{"id":28633,"date":"2021-12-28T23:22:23","date_gmt":"2021-12-28T23:22:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/heldermendes.com\/web\/?page_id=28633"},"modified":"2021-12-30T18:36:30","modified_gmt":"2021-12-30T18:36:30","slug":"o-artista","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/heldermendes.com\/web\/en\/helder-mendes\/o-artista\/","title":{"rendered":"O Artista"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"28633\" class=\"elementor elementor-28633\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_ma_el_bg_slider elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-daa8a18 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default jltma-glass-effect-no\" data-id=\"daa8a18\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_has_onepagescroll_dot&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_ma_el_bg_slider elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-21e2250 jltma-glass-effect-no\" data-id=\"21e2250\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5644dc3 jltma-glass-effect-no elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5644dc3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.23.0 - 05-08-2024 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">O Artista<\/h1>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_ma_el_bg_slider elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-21a4af43 elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default jltma-glass-effect-no\" data-id=\"21a4af43\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_has_onepagescroll_dot&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_ma_el_bg_slider elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-42035522 jltma-glass-effect-no\" data-id=\"42035522\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-571131b4 jltma-glass-effect-no elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"571131b4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Biografia<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-695724cf jltma-glass-effect-no elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"695724cf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.23.0 - 05-08-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>Desde muito cedo H\u00e9lder Mendes mostrou a voca\u00e7\u00e3o para as artes. Depois dos primeiros desenhos ou obras mim\u00e9ticas, onde exercita a t\u00e9cnica, pelo controlo do desenho e na explora\u00e7\u00e3o dos \u00f3leos e do barro, o artista come\u00e7a a explorar os materiais que o rodeiam. Um explora\u00e7\u00e3o em busca de identidade pr\u00f3pria e do sentido do mundo que o rodeia. Imerso nos materiais da empresa familiar de mobili\u00e1rio, v\u00ea, como artista que j\u00e1 \u00e9, outros sentidos e formas para al\u00e9m do uso utilit\u00e1rio e decorativo.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a77f257 jltma-glass-effect-no elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a77f257\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Come\u00e7a, ent\u00e3o, a dar outros usos ao rejeitado pela ind\u00fastria de m\u00f3veis. As texturas e formas da madeira conjugam-se, num jogo de organiza\u00e7\u00e3o espacial. Adquirem linguagens quando dispostas num novo c\u00f3digo, onde dialogam com as tintas e outros materiais.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-42635bc jltma-glass-effect-no elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"42635bc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Ao longo dos anos H\u00e9lder Mendes tem vindo a escrever poesia com estes materiais. Interpreta a forma, discerne a composi\u00e7\u00e3o prop\u00f5e os sentidos. Desde muito cedo H\u00e9lder Mendes compreende este jogo da decis\u00e3o, tentando encontrar num espa\u00e7o dispon\u00edvel, aquele onde constr\u00f3i a obra, a afirma\u00e7\u00e3o da sua vida.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_ma_el_bg_slider elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7fb28a1a jltma-glass-effect-no\" data-id=\"7fb28a1a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6e6fb7ee jltma-glass-effect-no elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6e6fb7ee\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.23.0 - 05-08-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" width=\"833\" height=\"1200\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/heldermendes.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/helder-mendes-01.jpg?fit=833%2C1200\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-28688\" alt=\"H\u00e9lder Mendes - Plastic Artist\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/heldermendes.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/helder-mendes-01.jpg?w=833 833w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/heldermendes.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/helder-mendes-01.jpg?resize=208%2C300 208w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/heldermendes.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/helder-mendes-01.jpg?resize=711%2C1024 711w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/heldermendes.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/helder-mendes-01.jpg?resize=768%2C1106 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/heldermendes.