Brazilian painter Sidival Fila works with found materials such as paper, wood, plaster and old cloth, drawing inspiration from Action Painting, Spatialism and Informal Art. He moved to Italy 25 years ago to study art theory and improve his knowledge of painting and sculpture. Although a Franciscan monk, he manages to marry his religious vocation and his art, conducting in parallel a career as an international artist, whilst in charge of the San Bonaventura al Palatino Franciscan monastery in Rome. Resonating with the project that he presented at this year’s Venice Biennale, his solo show “Amazonia” focuses on the destruction of the Amazon rainforest. It brings together ten or so monochrome canvases in the folds of which he has sewn vine shoots and dead branches. Steeped in ash or pigments, the threads that encircle these foreign bodies can be considered as representing either a shroud or a bandage.
Courtesy Sidival Fila and Galerie Jérôme Poggi.
Courtesy Sidival Fila and Galerie Jérôme Poggi.
diptych, dry pigments on canvas and vine shoot painted, stitched on frame, 67,71 x 35,43 each x 6,69 inches.
Courtesy Sidival Fila and Galerie Jérôme Poggi.
