Carving of a marriage

ジョアォン・コスモ・フェリックスは1920年、セアラー州内陸部のジュアゼイロドノルテ市に生まれた。木彫を始める前はサトウキビ工場で働き、鍛冶屋をした。彫刻に転じ、日常生活をはじめ民衆の祭りや伝説をきわめて私的な解釈で表現する独自のスタイルを確立した。最初は縄の尻尾のついたサルなどの玩具を制作。その後、北東部の匪賊カンガセイロの物語にちなむ人物を表現した大型の人形を作った。現在は様々なテーマに取り組み、力強い幹に鳥、魚、馬、山羊などの動物や、公現祭の登場人物や場面などを彫る。コントラストの強い色の油絵の具で細部や全体を彩る。 João Cosmo Félix was born in 1920, in Juazeiro do Norte, in the countryside of the State of Ceará. After carving figures in wood, he worked in sugar cane mills, and was a blacksmith. Returning to the sculpture work, he developed an original style, which impact is in the very personal interpretation of the daily life and of the imagination connected to the popular feasts and myths. He starts producing toys, especially monkeys with rope-made tail. Later, he passes to the construction of large “dummies” representing human figures connected to the cangaço (“social banditry” in the Northeast of Brazil) history. Currently, he approaches diversified themes, and in his sculptures, made in vigorous trunks, the recurring forms of animals (birds, fish, horses, goats, etc.) stand out, as well as characters and scenes of reisado (a popular folkloric dance). He paints details or the entire piece using contrasting colors in oil paint. João Cosmo Félix nasceu em 1920, em Juazeiro do Norte, no interior do Estado do Ceará. Antes de talhar figuras em madeira, trabalhou nos engenhos de cana-de-açúcar e foi ferreiro. Voltando-se para o trabalho de escultura, desenvolveu estilo original, cujo impacto reside na interpretação personalíssima do cotidiano e do imaginário ligado às festas e mitos populares. Inicia produzindo brinquedos, sobretudo macacos com rabo de corda. Mais tarde, passa para a construção de grandes "bonecos" representando figuras humanas ligadas à história do cangaço. Atualmente, aborda temas diversificados e em suas esculturas, feitas em troncos vigorosos, destacam-se como formas recorrentes os animais (pássaros, peixes, cavalos, cabras etc.) assim como personagens e cenas do reisado. Pinta detalhes ou a peça inteira utilizando cores contrastantes em tinta a óleo.