Biography
To be updatedSelf-taught, André Filur transits in various supports and techniques as his investigation deepens. Initially an illustrator, he discovered in graffiti the possibility of expanding and intervening in different media.
Her work is based on spirituality, mysticism and miscegenation, thro...
To be updatedSelf-taught, André Filur transits in various supports and techniques as his investigation deepens. Initially an illustrator, he discovered in graffiti the possibility of expanding and intervening in different media.
Her work is based on spirituality, mysticism and miscegenation, through research on Brazilian popular art, focused on the scowls of Mestre Guarany and Dona Ana das Carrancas, ex-votos, in addition to cults of indigenous and African matrices , with a contemporary look.
For this reason, the gestures of the hands, the presence of the head as a symbol and reference of frowns and “ori, head in the Yoruba tradition, are recurrent in their representations, the idea is that nothing bad will pass, making everything bad back.
In addition to these references, Filur has a strong relationship with his dreams, many of his works are already manifested even before the beginning of his execution, in direct contact with his guides. The image and the choice of colors as well as the title are already presented to him in this intimate relationship with the holistic universe, already foreseeing developments for projects and exhibitions.
In this relationship, Filur's works are a new way of mixing contemporary issues and materials with their own mythologies, giving new meaning to iconography and building new symbols, creating a new popular and sacred imagination.
His works have already passed through several countries, such as the United States, Mexico, Uruguay, Chile, Holland, Portugal, Australia, Japan and Italy, where today one of his works is part of the collection of the Ministry of Tourism of Italy in Rome.
