Felippe Moraes

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View of the work Monument to Euclid (2017) by Felippe Moraes installed at Slanic-Moldova, Romania. Vista geral da instalacao Monumento a Euclides de Felippe Moraes.jpg
View of the work Monument to Euclid (2017) by Felippe Moraes installed at Slanic-Moldova, Romania.

Felippe Moraes (born July 9, 1988) is a visual artist, researcher and independent curator born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. [1] [2] [3] Works with various medias such as sculpture, installation, drawing, painting and photography. [3] His work is developed around revealing hidden patterns written within the universe, [4] relating scientific methodology and spirituality. [2] Currently is a PhD candidate in Contemporary Art at the College of The Arts at the University of Coimbra [5] and holds an MA Fine Art from the University of Northampton.

Work

In 2016 Felippe Moraes constructed his Monument to The Horizon (2016), a large-scale permanent public sculpture placed at Caminho Niemeyer in Niterói. [6] [7] The work is a five-meter tall steel tower around a small set of stairs that lead to a strip in the metal, revealing the horizon of Rio de Janeiro on the opposite side of the Guanabara Bay. [6]

View of Monument to The Horizon (2016) by Felippe Moraes at Niteroi, in the State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Vista de "Monumento ao Horizonte" com Baia de Guanabara a frente..jpg
View of Monument to The Horizon (2016) by Felippe Moraes at Niterói, in the State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

In 2017 was artist-in-residence in Tehran, Iran [1] and in Slanic-Moldova, Romania, [8] [9] [10] where he constructed his Monument to Euclid (2017), consisting of eight sandstones in a circle in the woods, and paying homage to the Greek mathematician Euclid. [11] In 2020 he developed the series of photographs Eledá (2020), relating to his spiritual experiences with the orishas. [12] [13] [14]

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  4. ↑ "felippe moraes makes geometric drawings using pendulum". designboom | architecture & design magazine. 2014-07-29. Retrieved 2020-09-01.
  5. ↑ Moraes, Felippe. "Motel Coimbra". Motel Coimbra. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
  6. 1 2 "felippe moraes erects a 'monument to the horizon' in rio". designboom | architecture & design magazine. 2017-01-25. Retrieved 2020-09-01.
  7. ↑ "Inauguração de obra pública de Felippe Moraes". seLecT (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2016-09-09. Retrieved 2020-09-01.
  8. ↑ "Incontext". www.incontext.art. Retrieved 2020-09-01.
  9. ↑ "Radio Romania International - Seis artistas brasileños participan en un proyecto en Slănic Moldova". Radio Romania International. Retrieved 2020-09-01.
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  11. ↑ "Felippe Moraes, Adi Bulboacă · Monument to Euclid". Divisare. Retrieved 2020-09-01.
  12. ↑ Moraes, Felippe (2020-05-25). "Eledá". Revista Concinnitas (in Portuguese). 21 (37): 404–418. doi: 10.12957/concinnitas.2020.51070 . ISSN   1981-9897.
  13. ↑ Iandé (2020-08-27). "A fotografia de Felippe Moraes por Marc Pottier". Iandé (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2020-09-01.
  14. ↑ "Felippe Moraes, Eledá". DASartes (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2020-09-01.
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