Siron Franco

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Siron Franco (2003)

Siron Franco (born July 25, 1947 in Cidade de Goiás ) is a Brazilian painter, draftsman and sculptor.

Life

Siron Franco comes from a poor family and has ten siblings. After childhood and youth in Goiânia , he married Goiaci Milhomen before moving to São Paulo . In São Paulo from 1969 to 1971 he worked with the German painter, graphic artist and publicist Walter Lewy , who was expelled because of his Jewish origin and who was the most important representative of Brazilian surrealism. In 1975 he won the International Prize for Painting at the São Paulo Biennale , and at the 24º Salão Nacional de Arte Moderna in the Museu Nacional de Belas Artes the “prêmio de viagem ao exterior”, a promotional award for overseas travel, which he won between 1976 and 1978 used for stays in Europe.

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The independent and extensive work with references to surrealism , fantastic painting and modernism reflects Brazilian culture and contemporary art in Europe and America. Part of the artist's program is the attempt to intervene in the social and political process as a participating citizen, sometimes also in the language of art. Some of Franco's installations have the character of interventions and can be interpreted as a critique of conditions in the cities of Brazil. With the “Monumento às Nações Indígenas”, the monument to the indigenous nations , Franco honors the creativity of the Brazilian indigenous people as a contribution to Brazilian art and culture, and also as one of the sources of his own art. The monument, created in 1992 and comprising more than 3700 square meters, made of 500 concrete steles each 2.30 meters high, was destroyed by vandalism.

The painterly work of Siron Franco has a solid presence in galleries and museums in Brazil and abroad. Although there are pictures in the overall work that appear striking and decorative at first glance, the imagery is never harmless. She consciously alludes to European concepts of modernity and postmodernism; friendly irritating like Magritte , dissecting like Grosz and Bacon . The iconography conveys a critical subtext that is understood in Brazilian and Latin American cultures (also with regard to current events).

Solo exhibitions

  • 1980: Museu de Arte Moderna da Bahia (MAM / BA), Salvador de Bahia
  • 1980: Museu de Arte de São Paulo (MASP)
  • 1982: Galeria Bonino, Rio de Janeiro
  • 1988: Inge Baecker Gallery, Cologne
  • 1992: Siron Franco: recent paintings. Elms Lesters Painting Rooms, London
  • 1995: Objetos Mágicos. Museu Nacional de Belas Artes (MNBA), Rio de Janeiro
  • 1995: Objetos Mágicos. Museu de Arte de São Paulo (MASP), São Paulo
  • 1999: A Vida Bate. Museu Brasileiro da Escultura (MuBE), São Paulo
  • 2000: Siron Franco: Cocoons. Elms Lesters Painting Rooms, London
  • 2000: Siron 800 Vezes: cerâmicas. Museu Nacional de Belas Artes (MNBA), Rio de Janeiro
  • 2001: Casulos. Galeria Nara Roesler, São Paulo
  • 2002: Desenhos Siron Franco. Galeria Paulo Darzé, Salvador da Bahia
  • 2002: Intolerância. Installation. Memorial da Liberdade, São Paulo

Participation in exhibitions

  • 1987: Art of the Fantastic. Latin America 1920-1987. Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis; The Queens Museum of Art, New York (with catalog)
  • 1988: Brasil Já: Examples of contemporary Brazilian painting. Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen; 1989 Sprengel Museum Hannover (with catalog)
  • 1989: Introspectives: contemporary art by americans and brazilians of african descent. The California Afro-American Museum, Los Angeles; 1990 The Bronx Museum of the Arts, New York (with catalog)
  • 1992: Cross Culture Currents in Contemporary Latin American Art. Canning House, London
  • 1992: Brazil. Discovery and Self-Discovery. Kunsthaus Zurich (with catalog)

literature

  • Siron Franco: Siron Franco . Gallery Inge Baecker, Cologne 1988
  • Dawn Ades, Siron Franco: Siron Franco. Figuras e Semelhanças Pinturas 1968–1995 . Editora Index, Rio de Janeiro 1995 (Portuguese)
  • Emílio Vieira Goiânia: O expressionismo em Bernardo Elis e Siron Franco . Editora UFG (Brazilian Government Publication), 2000. (Portuguese)
  • Siron Franco na usina. Intolerância . Prefeitura de Porto Alegre, Secretaria Municipal da Cultura de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Brazil 2003. Exhibition catalog for the installation “Intolerance”. (Portuguese)
  • Beate Reifenscheid, Uwe Kaestner: Discover Brazil. 21 contemporary positions . Ludwig Museum in the Deutschherrenhaus Koblenz. Ludwig Museum 2005

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Alfredo Aquino: Siron Franco: artista internacional, pintor do Brasil. UOL, accessed April 15, 2012 (Portuguese).
  2. ^ Ferreira Gullar: A pintura vida de Siron Franco. Itaú Cultural, accessed on April 12, 2012 (Portuguese): "A ligação com a vida é um traço da própria personalidade de Siron, semper presente, semper atuante, buscando interferir no processo social e político."
  3. ^ Ferreira Gullar: A pintura vida de Siron Franco. Itaú Cultural, accessed on April 12, 2012 (Portuguese): “Esse monumento, cuja forma exterior imita o mapa do Brasil, se vale da própria criatividade do índio brasileiro para assinalar o reconhecimento de sua contribuição à arte e à cultura nacional. Ao concebê-lo, nos termos em que o concebeu, Siron Franco ao mesmo tempo desce às fontes imemoriais que também alimentam sua própria imaginação e sua arte. "
  4. ^ Mariana Proença: Monumento de resistência nicht resiste ao homem. (No longer available online.) In: Almanaque de Cultura Popular. Andreato Comunicação e Cultura, archived from the original on February 28, 2014 ; Retrieved on April 14, 2012 (Portuguese): "Infelizmente, o Monumento às Nações Indígenas foi danificado por vândalos." Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.almanaquebrasil.com.br
  5. ^ Alfredo Aquino: Siron Franco: artista internacional, pintor do Brasil. UOL, accessed April 15, 2012 (Portuguese).
personal data
SURNAME Franco, Siron
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Franco, Gessiron Alves
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Brazilian artist
DATE OF BIRTH July 25, 1947
PLACE OF BIRTH Cidade de Goiás