Marcelo Sandro de Oliveira (1989) ​

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The mind speaks loudly while the essence of color whispers subtly...

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In the last century, art itself has lost its references. In the expanded field, painting has lost its references. Now, color has lost its references. I focus my attention on the behavior of colors in context, leading me to create "reductive" paintings.

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I seek to reveal what color is through its presence in my paintings.

I work with cotton, linen, and wood. Using oil as my medium, I search for the ideal pigment for each situation and each painting. I use ideas of synthesis of colors, darkness, and lightness in the decoding of each color itself.

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By placing colors in specific contexts of contrast and lighting, and by blending or superimposing them, I uncover the unique qualities present in each moment and space.

 

As the painter, I am a tool. I use human vision, not human words, as an instrument to capture what color is.