AN ART THAT TRANSFORMS
The project TRILHAR A ARTE QUE TRANSFORMA
(Treading – an art that transforms) takes the public
to tread the paths whereby art transforms Earth’s
various elements into works of extreme beauty (fine
art) and to get in contact with processes that convey
sustainability (Creative Economy).
It is no coincidence that the Trilhar project chose
art as a paradigm, since in all its different forms of
expression art helps us elaborate our thoughts and
build and resignify things, objects and feelings. It
exercises our imagination and calls attention to the
importance of our history and our memories to the
way we live in society.
About CTG Brasil
CTG Brasil strives to develop the world with clean energy on a large scale. The country’s second largest private energy generation company, it counts on its dedicated local talent and is committed to give a contibution to Brazil’s energy matrix, guided by social responsiblity and respect for the environment. The company has invested in 17 hydropower plants and 11 wind parks, with a total installed capacity of 8.3 GW. Created in 2013, it is part of China Three Gorges Corporation, one of the world’s leaders in clean energy generation.
THE MINISTRY OF TOURISM, THE SPECIAL DEPARTMENT OF CULTURE AND CTG BRASIL PRESENT:
TREADING
AN ART THAT TRANSFORMS
DANILO BLANCO
MUSEUM AND CONVENTION HALL
PROFESSORA NARA LÚCIA NONATO
ILHA SOLTEIRA - SP
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
AUGUST 20 - SEPTEMBER 24, 2022
MON - FRI 8 A.M. - 5 P.M.
SAT 2 P.M. - 10 P.M.
SUN 4 P.M. - 8 P.M.
Rubens Fernandes Junior
ARTISTIC CREATION
AND SOCIAL INTERVENTION
Harmony, scale, symmetries and asymmetries, geometric patterns, articulated and disarticulated compositions, strange and full of movement. All this and much more can be found in the marquetry work of Danilo Blanco, artist, surface designer and social educator. A career developed over the decades and recognized nationally and internationally. With the serenity of a sage, he moves between the art world – museums, galleries and cultural institutions – and the world of education, through consistent and unquestionable social actions.
Danilo Blanco develops his art through
different means of expression – drawings,
creation of objects, small sculptures, photos,
among others – but it was in marquetry
that he found a more powerful language to
express his visual experiments. Marquetry, a
millenary art, is a technique that demands
discipline and a very specific lexicon, i.e., a
wide knowledge of woods and proper tools.
When we see his work, endowed with a
refined technical and esthetic balance, it’s
almost impossible not to relate it to other visual
arts. His oeuvre, even when considering
its similarities to indigenous art, the graphics
of Bauhaus, the structures of Mondrian
and even concrete art, has its own syntax.
As he himself states: “It bothers me when
someone situates me near consecrated
works and my interest lies in the boundaries
of other influences”. It’s precisely in these
boundaries that his uniqueness lies.
His interest focus on the abstract geometric,
hence his innate sense of organization at the
moment of creation, which has its starting
point in his intuition, developed along his
experiences, researching different materials
and forms of expression. As a good observer
of nature, Danilo reminds us that “one has
to have the courage to dive, because the
pearl is never on the surface but deep in the
ocean”.
His artistic activities, however, only make
sense when associated with his role as a
social educator. After his work experiences
in various art studios, he did voluntary work
in São Paulo’s East Zone, an experience he
repeated in other communities and public
schools and which he carries out today in
cultural institutions like Sesc and the Stickel
Foundation.
He prides himself in having mentored thousands
of youngsters through programs
that aim not only to stimulate artistic ability
but, mainly, to value manual work and
discipline, as well as develop and maintain
social and cultural values. To Danilo, his
social education work is in line with “the
principles and concepts of his artistic trajectory,
grounded in three pillars: collaborative
art processes, marquetry workshops in a
contemporary language and exchange of
knowledge”.
The results are acknowledged and democratized.
He created two fantastic murals
in São Paulo, one in 2019 at the Cachoeirinha
Terminal and the other in 2018 at
the Palmeiras Barra Funda metro station.
The latter is composed of six hundred 15 x
15 cm ( 6 x 6 in) pieces of the same format,
whose matrix is the marquetry work made
by each student, digitized and printed on
tiles. In these stations, where thousands of
people pass through every day, the murals
devised by Danilo Branco using signed tiles
grant visibility to the youngsters who were
stimulated to freely create their own
shapes. Youngsters who became protagonists
via public murals which have
a strong impact in different communities.
Now, the Trilhar Project – An Art that
Transforms has presented a new opportunity
to carry out educational work
with the students of Ilha Solteira’s public
schools, which yielded a permanent
work, installed at the Professora Nara
Lúcia Nonato Museum and Convention
Hall. The artist’s signature is thus present
both in the temporary exhibition
and in the definitive work, a fruit of his
educational activity, interactive and
powerful, with the community.
Danilo’s work divides itself between
his artistic production and his social
educator work – artistic creation and
social intervention. They complement
one another and feed on the shared experience.
“Students freely step into the
unknown, and this is what touches me
deeply. The experience is enriching and,
along the process, I try to teach what
I know and learn from the youngsters
how to jump into the unknown without
fear”, he says.
By associating pieces of different colors,
textures and grains, Danilo Blanco
creates marquetry of abstract esthetic
patterns that reveal his disquiet toward
life. Full of provocative visual effects and
instigating nuances, his work is almost
always a plunge into graphic visuals that
can often be truly disconcerting.
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Danilo Blanco
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