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CAIO FONSECA
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American artist Caio Fonseca is well known for his lyrical, abstract works of art. A talented musician, Fonseca is fascinated by the relationship between tone and form, which he explores in his paintings, sculpture, and works on paper. Representing the irreducible form of classical music, Fonseca’s work often displays blocks of color that create dynamic energy amid his textured, off-white backgrounds. The energy radiating from these colorful, geometric waves aims to evoke the invisible structure of meaningful compositions.
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This exhibition presents a near-retrospective of an artist whose work is so individualized, so very identifiable in its personal vernacular, that one feels as though transported into Caio Fonseca’s abstract world. From monumental canvases to tabletop sculpture and more midsize canvases, there is an undeniable European modernist sensibility running through his work. Yet he paints entirely in his own clear voice. According to Fonseca, “something can only be revolutionary if it has some relation to tradition.”
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Caio Fonseca is the son of artists. His father, Gonzalo Fonseca (1922-1997), is considered one of Latin America’s leading modernist sculptors, and his mother, Elizabeth Fonseca, is an accomplished artist in her own right. Fonseca grew up in New York City, and later spent long summers in Pietrasanta, Italy, where his father maintained a separate studio. In 1985, Fonseca purchased an old marble workshop in the town that he converted into a studio. Today he divides his time between Pietrasanta and Manhattan. Fonseca spent his freshman year at Brown University, then joined his older brother, Bruno (1958-1994), in Barcelona where they studied with Augusto Torres (1913-1992), son of Joaquín Torres-Garcia (1874-1949), who trained their father a lifetime earlier.
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