Claudio Souza Pinto's Paintings

Color, humour, criativity and refinement in Claudio Souza Pinto’s pictures.

“We are not what we really want to be, but we are what the society encumbers us... the theater of life”

For the artist, life is a great play. As it part, the pictures come out with human feelings which are under masks.

Colorful clothes drawed with a good measure of sensibility and humour, represent these feelings.

Instead of bodies, behaviour is showed up.

The screens of oil on linen (made by the artist) are inedited and have the dimensions between 100 x 80 centimeters and  180 x 90 centimeters....

In this universe, Claudio paints the results of a language that “talks” or “plays”with the viewers.The strong contrast among the colors shows up the harmony in the work and how deep they are characteristics that shake the feelings of the viewers.

“I paint clothes of the mankind, because for the society, the image worths more than everything else.But these clothes hide the feelings, “says the artits”. For him, the masks are more than the result of a criativity, they are situations everybody faces.

“All of us have different behaviour masks, and they emerge depending on the occasion”, he says.

The review of rules given by the society get a funny and inspired treatment too. “ I point my screens out as being of a great sensibility, beauty and softness, messages that everybody can understand , “he coments about pictures that show silly situations, that result from feelings like love, pain and failure.

After putting his ideas on the screen, he decides on colors, he’s goingto use. “ I don’t worry about combinig them, I want them to bright only”, explains about the choices which there are nothing to do with the esthetic standards already stablished”. On the clothes I also mix many gravures , he adds.

“Talking about love”

Claudio Souza Pinto is from São Paulo, and since he was very little he demonstrated the skill of drawing and developing other kinds of artistic activities, he painted his first picture when he was 11.

He marjored in industrial design, he creates his own pictures without any help, however he never forgets to mention the surrealism and Da Vinci and Bosh’s works as being a great influence in his carreer.

His pictures, above all, show love and are already known around the intelectual and artistic world of Paris.

He was invited in 1997 to expose his work in the Autumn picture Gallery , the biggest European art gallery in Paris. Result of choice made among other eight thousand artists from all over the world. I started exposing my work in paris where  I had the opportunity to expose in many different places. The art culture is alive among them, he confirms.

He assures that in Brazil, people are beginning to look art in general with other eyes. “Its a young country ... we need more stimulation” he quotes.

Painter- poet- humoristic are three characteristics given to the artist by professionals of Paris .His work delights people like  Yves Bayard, na architect

who projected the National Museum of Contemporary Arts in Nice, and Jacques Bral, the movie director rewarded in the traditional festival in Cannes.

As they say, Claudio’s pictures have a fantastic realism and it’s visable discussion about evolution, melancholy and love on it.

Sadness or happiness are always present even if in spirit.

To Bral, the artist’s style is easily recognised.

Now Bayard conclued “His pictures impress me for it freedom It’s a great master on happiness’s service”.

“Innate Gifts”Besides having pictures as his main productions, Claudio also develops scuptures, ilustrations, design pieces and maquette and photography.

When he was four, he was incentivated by his uncle, the painter Bernardo Cid de Souza Pinto, to start modelating mud. Self student. He used to sell his work when he got into Mackenzie University.

His journey got a decisive way in 1990, when the French Alain Aouizerate art collector, was delighted with his work. By the first time, Claudio was invited  to expose his work at the Le Bains and at Pari’s Opera . He conquered the respect in the art circuit and there have been 8 years old he’s living traveling between France and Brazil.

Born  in  São Paulo em 1954.

Graduated

Graduated  in Industrial Design  - University  Mackenzie – São Paulo - Brasil

Specialities

1. Design
2. Sculptures
3. Photografy
4. Ceramic
5. Maquette
6. Ilusttration.

Professional Activities

1. Creation Departament  Estrela Toys
2. Designer “ Monark “ Bikes S. A
3. Art Director
4. Industrial Designer
5.  

Recent Exiibitions

1992 -Opera Garnier de Paris, No. 8 Rue Scribe-Paris – França

1993 -Les Bains, No. 7 Rue du Bourg L’Abbe – Paris – França

1995 -Les Bains, No. 7 Rue du Bourg L’Abbe – Paris – França

          Doobie’s No. 2, Rue Robert Estienne

1996 -Les Bains, No. 7 Rue du Bourg L’Abbe – Paris – França

1997-Galeria Espaço Mirante 1997 –São Paulo-Brasil

  Salon de Otono  – Espacio Branly – Eiffel – Paris - França

1998 -Espaco Cultural Brasilia - Caixa Econômica Federal  – Brasil

          Banco Francês Brasileiro – Agencia Alphaville – São Paulo – Brasil

1999 -Conj. Cultural da Caixa Econômica Federal de Rio de Janeiro – Brasil.

