Children of the World - Romero Britto
Children of the World – Romero Britto , 2006. Picture retrieved from www.britto.com.
"Art is able to reflect the celebration of the simple and good things of life. This is the most important to me!"
(Romero Britto)
Renata Cabral
Paper II due Wednesday, March 23d.
Dr. Marley
About the Artist and the Art
The art of Romero Britto gathers symbiotic elements of popular culture from Pernambuco - a state in Brazil -with sophisticated graphic composition, in the presence of the hybridism of the postmodern art and the “glocalization” (global and local) culture of the Contemporary.
Romero started drawing very young, copying the works of other artists he saw in books. He used to articulate compositions in a way that was simplified and naïve, but always in bright colors. When he was about twenty-five years old he had the opportunity to go to Europe and then he moved to Miami, in the United States. There, he was painting walls and selling his paintings through the streets to survive. His amazing compositions with cheerful colors were pleasing to the public of this city. In 1989, Michel Roux, American importer of Absolut Vodka, saw his work and hired him to do the advertising campaign of the drink. The three works created by the artist were broadcast in over 60 international publications, promoting the drink quickly on the world stage. From this event on he has not stopped. He was satisfying to universal desires to live happily.
In 1995 he did the campaign for Pepsi and had his designs printed on 1.5 million cans of soft drinks. In 1997 he was hired to portray the stars of Disney within the context of his art. He has also developed projects for IBM and Apple. His works have been printed on various products from packaging to cars and even fabrics and accessories for the fashion industry. Romero Britto settled in Miami, married an American, and built the first gallery of his various galleries in Brazil, Europe and USA.
In the United States the artist seems to have turned the
"Art is able to reflect the celebration of the simple and good things of life. This is the most important to me!"
(Romero Britto)
Renata Cabral
Paper II due Wednesday, March 23d.
Dr. Marley
About the Artist and the Art
The art of Romero Britto gathers symbiotic elements of popular culture from Pernambuco - a state in Brazil -with sophisticated graphic composition, in the presence of the hybridism of the postmodern art and the “glocalization” (global and local) culture of the Contemporary.
Romero started drawing very young, copying the works of other artists he saw in books. He used to articulate compositions in a way that was simplified and naïve, but always in bright colors. When he was about twenty-five years old he had the opportunity to go to Europe and then he moved to Miami, in the United States. There, he was painting walls and selling his paintings through the streets to survive. His amazing compositions with cheerful colors were pleasing to the public of this city. In 1989, Michel Roux, American importer of Absolut Vodka, saw his work and hired him to do the advertising campaign of the drink. The three works created by the artist were broadcast in over 60 international publications, promoting the drink quickly on the world stage. From this event on he has not stopped. He was satisfying to universal desires to live happily.
In 1995 he did the campaign for Pepsi and had his designs printed on 1.5 million cans of soft drinks. In 1997 he was hired to portray the stars of Disney within the context of his art. He has also developed projects for IBM and Apple. His works have been printed on various products from packaging to cars and even fabrics and accessories for the fashion industry. Romero Britto settled in Miami, married an American, and built the first gallery of his various galleries in Brazil, Europe and USA.
In the United States the artist seems to have turned the
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