Avilmar Maia
Deconstruction and Reconstruction of the Other
The artist is always deconstructing and reconstructing. Surely this deconstruction would be of the Other - and thus the reconstruction will be more plastic but also with elements of the unexpected.
The work of the artist always brings something that is part of his life: in this case - the influence of psychoanalysis. As a psychiatrist trained in psychoanalysis, he has three important influences in his life: art, psychoanalysis and psychiatry. Of course, at the time of creation, the artist does not worry about these things. Thus, the series Psychoplasticology, as well as the series Metamorphosis and its sculptures, bring condensed beings - condensation is an unconscious process, just like dreams - an image in a dream is a condensation of several elements. Art also functions as a condenser - but what does art condense? It condenses not only images, but also questions, inquiries, research and concerns.
And so the work arise, an Other reconstructed.
Marina Abramovick, a Yugoslav performer, wrote in his Manifesto on the Artist's Life: "The more the artist goes into the interior, the more universal his art will become."
The work of the artist always brings something that is part of his life: in this case - the influence of psychoanalysis. As a psychiatrist trained in psychoanalysis, he has three important influences in his life: art, psychoanalysis and psychiatry. Of course, at the time of creation, the artist does not worry about these things. Thus, the series Psychoplasticology, as well as the series Metamorphosis and its sculptures, bring condensed beings - condensation is an unconscious process, just like dreams - an image in a dream is a condensation of several elements. Art also functions as a condenser - but what does art condense? It condenses not only images, but also questions, inquiries, research and concerns.
And so the work arise, an Other reconstructed.
Marina Abramovick, a Yugoslav performer, wrote in his Manifesto on the Artist's Life: "The more the artist goes into the interior, the more universal his art will become."
Avilmar Maia studied sculpture in private studio (2005) and drawing in the Guignard School 92006), in Belo Horizonte City, Brazil. He attended courses about Aesthetics of Art at Inimá de Paula Museum (2007). He studied History of Art and Contemporary Art at the Republic of Art (private studio) in Belo Horizonte City. (2008) and also courses about Theory of Art at Art School in the Federal University of State of Minas Gerais (uFMG) in Belo Horizonte city, Brazil.
He graduated medical school in 1994. Later on, he became a specialist in Psychiatry (1997) and in 2007 he got a master degree in psychoanalysis in the Federal University of State of Minas Gerais (UFMG).
CONTACT:
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Email: avilmarrochamaia@gmail.com