2000 - Galeria Centro de Convivência de Campinas – São Paulo – Brasil

2001-Conj. Federal da Caixa Econômica Federal de Salvador–  Bahia - Brasil.

   Espaço Cultural Bayer, São Paulo – Brasil.

  Academia Brasileira de Arte Cultura e Historia –Coletiva - Casa da Fazenda – São Paulo -Brasil

  Conj. Cultural da Caixa Econômica Federal de São Paulo – Brasil

  Chapel School Art Show – Coletiva – São Paulo – Brasil

2002 -Café Jornal – Individual – São Paulo – Brasil.

  32 Festival de Inverno - Campos de Jordão – Coletiva-Brasil

  X Festival de Artes de Itu – Coletiva - Brasil

  Chapel School Art Show – São Paulo – Brasil

         Atrium Cultural Centro Comercial Plaza – artista homenageado – São Paulo – Brasil

2003-Casa Da Fazenda do Morumbi – Coletiva– São Paulo – Brasil

  Conrad Resort & Casino -Punta Del Este – Uruguai –artista homenageado

  Brazilian – English Center – XVII Art Exhibition   – São Paulo – Brasil

  Chapel School Art Show  – São Paulo – Brasil

  Graded School  – Sao Paulo – Brasil

2004 -Guest of the 5th Biennial International Exhibition in Rome – Italy

   Grand Hyatt Hotel of São Paulo – Coletiva  – Brasil

  Espaço Acqua – Individual – São Paulo – Brasil

  Espaço Cultural da Câmara dos Deputados – Brasília - Brasil

  Expôs. De Arte Internacional de Padova – Itália

  Fundacíon Focus-Abengoa – premiação e aquisição da obra - Sevilha – Espanha

2005- Exposição Coletiva – Grand  Hyatt Hotel – São Paulo – Brasil

          Gabriel Galeria de Arte – São Paulo – Brasil

          Expôs. Plaza de los Venerables – Sevilla – Espanha

          Galeria de arte Mizrahi – São Paulo – Brasil

          New York gallery – São Paulo - Brasil

          Fundação Focus  Abengoa – expôs. Coletiva – Sevilla – Espanha

          Exposição Individual – Casa da Fazenda do Morumbi – São Paulo

2006- Tão Seguilda – centro de arte – São Paulo – Brasil

          Mostra Hotel  Sete Voltas – São Paulo _ Brasil

          Hilton Hotel – Galeria Canvas – Morumbi _São Paulo

          Robert Philips Gallery  - London

          Blue Tulip Gallery  - Windssor – Londres ( junho )

          Off Bienal 2  - MUBE – São Paulo

          Ethon  Gallery – London

          Casa Velha – Quinta do Lago – Algarve – Portugal

2007- Artexpo Las Vegas – USA

           Nan Miler Gallery – NY

2008 – Artexpo NY – Nan Miller Gallery

Born in São Paulo, Brazil in 1954, Claudio at the age of four began working in clay under the guidance of his uncle, the painter Bernardo Cid de Souza Pinto. He sold his own art whilst studying for a degree in industrial design at Mackenzie University in São Paulo. In 1990 Alan Aouizerate, the French art collector, fell in love with  Souza Pinto's work and invited him to exhibit at Le Bains and The Opera in Paris.  He has since successfully exhibited internationally for many years.  He lives in France and Brazil. 

கோமா எப்படி ஏற்படுகிறது?

