Macaparana Pernambuco, Brazil, b. 1952.
Biography
José De Oliveira Macaparana is a self-taught painter, draftsman and sculptor. He presented his first solo exhibition in Recife in 1970, when he was just 18 years old. In 1973 he moved to São Paulo where he currently resides. His interest in sculpture grew as his artistic career advanced.
He has participated in numerous biennials, fairs and shows, including the Ibero-American Biennial of Art in Mexico (1984), the “Salão Paulista de Arte Contemporânea”, in São Paulo (1986), the XXI São Paulo International Biennial and the latest editions of ARCO, in Madrid, since 2005.
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Works
Exhibitions
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BLACK & WHITE
COLLECTIVE 8 Nov - 31 Dec 2020The presence and absence of light determine the field of the visible, what we can and cannot see. That is why light has always been an instrument and a fundamental...Read more -
Inestabilidad
COLLECTIVE 1 Sep 2010 - 30 Jun 2011Many of our artists have in common the concern for the interaction of the work and the viewer, and the inclusion of real time and space as phenomena present in...Read more
