MARCELO GUIMARÃES LIMA - INTERVIEW - VISUAL ART JOURNAL
MARCELO GUIMARÃES LIMA INTERVIEW VISUAL ART JOURNAL VA Journal -The Bestiary Series refers to one of the oldest artistic traditions — animal representation. What motivated you to return to this ancient subject today, and why does it feel urgent now? Marcelo Guimarães Lima – My fascination with Prehistoric art and the representation of animals has two aspects: first, is the intentional act of significant mark making with its communicative and representational dimensions, that from its ancient beginnings is repeated today in drawing. I empathize, let me put this way, with the Prehistoric “artist”. There is a lineage going back to these early manifestations of cave art that synthesize in gripping visual representations mindful developments of early cultures, refined perceptive capacities, manual ability, rational and expressive behaviors. Besides, there is the sheer beauty of these works, of these animals depicted in caves with an expre...
