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Artist Statement:
Painting is the way I express myself, the way I communicate my personal view of both the world and life. It is not a hobby: it is something essential, visceral, which Rilke –the poet- called "a need."
Furthermore, it is a way to defeat time and death, a way to perpetuate my dreams.
I love different painting styles: the Surrealists like René Magritte (aesthetically sublime) or Marc Chagall (sheer poetry).
I am also touched by some abstract painting. For instance, Jackson Pollock's "drip and splash" style moves me, and in its apparent secrecy I find an extremely poetic language for my soul.
I like detail, texture, materials, ensembles; those paintings which become poetry.
Since 2000, I have been working on “The Equilibrists” series, opening up to fantasy and imagination. I plunge into new textures and colors.
I try to express certain image ambiguity. I experience the pleasure of fun and magic.
It is a poetic stage which leads me to the land of magic and dreams, where real and unreal things become blurred…
I feel that I still have a lot to say and other languages to experience. My game must go on. I envy those “old elves” with ...
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Artist Galleries:
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Artist Reviews:
“Clearly “experimenting with fun and magic,” G.B.'s works embrace the naïve aesthetics so that she can take the liberty of playing with the pure fairy tale, the world of childhood and dreams, and transfer them to the canvas in a return to innocence.
Mastering a refined technique...
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Collections:
-Nation Senate House(Argentina)
-Manzana de las Luces / Historic Building (Argentina)
- Austral Naïf Museum – Patagonia, Arg.
-Latin American Art Museum (now Museum of the Americas)– Miami, USA
-Children´s Museum – Oak Ridge – Tennesse, USA
- Permanent Internacional Museum of Naif Art – Levizzano Castle – Castelvetro of Modena, Italy
- Museo de la...
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Commissions:
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Exhibitions for Graciela Bello:
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Since 1992 she took part in more than 190 solo and group exhibitions in Argentina:
- Olivos Official Residence of the President of Argentina.(1997)
- Nation Senate-House(1995-1996-1997)
- Museums, Cultural Centers, Universities, Art Galleries and Art Fairs, in the Capital City and inside the country.
Her works were selected in National juried exhibitions, where she has been awarded several prizes and mentions awards.
Abroad she has exhibited in:
• Sala “José G. Artigas” Punta del Este, Uruguay (1996)
• Espaço Cultural do Banespa – Centro Vidal Artes – Curitiba, Brazil (1996)
• “Comune di Campagna Lupia” Venecia and “Villa Breda”- Padova, Italy (1997)
• Latin American Art Museum – Miami, USA (1997/98/99)
• Euroamerica Galleries – Chelsea, New York, USA (1998)
• Galerie Pro Arte Kasper – Morges, Switzerland (1999)
• Colegio Mayor Argentino – Madrid, Spain (1999)
• Museo de Arte Contemporáneo – Cusco, Peru (2000)
• Children´s Museum – Oak Ridge – Tennesse, USA (2000)
• Comune di Castelvetro – Modena, Italy (2002)
• Museo de las Casas Reales – Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic (2004)
• Art Ireland- Dublín, Ireland (2007- 2008)
*Biblioteca Civica Berio, “Project Letters”- Genova, Italia (2009)
*Encuentro Internacional de Cultura Surrealista actual “El umbral secreto”– Museo Salvador Allende, Diario La Nación, Museo Casa Colorada, Santiago de Chile. (2009)
*"Forum Universal de las Culturas" - Valparaíso, Chile. (2010)
Her works are shown in museums, institutions, private and public schools, historic buildings, and are also part of private collections both in Argentina and abroad.
Her paintings illustrate the postcards of many charitable institutions, some of them were covers of novels and poetry books.
Graciela Bello´s art is also included in several art books, actual magazines and art websites.
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