Juraci Dórea

Juraci Dórea

BornNationalityBased In
1944BrazilianN/A
Biography

To study architecture, in the 1960s Juraci Dórea moved from Feira de Santana to Salvador, where he witnessed the intense cultural production that arose there out of the encounter between the experimental vanguardist attitude and the singular experience of a territory steeped in an Afro-Brazilian heritage. After earning his degree, Dórea returned to his hometown, the municipal seat of the metropolitan region of Portal do Sertão. There, he began to construct a consistent oeuvre, which gradually brought about a convergence of contemporary visual languages with backcountry roots and traditions. His Estandartes de Jacuípe [Banners of Jacuípe] (1975), for example, are rhythmed and symmetric abstract compositions made of treated cowhide, sewn with the same processes used in the common production of saddles and clothing for cowboys. In the 1980s, Dórea’s telluric connection took on another power of magnitude. After beginning his Projeto Terra [Project Earth] (1982 - ), he not only assimilated backcountry artisanal know-how, but also traveled deep into the Bahian backcountry to implant his works in that landscape, often making use of the materials he found in the fields and pastures. Due to this new focus, the primary public of his work was no longer the urban visitor of cultural institutions but rather an audience consisting largely of backcountry dwellers. The records produced in this context, in the form of photographs, films, reports and texts, document not only Dórea’s creative trajectory, but also countless shocks and rearrangements between conceptions of art, language and territory. ...

Selected Artworks
Série Terra II - 3o ato o Homem
Juraci Dórea
Série Terra II - 3o ato o Homem, 1981
110 x 90cm
3o ato: o homem, da série Terra - II (Zona rural de São Gonçalo dos Campos - Bahia)
Juraci Dórea
3o ato: o homem, da série Terra - II (Zona rural de São Gonçalo dos Campos - Bahia), 1983
12 x 18cm
Série Terra II - 3o ato o Homem
Juraci Dórea
Série Terra II - 3o ato o Homem, 1982
110 x 90cm
Terra VI (Jericó - São Gonçalo dos Campos - Bahia)
Juraci Dórea
Terra VI (Jericó - São Gonçalo dos Campos - Bahia), 1981
12 x 18cm
Progetto Terra
Juraci Dórea
Progetto Terra, 1988
12 x 8cm
Maquete I
Juraci Dórea
Maquete I, 1998
32 x 15 x 15cm
Projeto Terra: Escultura de Canudos (Canudos - Bahia)
Juraci Dórea
Projeto Terra: Escultura de Canudos (Canudos - Bahia), 1984
17.7 x 23.8cm
Visão 1 Projeto Terra: Escultura do Cumbe (Euclides da Cunha)
Juraci Dórea
Visão 1 Projeto Terra: Escultura do Cumbe (Euclides da Cunha), 1985
17.7 x 11.8cm
3o ato: o homem, da série Terra II (Zona Rural São Gonçalo dos Campos - Bahia)
Juraci Dórea
3o ato: o homem, da série Terra II (Zona Rural São Gonçalo dos Campos - Bahia), 1981
17.7 x 12cm
da série Terra IV (Fazenda Jericó)
Juraci Dórea
da série Terra IV (Fazenda Jericó), 1981
17.9 x 12.5cm
Ecce Homo III
Juraci Dórea
Ecce Homo III, 1990
60 x 60cm
Ecce Homo IV
Juraci Dórea
Ecce Homo IV, 1990
60 x 60cm
Ecce Homo V
Juraci Dórea
Ecce Homo V, 1990
60 x 60cm
Corisco
Juraci Dórea
Corisco, 1983
150 x 100cm
Projeto Terra: Escultura na Casa de Claudinho (São Gonçalo dos Campos - BA)
Juraci Dórea
Projeto Terra: Escultura na Casa de Claudinho (São Gonçalo dos Campos - BA), 1990
17.8 x 24cm
Projeto Terra: Escultura da Pedra Vermelha (Monte Santo - Bahia)
Juraci Dórea
Projeto Terra: Escultura da Pedra Vermelha (Monte Santo - Bahia), 1985
17.9 x 24cm
Gallery Representation
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