Cristina Canale (Rio de Janeiro RJ 1961)
Painter.
In 1983, she graduated in drawing and painting from the Escola de Artes Visuais do Parque Lage - EAV/Parque Lage [Parque Lage School of Visual Arts] in Rio de Janeiro. Her first participation in exhibitions was in 1984, in the group show Como Vai Você, Geração 80? [How Are You, 1980s Generation?]. In 1991, she received the State Governor's Prize at the 21st Bienal Internacional de São Paulo [São Paulo International Biennial]. In 1993, she won the arts grant of the State of Brandenburg, Germany, to work at Wiepersdorf Castle, and a grant from the Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst - DAAD [German Academic Exchange Service] to study at the Düsseldorf Academy of Arts until 1995. Her work from the period of the grants in Germany was shown in a solo exhibition held in 1995 at Galeria Anna Maria Niemeyer, Rio de Janeiro. She has lived in Germany since 1993 but keeps a studio in Rio de Janeiro.
Critical Commentary
Cristina Canale is a representative of the new Brazilian painting gathered in the exhibition Como Vai Você, Geração 80? and has since explored and deepened issues present in that period. The artist chooses to keep painting in her production, the use of bright colors, the representation of landscapes and traditional themes of painting, organic forms, the movement between abstraction and figuration.
In the early 1990s, her paintings were large in scale, with thick layers of paint representing oceans, valleys, volcanoes and archipelagos. Later, her images reveal fragments and details of nature, bordering on abstraction. The period in which she studied in Germany was decisive for the transformations in her work. It was then that she painted on paper, producing small-format works, and began to explore drawing, with autonomous lines that add spatiality to the composition through planes and depths. The colors she uses acquire fluidity and softness.
In 1999, there was a return to the figure, especially in the representation of interiors. These works feature more concise and concentrated forms. Between 2000 and 2001, her figurative representations refer to play and childhood.
Critiques
"Cristina Canale stands out, above all, for her concern with the visual and chromatic possibilities of the pictorial paste allowed by oil paint. Unlike other painting with a similar focus of interest, her material-based work takes as its starting point images recorded by the artist's gaze without any privilege - images of art itself -; gathered from the landscape of Rio or any other - which serve as a prior reference for the spatial organization of the picture and its occupation by thick layers of paint. Despite the representation of landscapes, determined by her working method, the ordering of the canvas through color and matter prevails as the fundamental issue, which can be observed throughout the artist's work in an increasingly evident way. Characteristic of much of Expressionism and Informal Abstraction, the material brushstroke reveals the fundamental importance of the expression of gesture in the constitution of these poetics. In frank opposition to the geometrizing rationality inherent in the constructivist tradition, the interest in matter presupposes a notion of order whose determinations occur in the succession of the artist's decisions in the very making of the work, relativizing all the predictions that precede it. This readiness to assimilate what has happened, as a working norm, combines in Cristina's painting with the importance of real visions, transformed by her imagination into densities of color, contributing to the constitution of a poetics whose central axis is the tense synthesis between representation and materiality".
Fernando Cocchiarale
CRISTINA Canale, Cláudio Fonseca, Beatriz Milhazes, Luiz Pizarro, Luiz Zerbini. Apresentação de Lúcio Autran. Texto de Fernando Cocchiarale. São Paulo: MAC/USP, 1989.
