Luís Geraldes
| Luís Geraldes | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Luís Pereira Geraldes May 15, 1957 Lisbon, Portugal |
| Education |
Institute of Art and Design, Lisbon Monash University, Melbourne |
| Known for | Painting, Sculpture, Ceramic Murals, Print Making, Drawing |
Luís Pereira Geraldes (born May 15, 1957), is a contemporary metaphysical Portuguese artist.[1]
He is more widely known for his oil painting although he has produced a vast amount of sculpture, drawings and large Ceramic murals. His art can be labelled as metaphysical/mysticism symbolism or magnetic spirituality. He has also produced a lengthy number of ceramic murals in Sydney and Melbourne, Australia. Which are on public display at Trafalgar Street metro station in the suburb of Petersham, and Audley street in Marrickville, Sydney
Biography
Geraldes was born in 1957 and went to the African country of Angola when he was about 3 years of age. He spent most of his childhood and adolescent years there but in 1975 he had to flee the country as a refugee due to the terrifying civil war. His long stay in Angola seems to have affected his style of art and he did indeed start painting when he was a boy.
He migrated to Australia in 1985. He became an Australian citizen in 1987 and has taught art and design at Footscray Institute of TAFE from 1988 to 1990 and at RMIT (Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology) from 1991 to 1995. From 1995, he was a lecturer at the Central Gippsland Institute Art Department.
He now paints full-time and regularly travels between Europe and Australia. His paintings have been selling throughout the world and auctions houses, particularly at Christie's Art Auctions in London.
Oil on canvas
Geraldes is more famous for his oil painting. His style has dramatically changed over the years and we can see how Australian art has influenced his style.
His early interest in western and eastern esotericism and spirituality can also be seen as a prime factor in his subject matter, painting geometric patterns involving cosmic imagery and symbolism of universal significance. In some of his works the use of the chakra colors can be seen as well as a diagrammatic language of cosmic journeys.. In his book, Visions of the Esoteric Power, he asserts his belief that "art, science, and the spiritual do not exist in isolation".
He is exploring the 3rd dimension of human beings in relation to the spiritual Universe. There are five levels of movement in Geraldes works; EARTH, AIR, WATER, FIRE and SPIRIT. All of them relate back to the beginning of mankind. Luis follows a two-dimensional path to the inner self by stating in his works the two levels of AIR, and EARTH, which are the most basic levels of man's existence. He then proceeds to lay over the emotions, which men carry within themselves. He uses the blues and greens of water and the warm colours for fire creating a feeling of completeness or as an ordered whole. Superimposed on that, Geraldes states the mystical or esoteric forms from the past and present. By this last statement he puts men in a total form of relationship to the five signs of water, air, fire, earth and spirit. Geraldes is able to put down his innermost involvement in life.
Later Geraldes has been developing an awareness about the relationship with its surroundings, developing art works that are concerned with natural disasters, and shock of the unknown that affect the human condition in relation to all beings. His colours have dramatically changed into reds, oranges and black.
Geraldes' works are represented in the Haifa Museum of Modern Art, Israel. Contemporary (Chiado) Art Museum and Caixa Geral de Depósitos, Art Bank Museum in Lisbon. Aga Khan Foundation, Ismaeli Art Collection, Lisbon, Portugal. Madeira Island Modern Art Museum, Portugal. Guarda City Art Museum and other important private and government art collections in many countries.
References
- ↑ Artes plásticas -Vo 2 No 16-19 1992 p47 "Luís Geraldes, nascido em Portugal, criado em Angola e vivendo hoje na Austrália, é artista do mundo como costuma dizer. Ausente 7 anos das galerias de arte portuguesas, Luís Geraldes mostrou recentemente seu trabalho"