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A Consideration

Taking under consideration the investigations and the motifs that come to the surface in Fernando Velloso's art under consideration, it is hard not to notice that his language proposes a synthesis between socio-historical substance and eminently visual values linked to the plasticity of the materials. It is not about using one in favor of the other, or about elaborating metaphors on the theme, but rather about defining, investigating, and building a language in which these elements are articulated. More than the mere product of this concern, the visuality of his art is a means of giving shape to the motif from the perspective of investigation. Something that is beyond the civilized proposition of a dialogue or the recognition of a co-existence becomes apparent: it is the collision that builds difference from the same elements.

Faced with these works, we are forced to "forget" the explicitly politically-motivated figurative work of the 40s of the last century in Brazil and Latin-America, without erasing its social lesson, especially in its most generous aspects, for instance the dream of de-colonized imaginary. It is equally important to see as relative the manipulation of icons, i.e. the pop experience that spread around the world since the 60s, without losing track of the strong semiotic conscience this movement brought.
 
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