Artur Barrio is an artist who lives and works in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
21 Facts About Artur Barrio
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Artur Barrio wants to encourage contact with all of reality including the discards of life such as garbage.
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Artur Barrio wants us to recognize that this reality is just as real if we can see past the symbolic meanings we attach to these objects.
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Artur Barrio's teachers included Onofre Penteado, Abelardo Zaluar, Mario Barata and Italo Campofiorito.
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Artur Barrio returned to Portugal during the Portuguese revolution in 1974.
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Artur Barrio had an solo exhibition in artist initiative Schottenburch, Amsterdam in 1981.
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Artur Barrio is an extreme example of the development of art that took place during his early career.
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Artur Barrio expressed his understanding of these artistic forces in his work.
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Artur Barrio makes strong anti-art establishment statements showing a kinship with the Dada artists.
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Artur Barrio uses both ephemeral and precarious materials that provoke an extreme sensorial reaction.
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Artur Barrio's use of inexpensive materials was a rejection of the aesthetic elite and the art world they controlled, including the definitions of art categories, salons, awards, juried shows, and critics.
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Artur Barrio rejects the standard materials of an artist in favor of perishables.
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Artur Barrio often rejected typical spaces, preferring to stage his Situations in public places.
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Almost all of the works of Artur Barrio are a form of Installation art.
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Artur Barrio is an interactive artist; he creates the situation where people interact with and react to artifacts that Barrio has put in place.
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Artur Barrio has always pushed the boundaries of what materials can be used in the production of art.
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Artur Barrio has used a variety of perishable materials like blood, nails, saliva, hair, urine, excrement, bones, toilet paper, tampons, used cotton, film negatives and other items.
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Artur Barrio has no interest in the preservation of his pieces since the art he is interested in is the experience of creating the art and the experience of interacting with art.
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Artur Barrio has become more accepting of the greater art community.
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Artur Barrio's work is exhibited with increasing frequency.
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However, his attitude is not the main reason that Artur Barrio is working within the larger established art community.