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Rotation in stone

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Paulo Brito is a self-taught artist who is dedicated to sculpture. Shaping the stone is an art that fascinates him and whose work he presented in a small exhibition at Caravel art center, with the title of "rotation".

Why the choice of this title for this exhibition?
Paulo Brito: It was more because of a piece, I find it interesting and people are very fond of this work, so I decided to call this exhibition of "rotation".

It is also to show the work you do in stone?
PB: Yes, this exhibition have these works, but there were others that could not show because of the size and space itself. These are more abstract, but I also address the figurative, I do not care much to the artistic style, what emerges is what I do.

You work mainly sculpture, what is your preferred material?
PB: I work mainly with the stone, because it is a great challenge and requires a lot of patience, a lot of concentration.

But, you work different kind of stones?
PB: In this exhibition, no. One of the pieces exposed part of my private collection, is only to show the surprises that arise when we worked the stone, was commissioned by the 500th anniversary of the Campanário and I inadvertently found a fossil, so I found it interesting and let visible to the public could see the surprises that arise when we worked the stone.

Also possess some volcanic stone work. It is a hard stone work?
PB: It's a complicated stuff work this type of stone because it is tough and very abrasive. It really burns the material with which we worked. We have to have specific tools to work it.

Burns hands is that it?
PB: No, it is an abrasive stone with materials, the working tools we used, they have a very high level of wear.

And from all the works that you shows which is your favorite?
PB: I have no preference, the stone is that it takes me to idealize one piece.

When you make a sculpture how it begins the creative process? You look at a rock and arises you an idea?
PB: Yes, more or less. It depends. Sometimes, I have an ideia and when I put into practice, however, arise others, I developed the concept as I cut the stone.

What inspires you?
PB: I will not seek inspiration, not in any specific place.

You go out in search of stones and there are those who call you more attention?
PB: Yes, here are some materials that call me more than other stones.

What about the materials that are not common on the island?
PB: Sometimes I order, I go to a warehouse that exists on the island that has stones and talk to them, are my suppliers. They even let me work in this space in the larger pieces, the smaller can develop at home.

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