Crossroad: The Liminal State of Light and Dark - Solo Show, Fernando Ferreira de Araujo

Crossroad 6                              Crossroad 7                              Crossroad 9 

The liminal state is characterized by ambiguity, openness, and indeterminacy. One’s sense of identitydissolves to some extent, bringing about disorientation. Liminality is a period of transition where normal limits to thought, self-understanding, and behavior are relaxed - a situation which can lead to new perspectives. For this exhibition, we will have 15 paintings of Fernando Ferreira de Araujo’s latest expressionism figurative and  cityscape series. Each and every painting is personal, every stroke opens a concealed wound showing the artist bare soul and his strive for self-discovery. Through contrasts of light and dark and a remarkable bleeding hallmark, he’s trodden a path in which we’re guided by a strong Chiaroscuro Abstract Expressionism influence. (Fabio Villas, Curator)

“This series -Crossroad The Liminal State of Light and Dark - represents the comfort I now find in contrasts, in being vulnerable to changes, finding  new paths through adversities. I’ve always been attracted by B&W movies, by rainy days, by the silence I relate to darkness. Most and foremost by the contrast of light and dark found on Chiaroscuro. It’s fascinating to tread the dark, shaped by rays of light and the new dimension I’m able to discover amid forms that inevitable become my abstract expressionism interpretation of my memories.” (Fernando Ferreira de Araujo)

Venue: Artemide - 277, Giralda Avenue  - Coral Gables, FL 33134 - From May 2 to June 6, 2008

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