Raymundo Colares

Raymundo Colares' work stands out in the artistic scene of Brazil in the 1970s, a period of renewal in painting. His work establishes a dialogue between the aesthetic legacy of concrete art and elements of mass culture, such as advertising, photography, and cinema.

Colares demonstrates a concern for producing art rooted in modernism as well as concretism, while simultaneously engaging with the pop culture of his time. The artist himself identifies a connection with Italian Futurism in his desire to represent the dynamism and speed of modern life. His compositions are structured by the intersections and overlapping of visual rhythms, reminiscent of the movement of vehicles in speed in a large city. He uses metallic paints to depict colors and numbers, images that synthesize the aesthetics of bus bodywork, as products of industrial society.