மனிதர்களுக்கு நீண்டகாலம் நினைவு பாதிக்கப்படுவது கோமா எனப்படுகிறது. இந்த கோமா எப்படி ஏற்படுகிறது? இதற்கு மருத்துவர்கள் பல காரணங்களைச் சொல்கிறார்கள். அவற்றில் முக்கியக் காரணம், மூளையில் அடிபடுவது. மூளையின் ஒவ்வொரு பகுதியும் ஒவ்வொரு காலகட்டத்தில் நடைபெற்ற நிகழ்ச்சிகளை நினைவில் வைத்துக் கொள்ளும் தன்மையுடையவை. அத்தகைய மூளை அடிபட்டு உள்ளே ரத்தக் கசிவு ஏற்பட்டால் மூளையின் அனைத்துப் பகுதிகளுமோ அல்லது ஒரு பகுதி மட்டுமோ செயலிழக்கிறது. மூளையின் ஒரு பகுதி மட்டும் பாதிக்கப்படும் போது அந்தக் காலகட்ட நினைவுகள் மட்டும் பாதிக்கப்படும். அந்த நினைவுகள் மீண்டும் வராமல் போகும். இது ஒருவகை கோமா என்று அழைக்கப்படுகிறது. இன்னொரு வகை கோமாவில் மூளையில் சகல பகுதிகளும் பாதிக்கப்படுகின்றன. ஆனால் அனிச்சைச் செயல்களான சுவாசத்தையும், இதயத்துடிப்பையும் மட்டும் எதுவும் செய்வதில்லை. அதனால் உயிர் மட்டும் இருக்கும். விளைவு, கோமா. மற்றொரு காரணம் “ஸ்ட்ரோக்”. மூளைக்குள் ரத்தக் கட்டி ஏற்பட்டு அல்லது அதிக ரத்த அழுத்தத்தால் மூளைக்குள் ரத்தம் கசிந்து மூளைச் செல்களைக் கடுமையாகப் பாதிக்கும். அதை செரிப்ரல் திராம்பாசிஸ், செரிப்ரல் எம்போசிஸ் என்று பிரிக்கிறார்கள். மூளையில் சேதம் அதிகம் இல்லையென்றால் கோமாவில் இருந்து வெளியே வருவது சுலபம். நிறையப் பேர் அவ்வாறு மீண்டிருக்கிறார்கள். சிலர் வருடக்கணக்கில் கோமாவில் இருந்துவிட்டு வெளியே வந்து நலமாக வாழ்கிறார்கள். இறுதிவரை அப்படியே இருந்து இறந்து போகிறவர்களும் உண்டு. கோமாவில் இருந்து மீள்வதும், மீளாததும் மூளையில் ஏற்படும் சேதத்தின் அளவைப் பொறுத்தது. பொதுவாக தலையில் அடிபடாமல் பார்த்துக் கொள்வது அவசியம்.

FAIL THE RIGHT WAY: 5 WAYS TO LEARN FROM STARTUP MISTAKES

Make Failure Good for You

This company’s fall from grace is well documented, but out of error comes experience. Follow these 5 tips from its founder for a “good fail.”

Richard Keith Latman thought he was creating his legacy when he launched his budget PC-manufacturing company in 1999. But after the attorney general’s office filed a formal action against Microworkz, Latman’s life was irrevocably changed. The promise of becoming Silicon Valley’s next internet billionaire disappeared overnight and Latman moved on to lose 11 jobs in 12 months, as well as go through a divorce and filing for personal bankruptcy.

It took some time, and more failures, but Latman finally found his way back to the industry he loved, selling cars (which he did in record numbers). He simultaneously developed a CRM tool for car dealerships. Today, Latman is once again at the top of his game as the CEO and co-founder of iMagicLab, a software company focused on the automotive industry. He’s also founder of Latman Interactive.

Latman has experienced the peaks and valleys of life and entrepreneurship many times over, yet his uncanny ability to see the next opportunity where no one else does propelled him forward to eventual success and happiness.

“The skill is in getting up to 50,000 feet; above your issues, problems, and opportunities, and being able to look down as objectively as possible to see if there is a path,” says Latman. “If we had to play the role of the marble in a maze it would be much harder to make it through. Look down on the puzzle instead.”

Through his harrowing journey, Latman always kept his eye on his core talents to find his next opportunity. “History is the best judge,” says Latman. “What are the core skill sets that you bring to the world? Always recognize what you do well and what you do poorly and stick with what you do best.”

In retrospect Latman recognizes that he never had a track record of raising money, building big teams, or managing inventory. “If I had stopped to assess my skills and experience when I planned that business I would have surrounded myself with a completely different subset of people,” he says. “Entrepreneurs often look at themselves as who they want to be, not who they have a track record of being.”