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/helder-mendes-01.jpg?resize=8%2C12 8w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/heldermendes.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/helder-mendes-01.jpg?resize=480%2C691 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_ma_el_bg_slider elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-32d13c8 elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default jltma-glass-effect-no\" data-id=\"32d13c8\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_has_onepagescroll_dot&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_ma_el_bg_slider elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-518bccc jltma-glass-effect-no\" data-id=\"518bccc\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8812a34 jltma-glass-effect-no elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8812a34\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAs obras de H\u00e9lder Mendes s\u00e3o a auto-descoberta do artista, mas s\u00e3o, sobretudo, um grito de liberdade, um impulso para a vida, t\u00e3o violenta e dolorosa.  O artista n\u00e3o tem de se cingir ao objeto planeado. Nos materiais dispon\u00edveis v\u00ea a liberdade e a vida que procurava. V\u00ea uma nova linguagem, depois reconhecida em outros artistas e escolas de arte.  E este \u00e9 um momento de dupla auto-revela\u00e7\u00e3o: a da descoberta da linguagem identit\u00e1ria e a de saber-se compreendido! N\u00e3o sendo original nos m\u00e9todos, d\u00e1-se imediatamente o reconhecimento da obra no momento em que H\u00e9lder Mendes entra em contato pr\u00f3ximo com renomados artistas, como os Mestres Carlos Lan\u00e7a, Artur Bual e Jaime Isidoro, e um ass\u00edduo conv\u00edvio professores de arte e artistas j\u00e1 consagrados, como Jos\u00e9 Rodrigues, Zulmiro de Carvalho, Henrique Silva, etc.. Este conv\u00edvio pr\u00f3ximo com a comunidade art\u00edstica, e o participar em grandes eventos e exposi\u00e7\u00f5es, bem como em concursos, onde arrecada pr\u00e9mios e reconhecimento, funcionam, ao mesmo tempo, como provoca\u00e7\u00e3o \u00e0 cria\u00e7\u00e3o e como garantia de um lugar pr\u00f3prio, onde evidencia a sua originalidade criativa.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-435028f jltma-glass-effect-no elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"435028f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tA hist\u00f3ria de vida de H\u00e9lder Mendes, a interpreta\u00e7\u00e3o do mundo, est\u00e3o na obra que produz. Onde surgiu a dor, a fragilidade, a perda, a ruptura, H\u00e9lder Mendes colocou a for\u00e7a, a vitalidade, o grito de liberdade, o desejo da completude. N\u00e3o se pode compreender a sua arte sem entender o mundo em que cresceu e as emo\u00e7\u00f5es que viveu e vive! Entre a condi\u00e7\u00e3o de filho e de pai, o artista vive constantemente a aus\u00eancia, a perda. Mas h\u00e1 sempre algo presente, a nascer, a recuperar da mem\u00f3ria. \n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-512f59f jltma-glass-effect-no elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"512f59f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tA biografia de H\u00e9lder Mendes est\u00e1 presente na obra que vem construindo. Na interpreta\u00e7\u00e3o do quotidiano descobriu a linguagem apropriada para se libertar e para cumprir o desejo indom\u00e1vel de comunicar a paix\u00e3o pela arte. E vai ser esse quotidiano a impor-se e a obrig\u00e1-lo a novas interpreta\u00e7\u00f5es e narrativas. \u00c9 uma obra em progresso, em constante pesquisa, \u00e0 descoberta de desafios novos, intimamente ligada \u00e0 vida e \u00e0 puls\u00e3o pela liberdade.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_ma_el_bg_slider elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0804fce elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default jltma-glass-effect-no\" data-id=\"0804fce\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_has_onepagescroll_dot&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_ma_el_bg_slider elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8ed35e3 jltma-glass-effect-no\" data-id=\"8ed35e3\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b7090c6 jltma-glass-effect-no elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b7090c6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Introdu\u00e7\u00e3o<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-60b6b4b jltma-glass-effect-no elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"60b6b4b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tIns\u00f3lita indaga\u00e7\u00e3o pela mat\u00e9ria da vida\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2fc097f jltma-glass-effect-no elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2fc097f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tA arte de H\u00e9lder Mendes \u00e9  uma experi\u00eancia de indaga\u00e7\u00e3o pelo mundo e pela vida. De tal forma se imp\u00f5e a for\u00e7a e viol\u00eancia visual, que logo somos obrigados a questionar: como dialogam, nesta est\u00e9tica, a materializa\u00e7\u00e3o da ideia e a pr\u00e1tica do desejo?; qual o lugar para o desejo, na obra de arte de H\u00e9lder Mendes?; como se invoca os sentidos, a partir da experi\u00eancia das texturas, na abstra\u00e7\u00e3o das formas?, como se conjugam as emo\u00e7\u00f5es e a raz\u00e3o?