Carlos Fajardo’s construction site

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.60001/ae.n50.2

Keywords:

Carlos Fajardo, Drawing, Grupo Rex, Escola Brasil, Installation

Abstract

The interview with Carlos Fajardo took place online on October 27, 2025, with André Leal, Felipe Scovino, Fernanda Lopes, Patricia Corrêa, and Tiago Mesquita as interviewers. The discussion revolved around the beginning of Fajardo's artistic career, his classes with Wesley Duke Lee, his intrinsic relationship with drawing, painting, and, of course, installation, and his involvement with the Grupo Rex and the formation of Escola Brasil:. Using the metaphor of the construction site as a starting point, the interview explored iconic works and exhibitions by the artist that dealt with concepts such as ruin, crack, eroticism, and the sign of the mirror. Finally, his experience as a professor in the training of artists and his peculiar way of teaching were discussed.

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Author Biographies

André Leal, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro

He holds a degree in architecture and urban planning from FAUUSP and a master's and doctorate in visual languages from PPGAV/EBA/UFRJ, where he is conducting postdoctoral research with a Faperj Nota 10 scholarship. He has been editor of Arte & Ensaios magazine since December 2023.

Felipe Scovino, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro

He is a professor of contemporary art history in the Department of Art History and Theory and the Graduate Program in Visual Arts at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro.

Fernanda Lopes, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro

She holds a PhD from PPGAV at UFRJ. She was assistant curator at MAM-Rio, the São Paulo Cultural Center, and the Rex Group Special Room at the 29th São Paulo Biennial. Among her published books are Éramos o time do rei – a experiência Rex (We Were the King's Team – The Rex Experience) (2006) and Área experimental: lugar, espaço e dimensão do experimental na arte brasileira dos anos 1970 (Experimental Area: Place, Space, and Dimension of the Experimental in Brazilian Art of the 1970s) (2012).

Patricia Corrêa, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro

She holds a master's and doctorate in art history from PUC-Rio and is an associate professor in the Department of Art History and Theory at EBA/UFRJ, linked to the undergraduate program in art history and the Graduate Program in Visual Arts. She has been a member of the research group Institutional Geopolitics: Art in Dispute since the Postwar Period (CNPq) since 2021.

Tiago Mesquita, University of São Paulo

He is an art critic and professor of art history, theory, and criticism at the University of São Paulo. He is the author of the books Imagem útil, imagem inútil (Useful Image, Useless Image); Rodrigo Andrade: resistência da matéria (Rodrigo Andrade: Resistance of Matter); Paulo Monteiro: o interior da distância (Paulo Monteiro: The Interior of Distance); Cassio Michalany: como anda a cor (Cassio Michalany: How Color Goes); and Luiz Zerbini: sábados, domingos e feriados (Luiz Zerbini: Saturdays, Sundays, and Holidays). As a curator, he has organized exhibitions such as David Drew Zingg: Image over Image; House 7; José Bezerra: Sculptures; Our North is the South; Robert Mapplethorpe: More than a Face; Diagonals; Antonio Manuel: Short Circuit.

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Published

2026-05-11

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Vol. 31 No. 50 (2025): Arte e sensibilidades no enfrentamento ao horror contemporâneo

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