Gonçalo Ivo, 2018, oil on linen, 180 x 120 cm
As artists get older, we often tend to drill down into a tighter and tighter focus, exploring increasingly minute nuances within a particular motif or idiom. For Brazilian painter Gonçalo Ivo, however, this way of working has never been of interest. Undoubtedly the most prolific painter I know, Gonçalo commands a visual vocabulary that is almost infinite, a creative energy that seem inexhaustible. He has inherited and inhabited deep affinities with the most fundamental human impulses to develop a life and a body of work that is infused with extreme sensuality, and that constantly reminds us of the potential richness of existence.
Gonçalo Ivo, 2018, oil on linen, 180 x 120 cm
Gonçalo Ivo, 2018, oil on linen, 180 x 120 cm
Gonçalo Ivo, 2018, oil on linen, 180 x 120 cm
Gonçalo Ivo, 2018, oil on linen, 180 x 120 cm
Gonçalo Ivo, 2018, oil on linen, 180 x 120 cm
Gonçalo Ivo, 2018, oil on linen, 180 x 120 cm
See more of Gonçalo Ivo's work HERE, including his magnificent Lamento series from 2012.
Read a wonderful interview with Gonçalo by Julie Karabenick HERE.
And read my essay about his work from the book: Gonçalo Ivo: Oratório HERE.
Gonçalo Ivo, Lamento (installation, Rio de Janeiro), 2012
Gonçalo Ivo, Lamento, 2011, oil on linen, 240 x 120 cm
