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Rafael Carneiro
“Piscina”, 2024óleo sobre tela
oil on canvas200 x 140 cm
78.74 x 55.12 inTechnical rigor is one of the main characteristics of the work of Rafael Carneiro, who over the years has been transforming within painting. The transcription of images to the canvas has become, in and of itself, the main thematics of his work, which seeks to avoid the formal commitments and labels proper to painting in order to approach the complex world of the images of culture and the collective imaginary. The meaning of the figures used by the artist is diluted by the technique he uses, which decontextualizes, reconfigures and resignifies, through the breaking of their integrality, subtracting and adding new elements, in order to compose more complex narratives. To this end, Rafael Carneiro uses a vast private collection of images, which he freely articulates with various forms of composition, through an organic creative process that often includes music.Rafael Carneiro’s research is essentially centered on painting, executed with outstanding technical mastery. In recent years, the artist has combined his creative painting practice with experimentation in new materials in the context of Joules & Joules, a brand of handcrafted paint developed in partnership with artist Bruno Dunley. In Piscina, Rafael Carneiro used aged linseed oil gel for the first time to prepare the canvas before applying traditional oil paint. This oil gel lends the work a yellowish, glossy aspect resembling that of a swimming pool.
A pesquisa de Rafael Carneiro é essencialmente voltada para a pintura, apresentando um exímio virtuosismo técnico. Nos últimos anos, o artista tem associado a sua prática criativa em pintura à experimentação de novos materiais, sob o contexto da Joules & Joules, marca de tintas artesanais em parceria com o artista Bruno Dunley. Na obra “Piscina”, Rafael Carneiro usou pela primeira vez um óleo-gel envelhecido de linhaça para nivelar a tela e então aplicar a tinta tradicional à óleo. Esse óleo-gel atribui um aspecto amarelado e brilhante à obra, lembrando uma piscina.
