José Bechara works on a wide field of research such as space, volumetry, surface, composition showing the result of his investigation through a series of work using painting, drawing, sculpture, photography and installation. The artist often reuses truck canvas tarps, manipulates oxides of carbon, copper and steel to produce diptychs, triptychs or polyptics with different intensities exploring cores, lines and patterns.
The artist had shown his work in various institutions such as: Eva Klabin Foundation, Brazil; Culturgest, Portugal, MEIAC, Spain; Valencian Institute of Modern Art, Spain; MAM Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Tomie Ohtake Institute, Brazil; Ludwig Museum, Germany, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Germany; Ludwig Forum Fur Intl Kunst, Germany, and Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Portugal, among others. He is represented in several collections such as MAM RJ, Gilberto Chateaubriand Collection, Brazil, Center Pompidou, France, Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo, Museu Brasil or Ludwig (Koblenz), Germany.
Oxidation of cupric emulsion on old tarp
130 x 240 cm
Oxidation of cupric emulsion on old tarp
110 x 188 cm
Untitled, 2023
Acrylic and oxidation of steel on canvas tarp
35 x 60 x 6 cm
Acrylic and oxidation of steel and copper on canvas tarp
135 x 270 cm
Acrylic and oxidation of steel and copper on canvas tarp
135 x 270 cm (detail)
Acrylic, carbon and steel oxidation on tarp, 144 x 244 cm
Acrylic and oxidation of steel on canvas tarp
50 x 30 x 6 cm
Acrylic and oxidation of steel on canvas tarp
35 x 30 x 6 cm
Acrylic, carbon and steel oxidation on old tarp, 125 x 108 cm
Untitled, 2018
Acrylic, carbon and steel oxidation on old tarp, 125 x 108 cm
Untitled, 2018
Acrylic, carbon and steel oxidation on old tarp, 100 x 100 cm
José Bechara cultivates intense, striking, gestures, materials and processes. To enter into contact with his work suggests conflict, tension, and when there is an equilibrium it is always precarious, balanced on the edge of crisis and destruction. Even his smaller drawings and sculptures are energetic in their making, an accumulation of rapid and expressive graphic elements, surfaces marked by oxidations and other signs that translate power and the bold development of a process beyond what can be seen. Agnaldo Farias
Untitled from the series Operações Mínimas, 2018
Acrylic, carbon and steel oxidation on old tarp, 50 x 35 cm
Untitled from the series Operações Mínimas, 2018
Acrylic, carbon and steel oxidation on old tarp, 50 x 35 cm
Untitled from the series Operações Mínimas, 2018
Acrylic, carbon and steel oxidation on old tarp, 50 x 35 cm
Lightjet print, 120 x 80 cm
Lightjet print, 190 x 127 cm
Lightjet print, 80 x 120 cm
Acrylic, carbon and steel oxidation on tarp, 25 x 20 cm
Acrylic, carbon and steel oxidation on tarp, 25 x 20 cm
Acrylic, carbon and steel oxidation on tarp, 25 x 20 cm