Valdirlei Dias Nunes
Since his initial works, the artist has dedicated himself to investigating the possibilities of representation on two-dimensional surfaces, highlighting the process of representing three-dimensional objects, where perspective is artificially forced until revealing the flat character of the support.
Working at the intersection of two and three dimensions, Valdirlei Dias Nunes produces paintings on sculpture and sculptures on painting, with a polished and precise workmanship, the unexpected impossibility of meeting movements such as minimalism, here showed in the process of serialization and election of primary geometric forms, and in surrealism, in this case that of a more metaphysical aspect, only the enigmatic character of the works increases.
His work went through a long process of formal purification, eliminating everything that was unnecessary. Recently, the artist evoked elements that appeared in his initial works, comparing them with the current ones, grilles, boxes, beams, ginders, gold, black, trompe l'oeil, and using the astute game of representation, offers works which rescue the silence, contemplation and enchantment of painting today.
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Untitled (golden rod), 2021Mais detalhes
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Untitled (casement with grid and golden bar), 2021Mais detalhes
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Untitled (suspended metal structure), 2021Mais detalhes
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Untitled (suspended frame), 2020Mais detalhes
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Untitled (Suspended golden plate), 2018-2020Mais detalhes
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Untitled (grid with inclined trim at right), 2018Mais detalhes
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Untitled (grid with large trim), 2017Mais detalhes
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Untitled (grid with top side trim), 2017Mais detalhes
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Relief n. 5, 2017Mais detalhes
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Relief n. 9 , 2017Mais detalhes
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Untitled (grid with bottom side trim), 2017Mais detalhes
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Relief n. 1, 2017Mais detalhes
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Relief n. 2, 2017Mais detalhes
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Relief n. 4, 2017Mais detalhes
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Relief n. 6, 2017Mais detalhes
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Relief n. 7, 2017Mais detalhes
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Relief n. 8, 2017Mais detalhes
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Untitled, 2015Mais detalhes
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Untitled (wood structure), 2014Mais detalhes
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Untitled (metallic structure), 2012Mais detalhes
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Untitled, 2012Mais detalhes
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Untitled, 2012Mais detalhes
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Untitled, 2012Mais detalhes
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Untitled, 2012Mais detalhes
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Untitled , 2012Mais detalhes
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Untitled (Relief 2), 2011Mais detalhes
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Untitled (Relief 3), 2011Mais detalhes
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Untitled (Relief 1), 2011Mais detalhes
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Untitled (Relief 5), 2011Mais detalhes
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Untitled (longitudinal golden bars II), 2010Mais detalhes
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Untitled (longitudinal golden bars I), 2010Mais detalhes
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Untitled, 2010Mais detalhes
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Untitled (longitudinal golden bars III), 2010Mais detalhes
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Untitled (longitudinal golden bars IV), 2010Mais detalhes
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Untitled (longitudinal golden bars V), 2010Mais detalhes
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Untitled (wooden box), 2010Mais detalhes
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Untitled, 2009Mais detalhes
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Untitled, 2009Mais detalhes
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Untitled, 2009Mais detalhes
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Untitled, 2009Mais detalhes
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Untitled, 2009Mais detalhes
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Untitled, 2009Mais detalhes
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Untitled, 2009Mais detalhes
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Untitled (wooden structure), 2008Mais detalhes
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Untitled (white between to parallel strips of wood), 2006Mais detalhes
Valdirlei Dias Nunes (1969, Bom Sucesso, Brazil. Lives and works in São Paulo, Brazil).
Selected individual exhibitions: Pinturas e Relevos Recentes, Casa Triângulo, São Paulo, Brazil (2017); Sem Título (Novos Relevos), Lurixs Arte Contemporânea, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (2013); Relevos, Casa Triângulo, São Paulo, Brazil (2011); Casa Triângulo, São Paulo, Brazil (2008).
Selected group exhibitions: I-D, exposição comemorativa de 45 anos da Galeria Luisa Strina, São Paulo, Brazil (2019); Pequenos Formatos e Múltiplos, LURIX Arte Contemporânea, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (2018); Os Muitos e o Um: Arte Contemporânea Brasileira, curated by Robert Storr, Instituto Tomie Ohtake, São Paulo, Brazil (2016); Uma Coleção Particular: Arte Contemporânea no Acervo da Pinacoteca, Pinacoteca de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil and Paisagem Opaca, curated by Felipe Chaimovich, Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil (2015); Casa Triângulo no Pivô, Pivô, São Paulo, Brazil (2014).
Awards: Prêmio Estímulo Pintura Jovem, Fundação ArteBa, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Public collections: Museu de arte de São Paulo Assis Chateaubriand, São Paulo, Brazil, Museu de Arte do Rio, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Pinacoteca de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil; Inhotim, Brumadinho, Brazil; Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil and Centro Dragão do Mar de Arte e Cultura, Fortaleza, Brazil.
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VALDIRLEI DIAS NUNES: PAINTINGS
24 September - 5 November 2022(Looking at the paintings by Valdirlei Dias Nunes) These things are so difficult to explain. The calm and the silence amidst these shapes. Lines and black spaces. And, at a...Read more -
VALDIRLEI DIAS NUNES: RECENT PAINTINGS AND RELIEFS
Casa Triângulo, São Paulo, Brazil 1 July - 5 August 2017RECENT PAINTINGS AND RELIEFS With an art career spanning nearly three decades, Valdirlei Dias Nunes is a singular artist among his generation. Born in the interior of the state...Read more -
Valdirlei Dias Nunes: Relevos
Casa Triângulo, São Paulo, Brazil 10 May - 4 June 2011V. D. Nunes, Untitled (Reliefs) – Antecedents and predecessors. The line or mark in a drawing can represent a bar, a stick, a ruler, a tube – or it can...Read more
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ART BASEL MIAMI BEACH
Miami Beach CONVENTION CENTER, MIAMI, USA 29 November - 3 December 2022Art Basel Miami Beach 2022 . Galleries and Kabinett . Featured Artists: Antonio Henrique Amaral, Assume Vivid Astro Focus, Eduardo Berliner, Fernanda Galvão, Lucas Simões,...Read more -
ARTRIO 2022
MARINA DA GLÓRIA, RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL 14 - 18 September 2022 -
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PAVILHÃO DA BIENAL, SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL 4 - 10 April 2022 -
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ONLINE FAIR 14 - 18 October 2020 -
LATITUDE ART FAIR
ONLINE FAIR 24 - 27 September 2020 -
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Marina da Glória, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 8 - 12 September 2020 -
ART BASEL MIAMI BEACH
CONVENTION CENTER MIAMI, EUA 4 - 8 December 2019 -
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PAVILHÃO DA BIENAL SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL 3 - 7 April 2019