Get to Know Menelaw Sete: The Brazilian Picasso
Festa by Menelaw Sete
Recently, I had the opportunity to see Menelaw Sete’s work up close and personal.
My good friend purchased a piece on a recent trip to Bahia. Menelaw Sete is internationally known as the “Picasso of Brazil.” It’s easy to compare Menelaw Sete’s work to Picasso. You can see elements of cubism in the way the forms are taken apart and analyzed according to their shapes. I was immediately taken by his use of color and the distinct Afro-Brazilian flavor he brings to each painting.
As I learn more about Menelaw Sete, it is his off-the-wall personality and how he expresses this in his work that is so fascinating. This Bahiano has been painting since childhood and started to make inroads in the 80’s upon completion of his formal art training. His work has been exhibited in galleries throughout Europe, the US, South America and Asia. Should you find yourself in Bahia, you must visit his gallery in the historic district of Pelourinho.
Whenever my friends and I would go to Pelo on Tuesday nights I loved to stop by Menelaw’s gallery and just look. His work is very powerful.
ABOUT 10 YEARS AGO WE STOPPED IN BAIHA, AND AT THE END OF A SMALL PLACE OF PELOURINHO I FOUND A GREAT ARTIST WHO WAS AHED OF HIS TIME. I FALL IN LOVE WITH HIS PAINTING AND EACH TIME I GO BACK TO BRAZIL MY FIRT VISIT IN BAHIA IS FOR MENELAW. I WAS VERY GLAD TO GET IS MERVELLOS PAINTING AT HOME
Tengo que comementar ,que he tenido la fortuna de conocer a MENELAW SETE de una forma extraña;paseando por O PELOURIÑO lugar sagrado donde los haya.me puse a contemplar la obra del artista ,cuando de pronto me dijo “te regalo un collar para tu esposa”. Y se pone acrearlo con un simple alambre y unas tenazas.Al final terminamos haciendpo intercambios y por supuesto alguna que otra compra de arte.volbere a Bahia a compar ARTE. CASIANO