Afrobeat Journal Issue 2 : Spring 2011
by Sérgio Soares
“Pau Ferro” é um trabalho desenvolvido por Sérgio Soares que realiza explorações estéticas com o candomblé e que busca romper com as imagens/objetos já cristalizados pelo consumo turístico e pela espetacularização comercial da religião. Explora e extrapola os rituais vivenciados no terreiro, inventando um outro “lugar” da religiosidade candomblé.
“Pau Ferro” is a work developed by Sérgio Soares, who uses Candomblé as an aesthetic medium. His work goes beyond the ritual and communal context through his invention of alternate forms and “place” of the religiosity of Candomblé.
O ferro e a madeira, “encontrados” são os principais elementos dessas esculturas e eles se ligam à trajetória pessoal de Sérgio Soares que tem Ogum e Oxossi como suas divindades guia. Ogum é apresentado pelos objetos de ferro e Oxossi pelos objetos de madeira. A união desses dois elementos, madeira e ferro, lhe permite apresentar todas as outras divindades.
Iron and wood are the main sculptural elements in the work of Sérgio Soares, who has the deities Ogun and Oxossi as his guides. Ogun is represented in the objects made of Iron and Oxossi in the objects made of wood. The union of the two elements, wood and iron, also allows for the representation of all the other deities.
Works:
“Há os que trancam a rua Exu”
Who is Sergio Soares?
Sérgio Soares is a sculptor and visual artist from Salvador da Bahia,Brazil. Sérgio is inspired by his personal relationships with the orishas, particularly his tutelary diety, Ochoosi. His work has been exhibited in major galleries in Brazil. His work is also on exhibit as part of the permanent collection in the Museu Afro-Brasil, in São Paulo.
