19/06/2018 Victor Hugo Moreeuw
November 12, 2017. This was the beginning date of Verdandi! A project thought with a lot of affection and attention to the needs of contemporary visual artists. In today’s post, I will talk a little more about the artist Tainá Alves and her alter ego, Taob.
If you still do not know about this project, it is worth taking a look at our website and the other post we made about it. There, you will find out how it came about and what are the objectives of Verdandi, but just to make a brief introduction in advance, this project was designed to highlight not only the art, but also the human being behind the author of the artwork and his thoughts about artistic production.
Back to the main subject: Tainá Alves. The 24-year-old visual artist and resident of the Região dos Lagos / RJ was the one who inaugurated the Verdandi. The first time I had contact with the artist and her artworks was in the I Semana de Produção Cultural, which took place at the Universidade Federal Fluminense in Rio das Ostras. Tainá was standing in the middle of her works, and some oh them were hanging on the ceiling with practically invisible wires and that first vision made us plunge in that universe created by her.
In a brief conversation, the artist said that she had been involved in drawing since childhood and over the years she didn’t abandon her activity. She only added reflections and overflowing feelings in her images and is currently developing her artworks with ink, pencil and digital edition. It was also revealed an inspiration from the artists Sveta Dorosheva and Diego Fernandez, both with drawings and worlds as incredible as Taob.
Below you can read an artist statement written by her:
In 2015, I recognized myself as an artist and created the identity “Taob”, where I don’t have the luggage of the Inner Self, thus enhancing the autonomy of my art. It was during a period of experimentation and studies in image editing software that I realized how much digital art has been drawing great potential for the diffusion of contemporary art. It broadens the possibilities for artists with the most diverse forms of creation and perception, changing the notion of spaces for distribution and reception of art.
The figuration of a camouflage that involves feelings contained in fantastic and/or surreal scenes is an aspect that is gaining space in my thoughts and is reflected in my creative process. This figuration was a way of giving visibility to these feelings, creating sensitive worlds that make up our imaginary and that are seen as changing spaces, with possibilities of emergencies exits of life.
Hybridization is perceived as a hallmark of my creative process through the intertwining of techniques, the use of ink and the overlay of images that are created and edited in software. It is in this approach that I try to interconnect my work, which operates through crossings and not only in the technical construction of the image, but also in the areas of knowledge that I use to conceptualize. “
It is important to highlight the interest of Tainá Alves in the relationship between art and technology. This hibernation of her art, which she uses through the use of nanquim (an ink invented more than 2,000 years ago) along with the use of current image-editing tools, is just one example of her ability to reflect and construct works of art that will deserve a lot of attention in the very near future.
Finally, if you want to know more about the work of the artist Tainá Alves and the whole universe of Taob, do not forget to leave your comments. Goodbye. See you in the next publication.
Translation: Bárbara Gual
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