FLORY MENEZES | sculpture: Van Gogh

The sculpture features Van Gogh sitting in his yellow chair, opening his coat and revealing the image, engraved on his body, of the “Starry Night” canvas. his fixed gaze demonstrates the viceral necessity of his Art, and how his work is confused with his own existence.

A escultura apresenta Van Gogh sentado em sua cadeira amarela, abrindo o casaco e revelando a imagem, gravada em seu corpo, da tela “Noite Estrelada” (ou “campo de trigo”, ou “girassóis”) com seu olhar fixo demonstra a necessidade viceral de sua Arte, e como seu trabalho se confunde com sua própria existência.

Resin, hand painted, limited and numbered edition,31cm high, 23cm wide 12cm deep, certificate of authenticity.

escultura em resina, pintada à mão, edição limitada e numerada, 31cm de altura, 23cm de largura e 12cm de profundidade, certificado de autenticidade.

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RESUME FLORY MENEZES

Visual Artist for 50 years. Drawing, Sculpture and Painting. Currently developing her new series ART CHARACTERS where she portrays the famous artists who marked the trajectory of our culture.

Member of the Brazilian Academy of Fine Arts, Comendadora Gran Mestra for 27 years as a professor of sculpture.

Exhibitions in Brazil, USA, France, Monaco, Israel and Argentina.

24 solo exhibitions, 23 wards, 107 exhibitions in Brasil,

35 international exhibitions including :
Summit Art Center – New Jersey(USA)
City Without Walls Galleries–Newark – New Jersey (USA)
Pan Arts Gallery – Brooklyn – New York (USA)
Westfield Art Association – New Jersey(USA)
Nouveau Salon de Paris – Centre Internacionale D’Art Contemporaine, Paris (France)
Galerie Herouet – Paris (France)
Ward-Nasse Gallery – Soho NY – 2009 / 2010 / 2011 / 2012 (USA)
Centro Cultural Borges-Buenos Aires (Argentina)
ONU – New York – 2009 / 2012 (USA)
Galerie Everarts – 2010 / 2011 Paris (France)
Carrousel du Louvre in 2010 SNBA (Paris)
ARTSHOPPING Carrousel du Louvre 2013, 2014, 2015 e 2018 (Paris)
Salon d’Automne de Paris 2011 (Paris)
Salon d’Automne de Israël 2012 (Israel)
Brasil Magical Jorney at Macy’s (New York, San Francisco, Chicago, Miami) 2012
ARTEXPO NY 2013 (USA)
Gallery 69, Soho, 2014 (New York) (USA)
ARTE MÔNACO 2014 (Mônaco)
2ª,3ª e 4ª Bienal Internacional of Contemporary Art of Argentina 2014, 2016 e 2018 1° place in ceramic sculpture 2016 and 2018 (Buenos Aires)
Project MEET BRICS ART (Agency for Cultural and Science Diplomacy) Ekaterinburg, Russia 2021
6° Biennale Versaillaise (Versailles, Fr) 2024