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Born in Belo Horizonte, Angelo de Aquino moved to Rio de Janeiro with his family in 1952, where he left for only one season in Milan (1970–1972) and another in Paris in the 1980’s. He begins his artistic training in the studio of painter and sculptor Roberto Moriconi (1932–1993).
Throughout his career, which began in 1964, he has held numerous solo exhibitions both in Brazil and abroad. In 1965, he participated in the historic exhibition Opinião 65 at Museu de Arte Moderna do Rio de Janeiro (MAM/RJ), curated by Jean Boghici and Ceres Franco. In the same year, he is one of the organizers of the event Proposta 65, at Fundação Armando Álvares Penteado (FAAP), São Paulo. In Milan, he exhibited at Centro Tool in 1971 and Centro Forme the following year. In 1973, he performed solo exhibitions at the Akumulatory 2 in Poznán, Poland, and at Centro de Arte y Comunicación (CAYC) in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Back in Brazil, he makes video works and artist films, of which he is considered one of the precursors in the country. In 1974, he organized, with Walter Zanini, the exhibition Prospectiva 74 at Museu de Arte Contemporânea da Universidade de São Paulo (MAC/USP). In the early 80’s, he began to dedicate himself to figurative painting. In 1984, after several other exhibitions, his best known creation was born, the vira-cores Rex. Hearts, still lifes and self-portraits, always marked by a continuous interrogation of color, desire and humor, are other striking themes of his pictorial production. In 1994, he held a commemorative exhibition of 10 years of the character Rex, at Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil in Rio de Janeiro, entitled Rex Faz Dez. In 2004, commemorating Rex’s 20th anniversary and 40 years of painting, he made a retrospective of his work at Fundação Casa França-Brasil in Rio de Janeiro, his last major exhibition still in life.
In the year 2007 Angelo de Aquino dies. Postmortem, his work was exhibited at Galeria Marcia Barrozo do Amaral which, to honor him, showed his self-portraits; Between December 2008 and January 2009, Caixa Cultural Rio de Janeiro hosted the exhibition Identidade do Artista – Angelo de Aquino Self Promotions Inc., in which his book project was viewed alongside some of his documentation and some others works from the same period. In 2013, Galeria Múl.ti.plo Contemporânea presented Destempo, an exhibition with works on paper made in the 70’s. He also had works presented in the collective exhibitions: Um dia terá que ter terminado 1969/74 (2010), at MAC/USP, in Sao Paulo; Europalia, Brussels (2011–2012), Videoarte Brasil 1970’s, at ICA Philadelphia (2014) and Opinião 65, 50 anos depois, an exhibition that took place simultaneously at MAM/RJ and Galeria Pinakotheke, in Rio de Janeiro (2015).
Identidade do Artista
Various artist's interventions on sheet created by the artist 79 sheets, 30 × 22 cm each
Identidade do Artista
(detail) Various artist's interventions on sheet created by the artist 79 sheets, 30 × 22 cm each
Illusion
(part 1) Artist book / Mail art Xerox on paper 21 × 15.5 cm
Illusion
(part 2) Artist book / Mail art Xerox on paper 21 × 15.5 cm
Illusion
(part 3) Artist book / Mail art Xerox on paper 21 × 15.5 cm
Illusion
(part 4) Artist book / Mail art Xerox on paper 21 × 15.5 cm
Illusion
(parte 5) Artist book / Mail art Xerox on paper 21 × 15.5 cm
Illusion
(part 6) Artist book / Mail art Xerox on paper 21 × 15.5 cm
Illusion — livro três
(part 1) Artist book / Mail art Xerox on paper 21 × 15 cm
Illusion — livro três
(part 2) Artist book / Mail art Xerox on paper 21 × 15 cm
Illusion — livro três
(part 3) Artist book / Mail art Xerox on paper 21 × 15 cm
Illusion — livro três
(part 4) Artist book / Mail art Xerox on paper 21 × 15 cm
Illusion — livro três
(part 5) Artist book / Mail art Xerox on paper 21 × 15 cm
Illusion — livro três
(part 6) Artist book / Mail art Xerox on paper 21 × 15 cm
Illusion — livro três
(part 7) Artist book / Mail art Xerox on paper 21 × 15 cm
Through the Amazonas 3
Acrylic, crayon and ink on paper 50 × 70 cm
Through the Amazonas 4
Acrylic, crayon and ink on paper 50 × 70 cm
In Wondertime (Blood Landscape)
Acrylic, crayon and ink on paper 70 × 50 cm
Appointments (to Walt Whitman)
Acrylic on paper 70 × 50 cm
Tree Two Projects
Acrylic, crayon and ink on paper 70 × 50 cm
Tree Two Projects
Acrylic, crayon and ink on paper 70 × 50 cm
Tree Two Projects
Ink on paper 70 × 50 cm
Tree Two Projects
Acrylic, crayon and ink on paper 70 × 50 cm
Tree Two Projects
Acrylic, crayon and ink on paper 70 × 50 cm
Tree Two Projects
Acrylic, crayon and ink on paper 70 × 50 cm
The Grass Wall / One
Acrylic and ink on paper 50 × 70 cm
One Thing Corresponds to Another — Always
Acrylic, crayon and ink on paper 50 × 70 cm
Miragem: Arquipélagos, da série “Documentos dos Trópicos”
Ink on paper 49.7 × 69 cm
Miragem: Constelações, da série “Documentos dos Trópicos”
Ink on paper 49.7 × 69 cm
Miragem: As Tardes Azuis do Meu País, da série “Documentos dos Trópicos”
Ink on paper 50 × 70 cm
Miragem: Planaltos e Planícies do Brasil
Ink on paper 49.7 × 69 cm
Fragmento (Nuvens – Areia – Pó), da série “Documentos dos Trópicos”
Ink on paper 49.7 × 69 cm
A Regra do Jogo: Vencer — O Pensamento Abstrato Parte 51
Acrylic, crayon and ink on paper 50 × 66 cm
O Pensamento Abstrato Parte 23
Acrylic, crayon and ink on paper 50 × 70 cm
O Pensamento Abstrato Parte 41
Acrylic and ink on paper 50 × 65 cm
O Pensamento Abstrato Parte 34
Acrylic and ink on paper 50 × 64 cm
Saudade
Acrylic and ink on paper 50 × 64 cm
Adeus – 2/6/76 (Joaquim de Aquino) — O Pensamento Abstrato Parte 31
Acrylic and ink on paper 50 × 70 cm
No Profundo do Eu — Trabalhos Íntimos 5
Acrylic and ink on paper 50 × 70 cm
A Regra do Jogo — O Pensamento Abstrato Parte 45
Acrylic and ink on paper 50 × 65 cm
Modelo Para Respirar (São Paulo) —Trabalhos Íntimos 21
Colored pencil, acrylic and ink on paper 50 × 65 cm
Eu e o Mistério de Ser — Trabalhos Íntimos 33
Acrylic and ink on paper 50 × 70 cm
Em Torno do Acaso — Trabalhos Íntimos 8
Acrylic, crayon and ink on paper 50 × 64.5 cm
Um Ano Depois — Trabalhos Íntimos 14
Acrylic, crayon and ink on paper 50 × 70 cm
Memória: Um Dia em Agosto de 1945 — Trabalhos Íntimos 47
Acrylic, crayon and ink on paper 50 × 70 cm
Das Imagens Interiores Nº6
Acrylic, colored pencil on paper and ink 50 × 65 cm
Eu, Através do Vazio — Trabalhos Íntimos 26
Acrylic, colored pencil and ink on paper 50 × 70.3 cm
Eu, Uma Ilusão — Trabalhos Íntimos 24
Acrylic, hydracolor and ink on paper 50 × 70.3 cm
Projeto para Meu Céu — Trabalhos Íntimos 15
Acrylic, colored pencil and ink on paper 50 × 70.3 cm
Eu e Um Mistério
Acrylic, crayon and ink on paper 50 × 70 cm
Memória: O Jardim das Luxúrias — Trabalhos Íntimos 65
Acrylic and colored pencil on paper 50 × 70 cm
Memória: Em Torno dos Sentidos — Trabalhos Íntimos 65
Acrylic and colored pencil on paper 50 × 70 cm
A Vida Começando — Diário do Silêncio 38
Acrylic and crayon on paper 50 × 70 cm
O Princípio do Infinito — Diário do Silêncio 33
Acrylic and crayon on paper 50 × 70 cm
Memória: Dando um Grito Feliz — Trabalhos Íntimos 60
Acrylic and colored pencil on paper 50 × 70 cm
