, 10th Biennial of Havana in 2009 and 29th Bienal de São Paulo in 2010.
Imbued with a lyric sense, Efrain Almeida’s sculptures subtly and silently deal with issues related to the body, sexuality and religion. Almeida frequently uses images from nature, mythological universe and popular culture, allowing all his references to clearly appear. Through the use of craftwork techniques applied to wood and cloth, the artist raises contemporary art themes such as the exploration of autobiography and the use of the exhibition space as a significant formal element of the work.
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Schedule
from September 04, 2014 to October 25, 2014
Opening Reception on 2014-09-04 from 18:00 to 20:00