Gustavo Nazareno - Pacífico (Pacific) - Oil on Canvas - 90x111 cm
Gustavo Nazareno
Born in Três Pontas, Brazil, 1994
Lives and works in Sao Paolo, Brazil
Artist Gustavo Nazareno explores the critical history of Afro-Brazilian religion, explores human encounters with divine beings, or deities, of the Umbanda spiritual belief system called Orixá. His artistic practice is guided by oil painting and charcoal drawing, with references ranging from Renaissance and Baroque iconography to the history of fashion and its contemporary developments. His work is based on a detailed study of human anatomy and nature, in addition to carrying a personal spirituality influenced by the Afro-Brazilian Yoruba pantheon, which manifests itself with all its mythical force in the pictorial field.
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