Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin / Galeria Luisa Strina, São Paulo / Holzwarth Publications, Berlin 2007 With texts by Jens Hoffmann and Adriano Pedrosa
‘Marepe's world is fairly unique and his works of art are not just objects representing an idea or concept, they are witnesses of his life and the condensation of his experiences and his dreams. His interpretation of his surroundings is rendered into multifaceted, poetic, and frequently beautiful works of art, which speak profoundly about some of the most relevant and even existential questions of our lives.’ J. Hoffmann, ‘Cannibalization of the everyday’, in Marepe, Berlin/São Paulo: Galerie Max Hetzler, Galeria Luisa Strina and Holzwarth Publications, 2007, p. 53
Publisher: Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin / Galeria Luisa Strina, São Paulo / Holzwarth Publications Texts: Jens Hoffmann and Adriano Pedrosa Publication date: 2007 Binding: Hardcover Dimensions: 26 x 20.5 x 2.5 cm Pages: 192 ISBN: 978-3-935567-40-4
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The thematic repertoire of Marepe’s (b. 1970) work questions his roots: traditions and culture of his native region of Bahia in Brazil, the notion of poverty, colonialism and globalism are the artist's main concerns. His work is characterised by a personal sensuality combined with a socio-cultural and political verve, symbolised by the use of readymade materials and everyday objects or activities from his home region. ‘Marepe’s work is full of clashes and crossovers - between the traditional and the popular, the local and the foreign, the national and the international, the South and the North, the Brazilian Northeast and Southeast, the personal and the political, the familial and the official, the poor and the rich, high-tech and low-tech, high and low culture. These clashes and crossovers find their echo in different characters as the ambulante, the retirante, the migrant, [...] and the artist himself, who moves from one place to another in the world with his works full of memories and meanings and many possible translations.’ A. Pedrosa, Memory and displacement in the work of Marepe in Marepe, Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin, Galeria Luisa Strina, Sao Paolo and Holzwarth Publications, 2007
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