José Bechara

José Bechara, 1957, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
Lives and works in Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
José Bechara started out his production in the field of painting in the late 1980’s. He develops his language making use of diversified methods and materials, allowing for new experiences in the pictorial field. In place of the white canvas, he makes use of lorry canvas marked by wares, roads, accidents and practices that come from a universe far away from the traditional painter craftsmanship. In place of color pigments and brushes, it is the metal rust matter, eaten away by time that creates its chromatic effects. Such experimental character allied to a great aesthetic rigor, can also be found in his most recent production, in which he makes use of cattle fur as support. Here, Bechara’s work goes beyond painting; it challenges the plain and flirts with sculpture. Lately he has been producing sculptural works, interventions and photographs, working over the question of the house and its diverse implications.