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Alfredo de Stefano
PERFORMATIVE LAND ART PHOTOGRAPHER AND VIDEO ARTIST, 6 - 22 August 2020

Alfredo de Stefano: PERFORMATIVE LAND ART PHOTOGRAPHER AND VIDEO ARTIST

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  • 'Photography has been in my life since I was a university student but years later it became my way of...

     

                                                                                                                                                                           

    "Photography has been in my life since I was a university student but years later it became my way of life, first as a photographer of architecture and fashion and later as an artist. Photography has given me everything professionally and has taken me to the most exotic and extreme deserts of the planet and has also been exhibited internationally in many galleries and museums. At this point of my life it´s very difficult for me to imagine what I would have done instead of being an artist of photography." 

     

    Alfredo de Stefano • August 2019

     

     

    Circulo Mongol-Gobi
    Archival Pigment Print on HP Glossy Photographic Paper
    101.1 x 153 x 7 cm
    39 3/4 x 60 1/4 x 2 3/4 in
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    • Alfredo de Stefano, Ceniza, ca. 2010
      Alfredo de Stefano, Ceniza, ca. 2010
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    • Alfredo de Stefano, Circulo de Piedras, Desierto de Atacama, 2014
      Alfredo de Stefano, Circulo de Piedras, Desierto de Atacama, 2014
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    • Alfredo de Stefano, Circulo Rojo
      Alfredo de Stefano, Circulo Rojo
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    • Alfredo de Stefano, La Banca - Iceland
      Alfredo de Stefano, La Banca - Iceland
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    • Alfredo de Stefano, Dunas, Sahara
      Alfredo de Stefano, Dunas, Sahara
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    • Alfredo de Stefano, Oasis, Desierto de Namibia, 2011
      Alfredo de Stefano, Oasis, Desierto de Namibia, 2011
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    "Planning trips to these distant places requires complex planning and logistics that normally take me several months to achieve. For me the most important thing is to find the right landscape that I can intervene and a reliable guide who knows the desert very well. In my last project (Storm of Light), everything was more difficult because a documentary was also being filmed." 

     

    Alfredo de Stefano • August 2019

     
    • Alfredo de Stefano, Cuchillos para que deje de Llover, 2003
      Alfredo de Stefano, Cuchillos para que deje de Llover, 2003
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    • Alfredo de Stéfano, Escaleras al Cielo, 1999
      Alfredo de Stéfano, Escaleras al Cielo, 1999
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    • Alfredo de Stéfano, Espejismos, 2002
      Alfredo de Stéfano, Espejismos, 2002
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    • Alfredo de Stefano, Nubes de Algodón, 2004
      Alfredo de Stefano, Nubes de Algodón, 2004
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    • Alfredo de Stéfano, Rocas Azules em el Lago del Atacama, 2008
      Alfredo de Stéfano, Rocas Azules em el Lago del Atacama, 2008
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    • Alfredo de Stefano, Círculo Polar en el Desierto, 1999
      Alfredo de Stefano, Círculo Polar en el Desierto, 1999
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    • Gitanas-Thar Archival Pigment Print on HP Glossy Photographic Paper 101.1 x 153 x 7 cm 39 3/4 x 60 1/4 x 2 3/4 in Edition of 5
      Gitanas-Thar
      Archival Pigment Print on HP Glossy Photographic Paper
      101.1 x 153 x 7 cm
      39 3/4 x 60 1/4 x 2 3/4 in
      Edition of 5
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  • Em seu trabalho mais recente, Tempestade de Luz do artista Alfredo de Stefano recorre ao seu imaginário fotográfico constante que...

    Em seu trabalho mais recente, Tempestade de Luz do artista Alfredo de Stefano recorre ao seu imaginário fotográfico constante que tem como pano de fundo o deserto  mexicano. Trata-se de uma redefinição dos conceitos mais tradicionais da fotografia de paisagem  que se aproximam mais de uma leitura ontológica, perfeitamente acomodada na arte mais contemporânea, através da abordagem que discute as força elementares da natureza e seus significados com as relações humanas.

     

    Nascido em Monclova, Coahuila, uma cidade no deserto da região Nordeste do México, Alfredo de Stefano  argumenta que todos os desertos são seu próprio deserto que se abrem diante dele com certa austeridade. De fato, suas fotografias tem esta característica por  trazerem uma composição que não inclui elementos supérfluos e cuja potência se ampara na luz intensa e em certo magnetismo cuja função é reforçar o caráter metafísico proposto por ele em suas dicotomias gráficas. Daí podemos pensar o próprio nome desta exposição.

     

    Sua proposta também é escorada pela constante determinação em compreender seu meio ambiente nativo, o qual parece estar sempre desafiando-o através destas mesmas dicotomias como vida e morte, luz e escuridão,  silêncio e o som da presença humana, que ora parece ser mais intrusa, ora se habilita a ser a condutora do próprio percurso do artista. Para ele, o deserto em si é um milagre, o qual o artista ainda está em sua fronteira, ou melhor ainda, longe de tocá-lo.

     

    Juan Esteves

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