Waltércio Caldas

Waltercio Caldas Júnior (Rio de Janeiro, RJ, 1946) is a renowned Brazilian sculptor, draftsman, graphic artist, and set designer. His artistic training began in 1964 when he studied painting with Ivan Serpa at the Museum of Modern Art in Rio de Janeiro (MAM/RJ). Between 1969 and 1975, Caldas explored the conceptual nature of his drawings, objects, and photographs, establishing himself in the Brazilian contemporary art scene.

In the 1970s, Caldas taught at the Villa-Lobos Institute, co-edited the magazine Malasartes, and was part of the Cultural Planning Commission at MAM/RJ. He also contributed to the publication A Parte do Fogo and co-authored the article "O Boom, o Pós-Boom, o Dis-Boom" in the newspaper Opinião with Carlos Zilio, Ronaldo Brito, and José Resende.

His work was analyzed in the book Aparelhos (1979), with an essay by Ronaldo Brito, and in Manual da Ciência Popular (1982), published by Funarte. In 1986, his production was the focus of the video Apaga-te Sésamo, directed by Miguel Rio Branco. Caldas received the Mário Pedrosa Award from the Brazilian Association of Art Critics (ABCA) in 1993 for a solo exhibition at the National Museum of Fine Arts (MNBA) in Rio de Janeiro.

In 1996, he released O Livro Velázquez and held the solo exhibition Anotações 1969/1996 at Paço Imperial, where he presented his study notebooks for the first time.

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Photo: http://glasstire.com/2012/05/12/interview-with-waltercio-caldas/
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