Perve Galeria, Lisboa, Portugal

Mário CESARINY de Vasconcelos Biography

CESARINY Born in 1923 in Lisbon and then died in 2006. He studied at the Academy of Music under Amateurs the guidance of Fernando Lopes Graça, entering in the 40s at the School where he met António Arroio, Marcelino Vespeira, Fernando de Azevedo, Júlio Pomar, Jose Leonel Rodrigues, Fernando José Francisco, Cruizeiro Seixas among others. In 1944, adheres to neo-realism and a year later gives a lecture entitled "The Art Crisis. " In 1947, distances itself from the Surrealist Group of Lisbon (GSL), unhappy with their limits and constraints.Produced, by this time, several works of nature informalist as "The Worker" and "Blow-figures", but definitely not enough to integrate the collective recémformado. In 1948, in a letter to Alexander O'Neill, expresses its disagreement, and away from the GSL, so Another group, The Surrealists. Participate in numerous polemics with the GSL and present, for the first time in public works of his own in first exhibition collecting the Surrealists in 1949 in an old room projections name Pathé-Baby. The controversy, which's protagonist, are increasing in the three years following by drafting and sending leaflets, exchange correspondence and conferences. In principle 60's, Guimarães Publisher publishes two workspoetry of his own (Anthology of Bizarre and Corpse Planisphere and Other Poems). In the 80 held several exhibitions in Lisbon and Almada Torres Novas. In 2002 received ​ the Grand PrizeEDP, and in 2005, the 'Life Literary, "the Portuguese Association of Writers and Grand Cross of the Order of Liberty, delivered to your door by at the time, the Portuguese President, Dr.Jorge Sampaio. The Perve Gallery, in 2006, presented the exposure "Cesariny, Cruzeiro Seixas and Fernando José Francisco and ride the corpse weird "that marked the reunion of these three artists after decades of removal.