The third round of guided tours to the exhibitions on display at the Arts Gallery and at the Exhibition Room of the Centro Municipal de Cultura Dr. Henrique Ordovás Filho was a success this Friday (14). The event brought together more than 200 visitors over the weekend, arousing fascination with the works on display.
The exhibitions ‘Garden of different creatures’ by Mario Cladera and ‘Absurd poetry of a stone in the midst of chaos’ by Verlu Macke, curated by Silvana Boone, are on display until May 14th. Guided tours mark the opening of the exhibitions and provide contact with the works. The mediation of the artists brings the public even closer to the artistic language present in both spaces.
The exhibition ‘Horto de díspares Creatures’, on display at the Ordovás Cultural Center Art Gallery, features works by the German-Uruguayan sculptor Mario Cladera. The show brings together pieces in small formats, ranging from 6 cm to 35 cm, cast in bronze or modeled and fired in raku ceramics.
In a poetic and sensitive way, sculptor Mario Cladera explores the human figure and its anthropological, cultural, political and social meanings. ‘I tried to talk about life, the world and expose what bothers me. I try to do things that are not beautiful, showing beauty in another way’, highlights the artist.
Visiting the exhibition “Horto de díspare creatures” is like entering a garden. In it, each sculpture is planted in different ways. Free, they arouse curiosity for being different, leading visitors to reflection.
The exhibition ‘Absurd poetry of a stone in the midst of chaos’, by Verlu Macke and curated by Silvana Boone, is on display at the Ordovás Exhibition Room. The exhibition presents around 30 works in painting, drawing and three books. The artist explores the inertia and lack of mobility of stone as a representation of the paralyzed human, conscious or unconscious of time and space.
“The show was built during the pandemic. In the creative process that Verlu developed in 2020 and 2021, it used stone as a symbolic element. The stone worked as a kind of alter ego within the issue of feeling immobile and inert during social distancing,” concludes the exhibition’s curator, Silvana Boone.
“Absurd poetry of a stone in the midst of chaos” is like a poem that urges visitors to interpret it, showing that delicacy and inspiration can be found where you least expect it, that is, in a stone.
The exhibitions can be visited at the following times: Mondays, from 9 am to 4 pm; Tuesdays to Fridays, from 9am to 10pm; Saturdays, Sundays and holidays, from 4 pm to 10 pm. Both are on display until May 14.
