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Domicio Pedroso

Urban Texture as Poetry


“Domício Pedroso, a Tessitura Urbana como Poesia” (“Domício Pedroso, Urban Texture as Poetry”) presents a retrospective of the Curitiba artist’s vast production ten years after his death. Curated by Fernando Bini and Maria José Justino, the exhibition has around 85 works that explore different techniques, including oil on canvas, plate and paper; serigraphy; Chinese ink on paper, and acrylic on canvas.

When delving into Domicio Pedroso's artistic career, his role as a cultural animator, exhibition designer, curator, painter, and engraver stands out. As one of the pioneers in creative and commercial screen printing, his works move between realism, cubism, and abstraction.



  • Artist

    Domicio Pedroso

  • Curatorship

    Maria José Justino and Fernando Bini

  • Exhibition period

    From 11 de julho de 2024

  • Until 13 de outubro de 2024

  • Location

    Room 7

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MON opens an exhibition by artist Domício Pedroso

“Domício Pedroso, a Tessitura Urbana como Poesia” (“Domício Pedroso, Urban Texture as Poetry”) is the new exhibition at the Oscar Niemeyer Museum, which will open on July 11th, at 7 pm, in Room 7. Curated by Fernando Bini and Maria José Justino, the exhibition displays around 85 works, which present a sample of the Curitiba artist's vast production.

“Museums are living spaces of knowledge that increase their repertoire and provide unique experiences to their audiences,” comments Juliana Vosnika, Director-president of the Oscar Niemeyer Museum. “By presenting the exhibition by this important artist from Curitiba, Domício Pedroso, who left us exactly ten years ago, the Oscar Niemeyer Museum does more than that: here we find belonging and appreciation of local culture,” she states.

The exhibition is divided into four sections: “Paris e Viagens, as Marinhas” (“Paris and Travel, the Seas”), “Autorretratos e Retratos” (“Self-Portraits and Portraits”), “Casarios e Favelas” (“Townhouses and Favelas”), and “Nova Figuração: Caminhos para a Abstração” (“New Figuration: Paths to Abstraction”). 

The works present an enormous diversity of techniques, such as oil on canvas, plate, and paper; silkscreen, Chinese ink on paper, and acrylic on canvas.

“This exhibition aims to provide a retrospective of his artistic production and his role in Brazilian cultural life,” explain the curators. “The exhibition highlights the artistic energy of paintings, drawings, and engravings on themes from Seas to Favelas and Urban Settlements”.

According to the curators, the exhibition covers his vast artistic production from the 1950s to recent times, revealing the uniqueness of Domício's poetics, originally constructed in the gap between realism, cubism, and abstraction. 

The artist

Domício Pedroso (1930-2014) was a painter and engraver. He began his studies in the studio of artist Guido Viaro, in Curitiba, at the end of the 1940s. He graduated from the School of Fine Arts of Paraná in 1952. Furthermore, he had his first solo exhibition in 1958 at the Public Library of Paraná. In Paris, between 1959 and 1962, he developed studies in visual communication. He interned at Radiodifusion Television Française and the UNESCO Information Center, obtaining a diploma from the École Normale Supérieure, in Saint Cloud as a specialist in Audiovisual Techniques. He returned to Brazil in 1962 and organized the Audiovisual Center of the Education and Culture Secretariat for the government of the State of Paraná. In the 1980s, he coordinated the National Art Foundation (Funarte), for the South region of the country. 

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Exhibition Attributes

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Exhibition period

Until 13 de outubro de 2024

Location

Room 7


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