Collection
Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo/Brasil Collection
Gilberto Chateaubriand Collection - MAM/RJ
João Sattamini Collection/MAC - Niterói
Museu de Arte Contemporânea da Universidade de São Paulo Collection - MAC/USP (SP)
Instituto Cultural Banco Real - Marcantonio Vilaça Collection (Recife PE)
Sammlung der Stadt Sparkasse Frankfurt Oder - Frankfurt/Germany
Solo Exhibitions
1985 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - Solo, at Galeria Contemporânea
1987 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - Solo, at Galeria de Arte do Centro Empresarial Rio
1989 - Recife PE - Solo, at Pasárgada Arte Contemporânea
1990 - São Paulo SP - Solo, at Galeria São Paulo
1992 - São Paulo SP - Solo, at Galeria São Paulo
1995 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - Solo, at Galeria Anna Maria Niemeyer
1995 - São Paulo SP - Solo, at Galeria de Arte São Paulo
1995 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - Solo, at Paço Imperial
1998 - Koblenz (Germany) - Solo, at Kunst im Stiff
1998 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - Solo, at Galeria Anna Maria Niemeyer
1999 - Bretten (Germany) - Solo, at Kunstverein
1999 - São Paulo SP - Solo, at Galeria de Arte São Paulo
1999 - Belo Horizonte MG - Solo, at Palácio das Artes
2000 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - Amor Proibido [Forbidden Love], at Paço Imperial
2000 - Fürstenberg (Germany) - Solo, at Städtisches Museum Eisenhüttenstadt
2001 - Goiânia GO - Solo, at Galeria Marian Potrich
2001 - Belim (Germany) - Solo, at Kunstverein Genthiner Elf
2002 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - Áreas de Lazer [Leisure Areas], at Galeria Anna Maria Niemeyer
2003 - Belo Horizonte MG - Paraísos [Paradises], at AM Galeria de Arte
2003 - São Paulo SP - Rastros [Traces], at Paço das Artes
2004 - Marburg (Germany) - Solo, at Galerie Schmalfuss
2004 - Schriesheim (Germany) - Solo, at Museum Theo Kerg
2005 - São Paulo SP - Arredores [Surroundings], at Galeria Nara Roesler
2006 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - Banhistas [Bathers], at Galeria Silvia Cintra
2007 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - Poder e Afetividade [Power and Affection], at Silvia Cintra Galeria de Arte
2007 - Porto Alegre RS - Caiçaras, at Bolsa de Arte de Porto Alegre
Group Exhibitions
1984 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - Como Vai Você, Geração 80? [How Are You, Geração 80?], at Escola de Artes Visuais do Parque Lage - EAV/Parque Lage
1984 - São Paulo SP - Group show, at Galeria Paulo Prado
1985 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - 8º Salão Nacional de Artes Plásticas [8th National Visual Arts Salon], at Museu de Arte Moderna do Rio de Janeiro - MAM/RJ
1985 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - 9º Salão Carioca de Arte [9th Carioca Art Salon], at Metrô da Carioca
1985 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - Velha Mania: Desenho Brasileiro [Old Habit: Brazilian Drawing], at EAV/Parque Lage
1986 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - 10º Salão Carioca de Arte [10th Carioca Art Salon], at Estação Carioca do Metrô da Carioca - drawing prize
1987 - Belo Horizonte MG - 19º Salão Nacional de Arte Contemporânea de Belo Horizonte [19th Belo Horizonte National Contemporary Art Salon], at Museu de Arte da Pampulha - MAP
1987 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - Novos Novos - Galeria de Arte do Centro Empresarial [New New Ones - Galeria de Arte do Centro Empresarial]
1989 - Brasília DF - Novos Valores da Arte Latino-Americana - 2º Festival Latino-Americano de Arte e Cultura [New Values of Latin American Art - 2nd Latin American Festival of Art and Culture], at Museu de Arte de Brasília
1989 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - Group show Canale, Fonseca, Milhazes, Pizarro, Zerbini, at Funarte/RJ
