Sao Paulo Brazil
Like an archaeologist of his time, a time of virtualities, algorithms and fragments, Osvaldo Carvalho attempts in his painting to capture the connecting thread of the here and now, what remains and what is to come, in a Pop atmosphere peopled by colors, figures, fractures and contradictions.
An artist of the contemporary, Osvaldo Carvalho (Niterói, 1976) makes use of a plethora of images of and references to mass culture and communication, such as cinema, media, internet, comics, and advertising, in order to produce work rich in colors and signs, where he explores not only the visual vocabulary of our time, but also the contradictions of an imaginary crossed by ideologies, conflicts and power. Osvaldo populates his canvases with human figures, animals, household objects, decorative items, urban landscapes, graffiti, and well-known brands, arranged on the canvas not always in a proportional manner and, often, placed on backgrounds of striking patterns, such as wallpaper, or on undefined and fluid spaces – producing tiny figures, like pixels that gravitate over textured colored backgrounds. Or, still, he arranges the elements in the frames of a storyboard, creating narratives that can take place within several frames on a single canvas or else unfold into several frames within one thematic series. Osvaldo creates, thus, a Pop atmosphere of color and movement, sometimes acid and lysergic, in fragments of scenes, situations and everyday details that are fruit of a free imagination. Osvaldo does not shy away from events and his own point of view, painting as he does from the north side of Rio de Janeiro, addressing issues such as Black and indigenous peoples’ issues, social inequality or urban violence, often in direct reference. But he does so inside exclusively pictorial territory, aware that he operates in an environment of saturated images, seeking to engage the weary viewer by means of a vibrant palette and provocative angles and ideas, in associations and overlapping of elements not always random and never innocent.
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Osvaldo Carvalho
Cárites, 2020
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130 x 191 cm
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Osvaldo Carvalho
Hotel Haiti (Série Terra Prometida), 2013/2015
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192 x 305 cm
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Osvaldo Carvalho
Plastic World #1, 2013
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80 x 60 cm
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Plastic World #4, 2013
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80 x 60 cm
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Plastic World #5, 2013
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80 x 60 cm
Osvaldo Carvalho
Celebração #05, 2021
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96 x 66 cm
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Celebração #04, 2020
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96 x 66 cm
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Celebração #03, 2020
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96 x 66 cm
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Osvaldo Carvalho
Celebração, 2020
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132 x 190 cm
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Osvaldo Carvalho
Balada 69 (série Balada), 2023
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46 x 64 cm
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Balada 65 (série Balada), 2023
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46 x 64 cm
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Balada 67 (série Balada), 2023
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46 x 64 cm
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Balada 57 (Série Balada), 2021
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46 x 64 cm
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Balada 56 (Série Balada), 2021
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46 x 64 cm
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Balada 62 (Série Balada), 2021
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46 x 64 cm
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Osvaldo Carvalho
Obelixo#4, 2020
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120 x 100 cm
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Osvaldo Carvalho
Meritocracia (5), 2018
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45 x 32.50 cm
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Meritocracia (1), 2018
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45 x 32.50 cm
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Meritocracia (2), 2018
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45 x 32.50 cm
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Meritocracia (3), 2018
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45 x 32.50 cm
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Meritocracia (4), 2018
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45 x 32.50 cm
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Meritocracia (6), 2021
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45 x 32.50 cm
Osvaldo Carvalho
Holocausto 5 (Série Mexicana), 2016
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38 x 28 cm
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Holocausto 1 (Série Mexicana), 2016
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28 x 38 cm
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Holocausto 4 (Série Mexicana), 2016
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38 x 28 cm
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Holocausto 6 (Série Mexicana), 2016
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28 x 38 cm
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Holocausto 3 (Série Mexicana), 2016
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28 x 38 cm
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Holocausto 2 (Série Terra Mexicana), 2016
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28 x 38 cm
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Osvaldo Carvalho
Blue Rhino (Série Fabulário), 2011
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130 x 178 cm
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