\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-728d547 jltma-glass-effect-no elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"728d547\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Criada para colmatar a falta, a perda, sobressai ao nosso olhar na obra de H\u00e9lder Mendes o desejo e a convuls\u00e3o. Ao vazio e fragilidade responde com o exagero dos elementos. Como ser\u00e1 dif\u00edcil determinar o terminus de cada obra, na hip\u00f3tese da obra art\u00edstica ter um final. Aparece-nos o desejo em suspens\u00e3o, a ang\u00fastia pela resposta do observador. \u00c9 esta puls\u00e3o do desejo, a procura em ocupar o que falta, entre o exagero e a aus\u00eancia, o registo da comunica\u00e7\u00e3o que se apodera do artista, dominando-o.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0acb92a jltma-glass-effect-no elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0acb92a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAo contr\u00e1rio do que seria supor, H\u00e9lder Mendes n\u00e3o aproveita o lixo, o desperd\u00edcio, o rejeitado. \u00c9 a mat\u00e9ria informe, dispon\u00edvel, a aproveitar-se do desejo de H\u00e9lder Mendes.  S\u00e3o as texturas, as cores,  as variadas e inseguras formas, a provocar o artista, a delinear a express\u00e3o da mensagem, o sentido art\u00edstico.  A assemblage, que algu\u00e9m diz ser uma \u201cest\u00e9tica da acumula\u00e7\u00e3o\u201d, liberta o artista da superf\u00edcie para a tridimensionalidade. Entre a pintura e a escultura, traz o objeto quotidiano para a arte, o comum para a excep\u00e7\u00e3o. Construir a obra de arte, a escultura, dar um lugar \u00e0s partes constituintes, assumir o todo e a singularidade das partes, confere ao artista o papel de demiurgo de mundos outros, poss\u00edveis, sem fronteiras. H\u00e9lder Mendes faz de cada obra esse mundo poss\u00edvel de emo\u00e7\u00f5es, mas tamb\u00e9m de racionalidades, entre a arte do improviso e a de uma relojoaria fina, precisa, onde o todo s\u00f3 funciona na justa localiza\u00e7\u00e3o de cada pe\u00e7a.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2f02e8e jltma-glass-effect-no elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2f02e8e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tA arte mant\u00e9m o mesmo des\u00edgnio desde que o homem pintou as grutas do paleol\u00edtico:  colmatar a fenda aberta do sentido do mundo; elevar o discurso do humano; transportar-nos para mundos que desconhecemos, ou seja, uma verdadeira \u2018religio\u2019. A arte coneta-nos a lugares existentes para al\u00e9m do real experimentado. Ela tanto cria como expressa o mundo do desejo. A arte tem tudo a  ver com a verdade! Talvez o \u00fanico espa\u00e7o onde se pode experimentar e comunicar a verdade, porque a \u00fanica express\u00e3o universal ao humano. E a verdade \u00e9 sempre expressa em pergunta; nunca se oferece a uma contempla\u00e7\u00e3o est\u00e1tica, mas a um desejo para o conhecimento, obrigando a pensar. Haver\u00e1 nesta verdade a presen\u00e7a da virtude? Toda a injusti\u00e7a, segundo Plat\u00e3o, s\u00f3 pode ser ultrapassada pela virtude educativa do sofrimento. A experi\u00eancia da dor, educa-nos, paradoxalmente, para a supera\u00e7\u00e3o da injusti\u00e7a do mundo, da vida.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5c0057f jltma-glass-effect-no elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5c0057f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCada obra de H\u00e9lder Mendes convida-nos a participar da puls\u00e3o para a busca de uma inteligibilidade da vida e da liberdade. Os materiais conjugam-se, sobrep\u00f5em-se, negoceiam cada lugar, entre camadas e ordens de cor, num c\u00f3digo a descobrir. Cada obra \u00e9 como um corpo, composto por diferentes \u00f3rg\u00e3os, em diversas camadas, umas vis\u00edveis, outras escondidas, mas presentes e ativas. A ossatura espalma-se, entre as estruturas materiais. Ao fruidor da arte, esse corpo mostra-se combinado, ocultando e desvelando, mas com racionalidade.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ba732ea jltma-glass-effect-no elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ba732ea\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tA fuga \u00e0 representa\u00e7\u00e3o n\u00e3o \u00e9 uma fuga \u00e0 racionalidade, como prop\u00f5e G. Deleuze com a \u2018l\u00f3gica da sensa\u00e7\u00e3o\u2019, abordando a obra de Francis Bacon. H\u00e9lder Mendes n\u00e3o pinta a sensa\u00e7\u00e3o (aquilo que Deleuze definiu como \u2018passar de uma ordem a outra, de um n\u00edvel a outro, de um dom\u00ednio a outro\u2019). O corpo n\u00e3o se revela em representa\u00e7\u00f5es espasm\u00f3dicas, nos limites da compet\u00eancia org\u00e2nica. O corpo insinua-se, nas esculturas de H\u00e9lder Mendes, entre os materiais, compondo-se neles e a partir deles.  Supondo-os, n\u00e3o \u00e9 um corpo sem \u00f3rg\u00e3os, dada a fragilidade do corpo n\u00e3o precisar dessa sensa\u00e7\u00e3o de corpo total para ter a vitalidade esperada.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-95cfbe0 jltma-glass-effect-no elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"95cfbe0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCada obra de H\u00e9lder Mendes \u00e9 um corpo em performance, vivo, dialogante. 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