1989 - São Paulo SP - Acervo [Collection], at Galeria São Paulo, no Escritório de Arte São Paulo
1989 - São Paulo SP - Group show Canale, Fonseca, Milhazes, Pizarro, Zerbini, at Museu de Arte Contemporânea - MAC/USP
1989 - Curitiba PR - Group show Canale, Fonseca, Milhazes, Pizarro, Zerbini, at Museu Municipal de Arte de Curitiba
1991 - Cuenca (Ecuador) - 3º Bienal Internacional de Cuenca [3rd Cuenca International Biennial]
1991 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - Group show, at Itaugaleria
1991 - Stockholm (Sweden) - Viva Brasil viva [Long Live Brazil], at Liljevalchs Konsthall
1991 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - BR/80 Pintura Brasil Década 80 [BR/80 Brazilian Painting of the 1980s], at Fundação Casa França-Brasil
1991 - São Paulo SP - 21ª Bienal Internacional de São Paulo [21st São Paulo International Biennial], at Fundação Bienal - Prêmio Governador do Estado
1992 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - Brazilian Contemporary Art, at EAV/ Parque Lage
1992 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - EcoArt, at MAM/RJ
1992 - São Paulo SP - Branco Dominante [Dominant White], at Escritório de Arte São Paulo
1993 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - Brasil: Imagem dos anos 80 e 90 [Brazil: Image of the 1980s and 1990s], at MAM/RJ
1993 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - O Papel do Rio [Rio on Paper], at Paço Imperial
1994 - Washington D.C. (United States) - Brasil: imagens dos anos 80 e 90 [Brazil: Images of the 1980s and 1990s], at Art Museum of the Americas
1994 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - Brasil: imagens dos anos 80 e 90 [Brazil: Images of the 1980s and 1990s], at MAM/RJ
1994 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - The Exchange Show: doze pintores de San Francisco e do Rio de Janeiro [The Exchange Show: Twelve Painters from San Francisco and Rio de Janeiro], at MAM/RJ
1994 - San Francisco (United States) - The Exchange Show: 12 Painters from San Francisco and Rio de Janeiro, at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
1994 - São Paulo SP - Brasil: imagens dos anos 80 e 90 [Brazil: Images of the 1980s and 1990s], at Casa das Rosas
1994 - São Paulo SP - Paisagens [Landscapes], at Galeria São Paulo
1995 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - Anos 80: O Palco da Diversidade [The 1980s: The Stage of Diversity], at MAM/RJ
1995 - São Paulo SP - Anos 80: o palco da diversidade [The 1980s: The Stage of Diversity], at Galeria de Arte do Sesi
1996 - Berlin (Germany) - Organicus, at ICBRA
1996 - Dresden (Germany) - Organicus, at Galerie Drei
1996 - Potsdam (Germany) - Contrapartida [Counterpart], at Kunstspeicher
1996 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - Guignard: a escolha do artista [Guignard: The Artist's Choice], at Paço Imperial
1996 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - Dialog - Experiências Alemãs [Dialog - German Experiences], at MAM/RJ
1997 - Berlin (Germany) - Peinture - Trau Deinen Augen, at Fundação Starke
1997 - Greifswald (Germany) - 8º Artistas Brasileiros [8th Brazilian Artists], at Universidade de Greifswald
1997 - João Pessoa PB - Organicus, at Centro de Artes Visuais Tambiá
1997 - Ribeirão Preto SP - Organicus, at Museu de Arte de Ribeirão Preto Manuel-Gismondi
1997 - São Paulo SP - Organicus, at Valu Oria Galeria de Arte
1998 - Berlin (Germany) - Arte Brasileira Contemporânea [Contemporary Brazilian Art], at Künstlerhaus Berlim
1998 - Berlin (Germany) - Brasilianische Blick - Sammlung Gilberto Chateaubriand, at Haus der Kulturen der Welt
1998 - Aachen (Germany) - Brasilianische Blick - Sammlung Gilberto Chateaubriand, at Luwig Forum für Internationale Kunst
1998 - Heidenheim (Germany) - Brasilianische Blick - Sammlung Gilberto Chateaubriand, at Kunstmuseum
