Arthur Omar
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Arthur Omar is a Brazilian contemporary artist. Omar is a video artist, photographer, filmmaker, and installation artist.
Omar works with cinema, video, photographic installations, music, poetry, and drawing. He also writes essays and theoretical reflections on the process of creation and the nature of images.
Themes such as aesthetic ecstasy, sensory and social violence, and the creation of visual metaphors characterize his work.
In 1999, Omar was the subject of a complete retrospective
of films and videos at the Museum of Modern Art
in New York City
. In 2001, additional retrospectives took place in Rio de Janeiro
and São Paulo
at the Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil.
In the 1997 edition of the São Paulo Bienal, Omar presented Anthropology of the Glorious Face, a panel consisting of 99 large-format black-and-white photographs. Some of these images are the origin of the current color series The Mechanical Skin.
In 2001, Omar received awards given by the Associação Paulista de Críticos de Arte for two exhibitions: The Splendor of Opposites, a series of landscape photographs of the Amazon
.
In 2005, he was exposed at Rencontres d'Arles festival, France.
He published the photo albums Antropologia da face gloriosa (Anthropology of the glorious face), Zen and the Glorious Art of Photography, and The Splendor of Opposites.
Omar works with cinema, video, photographic installations, music, poetry, and drawing. He also writes essays and theoretical reflections on the process of creation and the nature of images.
Themes such as aesthetic ecstasy, sensory and social violence, and the creation of visual metaphors characterize his work.
In 1999, Omar was the subject of a complete retrospective
Retrospective
Retrospective generally means to take a look back at events that already have taken place. For example, the term is used in medicine, describing a look back at a patient's medical history or lifestyle.-Music:...
of films and videos at the Museum of Modern Art
Museum of Modern Art
The Museum of Modern Art is an art museum in Midtown Manhattan in New York City, on 53rd Street, between Fifth and Sixth Avenues. It has been important in developing and collecting modernist art, and is often identified as the most influential museum of modern art in the world...
in New York City
New York City
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. In 2001, additional retrospectives took place in Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro , commonly referred to simply as Rio, is the capital city of the State of Rio de Janeiro, the second largest city of Brazil, and the third largest metropolitan area and agglomeration in South America, boasting approximately 6.3 million people within the city proper, making it the 6th...
and São Paulo
São Paulo
São Paulo is the largest city in Brazil, the largest city in the southern hemisphere and South America, and the world's seventh largest city by population. The metropolis is anchor to the São Paulo metropolitan area, ranked as the second-most populous metropolitan area in the Americas and among...
at the Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil.
In the 1997 edition of the São Paulo Bienal, Omar presented Anthropology of the Glorious Face, a panel consisting of 99 large-format black-and-white photographs. Some of these images are the origin of the current color series The Mechanical Skin.
In 2001, Omar received awards given by the Associação Paulista de Críticos de Arte for two exhibitions: The Splendor of Opposites, a series of landscape photographs of the Amazon
Amazon River
The Amazon of South America is the second longest river in the world and by far the largest by waterflow with an average discharge greater than the next seven largest rivers combined...
.
In 2005, he was exposed at Rencontres d'Arles festival, France.
He published the photo albums Antropologia da face gloriosa (Anthropology of the glorious face), Zen and the Glorious Art of Photography, and The Splendor of Opposites.
External links
- Arthur Omar's website
- http://www.arthuromar.com.br/ Exposição Zooprismas, de Arthur Omar