M. MANZAN Original Modern Abstract Mixed Media Collage Art Painting on Canvas

AMERICAN MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY ART - ABSTRACT CONTEMPORARY ART PAINTINGS - MIXED MEDIA AND COLLAGE ON CANVAS. ARTIST: MARIA HELENA MANZAN (BRAZIL, 1960).

SUBJECT: ABSTRACT FIGURE AND COMPOSITION. MIXED MEDIA AND COLLAGE PAINTING, ASSEMBLAGE AND MATERIAL ON CANVAS (GREEN BEADS, RESIN, OIL, TEMPERA). SIGNED ON THE RIGHT MARGIN "MANZAN" AND DATED "2000".

ON THE BACK OF THE CANVAS TITLE OF THE ARTWORK "HANNA", PAINTING TECHNIQUE, SIGNATURE OF THE ARTIST FOR AUTHENTICATION, PLACE AND DATE "BRASIL 2000". THE ARTWORK IS ACCOMPANIED BY A CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY ISSUED BY THE ARTIST AND A BROCHURE WITH BIOGRAPHICAL AND ARTISTIC NOTES ON MARIA HELENA MANZAN. MEASUREMENTS OF THE PAINTING: 50 CM HEIGHT X 30 CM WIDTH.

ARTWORK PUBLISHED IN THE CATALOGUE "MANZAN, THE VEILED GAZE OF ART". ARTIST PRESENT AT THE 54TH EDITION OF THE VENICE BIENNALE, FROM JUNE 4 TO NOVEMBER 27, 2011. BORN IN BRAZIL IN 1960, FROM A VENETIAN FATHER AND BRAZILIAN MOTHER. GRADUATED FROM THE ACADEMY OF ART AT THE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF UBERLANDIA, (MG) BRAZIL, SPECIALISING IN VISUAL PROGRAMMING. IN THE LATE 90S SHE BEGAN EXHIBITING IN AMERICA AND EUROPE.

IN 2002 HE MOVED PERMANENTLY TO CASTEL SAN VINCENZO IN ITALY WHERE HE LIVES AND WORKS. IN ADDITION TO EXHIBITIONS HELD IN BRAZIL, MANZAN HAS ALSO EXHIBITED IN NEW YORK, LONDON, LISBON AND RUSSIA. MARIA HELENA MANZAN HAS EXHIBITIONS IN EUROPE, THE UNITED STATES AND SOUTH AMERICA TO HER CREDIT. IN JUST A FEW YEARS SHE HAS DEVELOPED SERIES AND CYCLES ALONG A PATH OF INCREASING CREATIVE MATURITY. THE WORK OF ART "HANNA", IS A PAINTING OF COLOUR AND MATTER CREATED ON CANVAS IN A VERTICAL FORM, WITH INTENSE AND LUMINOUS COLOURS, WITH GREEN/BLUE BEADS COVERING THE UNDERSIDE OF THE PAINTING AND DROPS OF RESIN DISTRIBUTED OVER THE ENTIRE PICTORIAL SURFACE.

THE WORK IS A SYNTHESIS OF FIGURATION, GESTURAL ART, CONCEPTUALISM AND MATERIAL ART. IN THIS WORK, SEVERAL DIMENSIONS ARE PRESENT AT THE SAME TIME. A FIGURATIVE, CHAOTIC AND HARMONIOUS HINT APPEARS WHEN OBSERVING THE WORK, WITH A GEOMETRY OF CURVED LINES THAT SEEM ALMOST TO BE ETCHED IN RELIEF ON THE CANVAS, CROSSED BY A SWIRL OF COLOURS - YELLOW, ORANGE, PINK, BLUE, GREEN, WHITE - WHICH, HOWEVER, IN THEIR CONTRASTS AND OVERLAPS, INSTIL A FEELING OF PEACE AND INTIMACY (THE TITLE OF THE WORK "HANNA" IS A FEMININE PERSON'S NAME, MEANING "THE GRACE OF GOD").

FROM A FRONTAL POSITION, AT A DISTANCE, THE PAINTING APPEARS ALMOST TWO-DIMENSIONAL, WHILE APPROACHING IT, CHANGING THE VIEWING POINT OR CHANGING THE POSITION OF THE LIGHT, THE PAINTING OF COLOURS AND MATTER APPEARS IN ALL ITS THREE-DIMENSIONALITY. THE CANVAS IS ALSO PAINTED ON THE SIDES, SO IT DOES NOT REQUIRE A FRAME. HOWEVER, IN THE PHOTOS, WE ALSO SHOW EXAMPLES OF HOW THE PAINTING WITH A FRAME FITS INTO A FURNISHING. THE MOST SUITABLE ENVIRONMENTS IN WHICH THIS BEAUTIFUL CONTEMPORARY ART PAINTING CAN BE PLACED ARE THOSE WITH MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY FURNISHINGS, SCANDINAVIAN, RUSTIC, ETHNIC, VINTAGE AND OTHER FURNISHINGS. THE COLOURS THAT CAN BE SEEN AS PREVALENT IN THE PAINTING ARE DARK GREEN, ORANGE, PINK, LIGHT BLUE AND WHITE.

ALL THE PAINTINGS WE PRESENT FOR SALE ARE UNIQUE PIECES, ORIGINAL PAINTINGS, WHERE THEY ARE NOT LIMITED EDITION ART PRINTS (LITHOGRAPHS AND SILKSCREENS), CHOSEN WITH EXPERIENCE, PROFESSIONALISM AND PASSION. WE DO THIS TO OFFER OUR PAINTINGS TO A WIDER AUDIENCE OF INTERNATIONAL VISITORS. EACH PAINTING IS SHOWN IN PHOTOS IN ITS ENTIRETY, EVEN WITH THE FRAME, IF PRESENT, AND IN DETAIL. PHOTOS ARE TAKEN AT HIGH RESOLUTION AND ARE INDICATIVE OF THE STATE OF PRESERVATION OF THE WORK.

ANY DEFECTS ARE NOTED IN THE SALE DESCRIPTION. THERE MAY BE SOME SLIGHT DIFFERENCES IN COLOR DUE TO BOTH THE POSITION OF THE PAINTING IN RELATION TO THE LIGHT SOURCES AND THE ELECTRONIC DEVICES USED TO VIEW THE AD (DEPENDING ON THE DEVICE, PAINTINGS MAY APPEAR SLIGHTLY DARKER OR LIGHTER). THIS IS THE ONLY REASON FOR RETURN WHICH MUST BE WITHIN 14 DAYS AND WITH THE ORIGINAL PACKAGING. WHERE IT IS NOT ALREADY PROVIDED AND STATED IN THE DESCRIPTION, IT IS POSSIBLE TO REQUEST FROM OUR GALLERY A CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY OF THE WORK, WHICH WILL BE DELIVERED WITH THE PAINTING. WITH THE EXCEPTION OF FINE FRAMES, THE VALUE OF WHICH IS EXPRESSLY STATED IN THE ADVERTISEMENT, FOR ALL OTHER WORKS OF ART THAT FEATURE A FRAME, THE VALUE STATED REFERS EXCLUSIVELY TO THE WORK OF ART AND ITS AUTHOR, WHILE THE FRAME HAS A PURELY DECORATIVE VALUE.

WE WILL INFORM YOU ABOUT THE TIMING AND POSSIBILITIES OF OBTAINING THE REQUESTED ARTWORK. TO TAKE A PAINTING IS TO TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF.