MARIO CRAVO NETO
Mario Cravo Neto, who died in 2009, was one of the most important Brazilian photographers of all time. The gallery, which represents his works exclusively for Europe, also collaborates with the new Mario Cravo Neto Foundation in Brazil.
His most famous works of the ’80s and ‘90s are basically the elegant black and white series where images led to a suspended and muffled atmosphere, where bodies and objects acquired an intimate and mystic appearance. Mario Cravo Neto “stages” his portraits to realize the deepness of the meanings and to give an important value to the light that lend to three-dimensionality and the sculptural appearance of the subjects. Each print by Mario Cravo Neto has a pure meaning that has his roots in a creative and unique language able to mix up religion and tradition, violence and drama, nature and culture.
BLACK AND WHITE WORKS
Odé
1989
gelatin silver print
cm 40 x 40 ca. / inches 16 x 16 ca.
Luciana
1994
gelatin silver print
cm 40 x 40 ca. / inches 16 x 16 ca.
Exu of the Winds
1997
gelatin silver print
cm 100 x 100 ca. / inches 40 x 40 ca.
Mandala
1989
gelatin silver print
cm 40 x 40 ca. / inches 16 x 16 ca.
Sacrifice II
1989
gelatin silver print
cm 21 x 21 ca. / inches 8 x 8 ca.
cm 40 x 40 ca. / inches 16 x 16 ca.
Sacrifice IV
1989
gelatin silver print
cm 40 x 40 ca. / inches 16 x 16 ca.
Eduardo with dagger
1993
gelatin silver print
cm 40 x 40 ca. / inches 16 x 16 ca.
Man with two fish
1992
gelatin silver print
cm 40 x 40 ca. / inches 16 x 16 ca.
Lua Diana with veil
1997
gelatin silver print
cm 100 x 100 ca. / inches 40 x 40 ca.
Lua with egg II – Homage to Brancusi
1992
gelatin silver print
cm 40 x 40 ca. / inches 16 x 16 ca.
Man with clay head II
1989
gelatin silver print
cm 40 x 40 ca. / inches 16 x 16 ca.
Tinho with bone
1991
gelatin silver print
cm 100 x 100 ca. / inches 40 x 40 ca.
Shelter
1990
gelatin silver print
cm 40 x 40 ca. / inches 16 x 16 ca.
Mascara X
1993
gelatin silver print
cm 40 x 40 ca. / inches 16 x 16 ca.
Man with clay head I
1989
gelatin silver print
cm 40 x 40 ca. / inches 16 x 16 ca.
Pandang I
1990
gelatin silver print
cm 40 x 40 ca. / inches 16 x 16 ca.
Angela and Lukas, torso with white feathers
1989
gelatin silver print
cm 40 x 40 ca. / inches 16 x 16 ca.
Portrait of Clyde Morgan
1993
gelatin silver print
cm 40 x 40 ca. / inches 16 x 16 ca.
Akira profile with tale
1997
gelatin silver print
cm 40 x 40 ca. / inches 16 x 16 ca.
Maria II
1983
gelatin silver print
cm 40 x 40 ca. / inches 16 x 16 ca.
Sacrifice I
1988
gelatin silver print
cm 40 x 40 ca. / inches 16 x 16 ca.
Tinho with rat
1990
gelatin silver print
cm 40 x 40 ca. / inches 16 x 16 ca.
Vodoo child
1989
gelatin silver print
cm 100 x 100 ca. / inches 40x 40 ca.
Vodoo Figure
1988
gelatin silver print
cm 100 x 100 ca. / inches 40x 40 ca.
White Mother
gelatin silver print
cm 50 x 60 ca. / inches 19,6 x 23,6 ca.
Untitled, 1988
gelatin silver print
cm 41 x 41 ca. / inches 16,1x 16,1 ca.
Untitled
gelatin silver print
cm 41 x 41 ca. / inches 16,1 x 16,1 ca.
COLOUR WORKS
Noélia
1978
hi-gloss cibachrome print
cm 60 x 47 ca. / inches 24 x 19 ca.
Untitled
2000
fuji-direct semi gloss print
cm 77 x 116 ca.
Man with Basket on Head
fuji-direct semi gloss print
cm 77 x 116 ca.
Man with White Ribbon on Head
fuji-direct semi gloss print
cm 77 x 116 ca.
Boy in Water
fuji-direct semi gloss print
cm 77 x 116 ca.
Boy with Red Powders
fuji-direct semi gloss print
cm 50 x 60 ca.
Exu Standing
fuji-direct semi gloss print
cm 50 x 60 ca.
Offering for Iemanjà
fuji-direct semi gloss print
cm 50 x 60 ca.
Black Torso
fuji-direct semi gloss print
cm 77 x 116 ca.
Girls with Bikini
fuji-direct semi gloss print
cm 77 x 116 ca.
