m a t e u v e l a s c o
New York, 1980
m a t e u v e l a s c o
New York, 1980
under construction
Maringá, PR - 1981
Lives and works in Rio de Janeiro, RJ
In his research, Marcelo Monteiro addresses power relations in heavy industry, a place where he worked as a laborer before dedicating himself exclusively to the fine arts. He has participated in group and individual exhibitions in important institutions across the country, in states such as São Paulo, Paraná, Minas Gerais and Rio de Janeiro. His most recent exhibition “Sobre Prumos?” took place at the Paço Imperial in the city of Rio de Janeiro in 2023 and was curated by Fernando Cocchiarale.
Between 2023 and 2024, he also participated in the collective exhibition "The fourth constructive generation" at FGV Arte, curated by Paulo Herkenhoff. Furthermore, he performed between 2018 and 2022 as an assistant professor in the Art History and Theory courses at the Escola de Artes Visuais do Parque Lage, guided by Anna Bella Geiger and Fernando Cocchiarale, respectively.
works
"UNDER PRESSURE" SERIES
"(...) His works were usefully removed from the condition of illusion created by his exquisite craftsmanship. The simulation of work instruments, which only exist thanks to Marcelo's creation and action on material, challenges us to decode the meaning of these instruments whose specific function is impossible to define precisely, as their supposed functionality has been subverted. (...)"
Fernando Cocchiarale
"UNDER TENSION" SERIES
"(...) As they are not articulated through the productive logic of a technical mechanism, their folds simultaneously reveal the metaphorical meaning of the tools and means used by the artist. Not by being a representation of reality, but a tensioning of it, as it is poetically articulated, his works establish analogies with the conditions of power expressed by the tension between the materials with which they are made. (...)"
Fernando Cocchiarale