1998 - São Paulo SP - Acervo Galeria de Arte São Paulo [Galeria de Arte São Paulo Collection], at Escritório de Arte São Paulo
1998 - São Paulo SP - Moto Migratório: quatro artistas brasileiros na Alemanha [Migratory Motion: Four Brazilian Artists in Germany], at MAC/USP
1998 - Goiânia GO - Os Anos 80 [The 1980s], at Galeria de Arte Marina Potrich
1999 - Goiânia GO - 2ª Grande Coletiva da Arte Brasileira [2nd Great Group Show of Brazilian Art], at Galeria de Arte Marina Potrich
1999 - Ludwigshafen (Germany) - Moto Migratório [Migratory Motion], at Rudolf Scharf-Galerie
2001 - Berlin (Germany) - Bilderwetter, at kulturring-Berlim
2001 - São Paulo SP - Cristina Canale, Omar Pinheiro, Sérgio Sister, at Galeria Hebraica
2001 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - Espelho Cego: seleções de uma coleção contemporânea [Blind Mirror: Selections from a Contemporary Collection], at Paço Imperial
2001 - São Paulo SP - Espelho Cego: seleções de uma coleção contemporânea [Blind Mirror: Selections from a Contemporary Collection], at MAM/SP
2002 - São Paulo SP - Coleção Metrópolis [Metrópolis Collection], at Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo
2002 - Paris (France) - Em Matéria de Natureza [In the Matter of Nature], at Maison de l'Amerique Latine
2002 - Berlin (Germany) - Naturblicke: pintura, instalação e objetos [Naturblicke: Painting, Installation and Objects], at Instituto Cultural Brasileiro na Alemanha
2002 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - Caminhos do Contemporâneo 1952-2002 [Paths of the Contemporary 1952-2002], at Paço Imperial
2002 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - Em Matéria de Natureza [In the Matter of Nature], at Solar Grandjean de Montigny
2002 - São Paulo SP - 28 (+) Pintura [28 (+) Painting], at Galeria Virgílio
2003 - Berlin (Germany) - Arte Contemporânea Brasileira na Alemanha: 10 artistas entre 2 países [Brazilian Contemporary Art in Germany: 10 Artists Between 2 Countries], at Embaixada do Brasil na Alemanha
2003 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - Arte em Diálogo [Art in Dialogue], at MAM/RJ
2003 - São Paulo SP - Marcantonio Vilaça - Passaporte Contemporâneo [Marcantonio Vilaça - Contemporary Passport], at MAC/USP
2003 - São Paulo SP - Manoel Veiga and Cristina Canale, at Paço das Artes
2003 - Santiago do Chile (Chile) - Grenzsignale, at Universidade ARCIS-DAAD
2004 - Madrid (Spain) - Arco/2004 [ARCO/2004], at Parque Ferial Juan Carlos I
2004 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - Onde Está Você, Geração 80? [Where Are You, 80s Generation?], at Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil - CCBB
2005 - Koblenz (Germany) - Discover Brazil, at Museu Ludwig
2005 - São Paulo SP - Arte em Metrópolis [Art in Metrópolis], at Instituto Tomie Ohtake
2005 - Curitiba PR - Arte em Metrópolis [Art in Metrópolis], at Museu Oscar Niemeyer
2005 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - Piscinas [Swimming Pools], at Silvia Cintra Galeria de Arte
2006 - Berlin (Germany) - The Image of Sound: football, at Haus der Kulture der Welt-St. Elisabeth Kirche
2006 - São Paulo SP - Um Século de Arte Brasileira - Coleção Gilberto Chateaubriand [A Century of Brazilian Art - Gilberto Chateaubriand Collection], at Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo
2006 - São Paulo SP - Brazilian Art Show, at Pavilhão Ciccilo Matarazzo Sobrinho
2007 - Salvador BA - Um Século de Arte Brasileira - Coleção Gilberto Chateaubriand [A Century of Brazilian Art - Gilberto Chateaubriand Collection], at MAM/BA
2007 - Curitiba PR - Um Século de Arte Brasileira - Coleção Gilberto Chateaubriand [A Century of Brazilian Art - Gilberto Chateaubriand Collection], at Museu Oscar Niemayer
2007 - Ribeirão Preto SP - E: Conjunção - Conexão [And: Conjunction - Connection], at galeria de arte Marcelo Guarnieri
Source: Itaú Cultural
