São Paulo – Brazilian fine artist Menelaw Sete is exhibiting in Morocco for the first time. With backing from the Embassy of Brazil in Rabat, artworks by the Salvador, Bahia-born painter and sculptor will be featured at Le Casablanca Hotêl, in Casablanca, from Wednesday (28) until April 11. Admission is free.
Exhibition Transculturalité et Brassage (Transculturality and Creation) is organized by the Brazilian-born, Moroccan-based Ana Claudia Bourquin. “Menelaw has come at my invitation,” the producer said. “This is his first time in Morocco.”
Ana Claudia found out about the work of Menelaw Sete a few years ago and was impressed with his strong lines and colors. “He is a multiple artist when it comes to conception. At once you find traces of [Moroccan painter] Chaïbia Talal, [of French artist Henri] Matisse, [of also-French Paul] Gauguin and [of Spain’s Pablo] Picasso,” Bourquin explains.
According to her, being a contemporary artist whose work conveys an Afro-Brazilian identity, Menelaw fits into the exhibition’s theme of transculturality. The 24-piece showing pays tribute to Chaïbia Talal, a Moroccan painting icon according to Bourquin.
Menelaw Sete’s career spans almost 30 years, and his art has been featured in France, the Netherlands, Germany, Belgium, Spain, Portugal, Denmark, England and the United States, in over fifty international exhibits. He is also known as the “Brazilian Picasso,” according to his Facebook profile.
The Embassy of Brazil in Rabat provided full cultural and institutional support to the exhibit. The Embassy’s Facebook profile features a video of the fine artist – who’s also a singer – playing his acoustic guitar and singing the song Asa Branca with some of his paintings in the background.
Cette semaine : Menelaw Sete à Casablanca !
Du 28/3 au 11/4 – ARTS PLASTIQUES: exposition de Menelaw Sete au Le Casablanca Hôtel (19, Boulevard Moulay Rachid – Casablanca).
« Transculturalité et brassages »
« Le Casablanca Hotel » accueillera du 28 mars au 11 avril 2018 une exposition artistique, organisée par Mme Ana Claudia Bourquin.
Son décor majestueux et féerique, ses salons magiques abriteront pour la première fois les œuvres picturales du peintre brésilien Menelaw Sete.Pendant deux semaines, cet artiste cosmopolite exposera des toiles originales et uniques qui nous viennent d’un Brésil où se croisent les influences et les couleurs de l’Amérique du sud, d’Afrique et d’Europe et où s’interpénètrent les courants culturels de l’Humanité.
L’exposition de Menelaw Sete se veut d’emblée un carrefour des cultures, telles qu’elles sont exprimées dans son travail. La technique, les couleurs, les motifs et cette profondeur dans l’inspiration africaine qui confère à sa peinture une dimension cosmique. Natif et citoyen de Bahia, il a grandi dans une ville de soleil, face à la mer, mais habité par un subtil mélange de Picasso, de Matisse, un Goya hanté par la souffrance et des grands maîtres de la peinture naïve qu’il synthétise dans un tour de main agile.
CONTACT PRESSE :
Ana Claudia Bourquin
+212678118807
7menelaw@gmail.comVenez nombreux !
Menelaw Sete Pinturas
Publicado por Ambassade du Brésil à Rabat, Maroc – Embaixada do Brasil em Rabat, Marrocos em Segunda, 26 de março de 2018
Bourquin was born in Niterói, Rio de Janeiro. She lives in Morocco, where she carries out “cultural actions for the development of tourism, art and culture between Switzerland, Brazil and Morocco.”
Quick facts
Transculturalité et Brassage Exhibit
March 28 to April 11
Le Casablanca Hotêl – Boulevard Moulay Rachid, Casablanca, Morocco
Free admission
