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your work: the experimentalism of mythological nature and Paulo for the first time, during the process of research
collage. Another work is Zone: I Ching, 1964, oil and collage for The World Goes Pop “, when she met the collection
on canvas, which is part of the series I Ching, composed Roger Wright, who is now in the Pinacoteca “There I could
of six works. With it, the artist was in Wesley Duke Lee see for the first time the amazing installation, one of
Exhibition at Tokyo Gallery in 1965, great moment of his the few that Wesley produced, called Trapézio ou uma
career, when lived in Japan for eight months, and The Confissão. And it was interesting because we read the title
Emergent Decade: Latin American Painters and Paintings the wrong way. “ They haven’t read confession, but rather
in the 1960 ‘s, the Guggenheim in New York in 1966. confusion. “What is the key element in all this discussion
As various artists, Wesley did all kinds of experimentation; because there’s a lot of confusion about the work of Wesley.
one of them resulted in the A Zona: Arino Boa Viagem, Moreover, this particular installation was cathartic in my
1969, color pencil and collage, which has special importance understanding about your practice more generally, because
within his trajectory. The work was produced in 1969 in Los it’s an immersive cube in bars, suspended in two panels of
Angeles, during a lysergic trip with two friends. Camargo wood and two acrylic. “comments Soffia.
says that “despite the traces been delicates, they carry a Camargo speaks of the strong presence of Wesley in this
pictorial identity strong and defined.” Over six decades exhibition and says satisfied with the significant number
Wesley passes through several “tests” and choices. When that exposes at Miami Art Basel. Before a market not always
it comes to LSD, via experimentation of new processes, knowledgeable of art history, in which the times an artist
marks a new step in his production. As well as many of is considered important by the amount that your work
the artists from the years 60, he’s interested in exploring reaches, it’s very timely that focus on forgotten production
artistic experiments with the substance. of Wesley Duke Lee. A special paulistano in the history of
Wesley always had a passion for mythology and Greek Brazilian art, an aristocrat among us.
mythology to Greek mithology for him was like reading
life. In workO/Limpo:Anima 1971 (environmental art) he 1 | WESLEY DUKE LEE IN HIS STUDIO/HOME, LOCATED IN JOÃO DIAS STREET, AND NOW
adds various objects like papier machê, metal, fabric, wood, PART IS REMOUNTED AND PRESENT IN HIS INSTITUTE, IN SÃO PAULO
plastic, iron, straw, earth, stone and bone. Camargo says 2 | ALL THREE WORKS ARE PUNCTUAL IN THE PRODUCTION OF WESLEY: TRANTATEN,
that Wesley starts the projectO/Limpo, “when performs 1999, SPRAY PAINT, OIL, LACES AND COLLAGE ON CARDS, 60.5 X 80 CM; O/LIMPO:
15 paintings and this single installation, in which portrays ANIMA, 1971 (ENVIRONMENTAL ART), AND PAPIER-MÂCHÉ OBJECTS, METAL, FABRIC,
masks in particular universe connected to the settings of WOOD, PLASTIC, IRON, STRAW, EARTH, STONE AND BONE150 X 50 X 50 CM. AND LIGA
Greek mythology”. The difference is that this work is for 1972, PAPER, GOUACHE, INDIAN INK
life of Wesley until your death in 2010. 3 | 48 X 62 CM
Becomes a work in progress, in which, from time to time, he 4 | ZONA: I CHING.1964, OIL ON CANVAS AND COLLAGE , 84X52 CM. WESLEY MADE
incorporates new elements, such as a personal item. One THIS YEAR, 1964 ONE SERIES OF SIX WORKS NAMED I CHING, THIS BEING THE ONLY
of the papers that draws attention in the set is A iniciação PAINTING ON CANVAS
do mito de Narcisssus, 1981, pencils, colour, gouache, Indian
ink, stamping, collage, duct tape on card and cardboard. Miami Art Basel
In it, the inspiration of Wesley is the actress Sonia Braga First option to collectors open on Wednesday 6, from 11:00am to 4:00pm
who he was admirer. Is from Wesley the comments on this Opening to the public, 7 to December 10, from 3:00 pm to 8:00 pm;
work. “In legend, Narcissus was punished for admiring your MIAMI BEACH CONVENTION CENTER
own image in the Lake. I take the myth further: he looked 1900 Washington Avenue
at the bottom of the Lake …that I picked up this moment Miami Beach, FL 33139;
of Sonia “. Sensuality and eroticism are both essential in artbasel.com/miami-beach
the work of Wesley. With Tantratem, 1999, spray paint, oil,
laces and collage on card, he refers to the sexual energy EXIBITION BUENOS AIRES | PAGES 36 AND 37
poetic: duplicity of its themes, the real and the magical, FOCUS ON LOCAL
of Tantra, showing what was always so important in your
world. With Retrato de Luzia ou a respeito de Titia 1969 PRODUCTION
the dialogue between the present world and the dream

(environmental art) liquitex on canvas and plant alive with MUSEUM OF LATIN AMERICAN ART OF BUENOS AIRES SEARCHS
a vase, Wesley integrates plants and objects to tables in 50 YEARS OF PRODUCTION IN THREE ARTISTS: LILIANA MARESCA,
an attempt to deepen the approach of different worlds,
creating a garden on the grounds of his memory. SERGIO AVELLO AND TOMÁS SARRACENO
Camargo speaks with enthusiasm about the revival
of Wesley’s production. “Last year, Trapézio ou uma BY FABIO CYPRIANO, IN BUENOS AIRES
Confissão”, made for the Venice Biennale in 1966, joined
the collective The Word Goes Pop, at the Tate Modern VIBRANT EXHIBITION swarm the scene of Buenos Aires
Gallery. Soffia Gotti, who collaborated on the exhibition, in addition to Bienalsur. The Museum of Latin American Art
says she discovered the work of Wesley when visited Sao of Buenos Aires (Malba) in addition to the reorganization