In his book, The Good Fail, Latman tells his story and explains why failure can be a necessary stepping stone to success. “A ‘good fail’ is a failure that has a learning value greater than the offset collateral damage,” he says. “These failures lead to new ideas about customers, innovations, and business plans.”

One of lessons that Latman took away from his years of bouncing back is that a good opportunity solves pain. “Everything I’ve done in the last fifteen years is based on evaluating how my idea changes what already exists and how will it improve the situation for my prospective customer. Don’t open another ordinary sandwich shop when the world doesn’t need it; create an opportunity that makes a difference.”

Here are some other rules that Latman lives by. Hopefully, these will help you to make every mistake a “good fail.”

Fail quickly. To prevent your business from failing, allow your decisions to fail quickly.  If you make a poor decision, learn from it, retool and continue to grow by changing and moving.

Launch early; don’t wait for perfection. Get your product into the marketplace fast to begin assessing whether your ideas will work in the real world. This is risky, but you have to be willing to do things differently. People want to help; get market feedback, adjust and move forward.

Don't rely on experts on the Web. People are willing to take the generic opinions of people who write, but these books and articles are not meant as road maps. Find the nuggets in each story knowing that they are designed to pick you up and get you to move; don't make your decisions based solely on the word of others. You can't be a sheep at one moment and a leader the next.

Have faith in yourself. If you doubt you'll be successful, you're right. Your perception of yourself will shape the kind of company you run and your odds of success. If you don't have confidence in yourself, no one else will.

Set expectations with investors. Whether you are dealing with friends and family or angel investors, make your plan clear. Don't let them run the show; this may lead to poor decision making and disappointment all around. Let them know exactly how you will use the funds and when they can expect a payoff. Clearly outlined plans will increase the odds of receiving a second round of funding when you need it.

Latman joined me on The Million Dollar Mindset podcast last week to share more of his story and "good fail" tips. I enjoyed, and learned from, his fabulous insights and hope you will, too.

 

AN ALL INCLUSIVE WAY TO FUND & LAUNCH A STARTUP

Need funding and assistance for a startup business? Why not consider working with an accelerator? Find out here, exactly what that is and how it can help you easily fund and and launch your next venture!

Business Week shares…

A few years ago, when Bryan Jowers and Justin Stanislaw were dreaming up an app to help friends pool money to give gifts, they felt they needed to leave Houston to improve their chances of finding investors and forging connections. Instead of relocating to a Silicon Valley hotspot, they moved to Cincinnati, lured by a startup accelerator called The Brandery. As one of six startups participating in the summer of 2010, they got 12 weeks of intensive help building their product, called Giftiki.

Startup accelerators, which give fledgling ventures seed money, office space, and mentoring through boot camps that typically last a few months, were born in tech hubs such as Silicon Valley and Boulder, Colo. The federal government and economic development groups around the country are banking on accelerators to create jobs and revive local economies in cities like Nashville, Tenn., and Greenville, S.C. The challenge in those places is whether the new crop of accelerators can get more companies like Giftiki—which left for San Francisco after raising more than $1 million in venture capital—to stick around.

Officials in Fayetteville, Ark., think they can. In August, 15 startups will arrive at ARK Challenge, a new accelerator with mentors from prominent Arkansas companies including Wal-Mart (WMT) and Tyson Foods (TSN). It’s partially funded by a $2.1 million federal grant. The ARK Challenge received 83 applications, including some from startups in Australia and Croatia, for its 15 spots. Director Jeannette Balleza hopes the graduates will move permanently to the region. “There’s a model in the Valley that we’re emphasizing to figure out: How do we spur innovation and create jobs but keep it specific to Northwest Arkansas?” she says.

ARK is one of 20 projects to receive a chunk of $37 million in federal money as part of the Obama administration’s strategy of using accelerator and incubator programs to create jobs in different regions. “If you really look at how America is going to be competitive, we need all of our entrepreneurs to be successful,” says Karen Mills, head of the U.S. Small Business Administration. “We need to make sure they have access and opportunity, not just in Silicon Valley, but in Iowa, in West Virginia, in Arkansas.”

Keeping accelerator participants rooted in an area after a program ends requires the right combination of seasoned mentors, investors, and nearby research institutions, says Aziz Gilani, a Houston-based venture capitalist at DFJ Mercury. While many programs are too new to judge, Gilani found that in nearly half of the 29 accelerators he researched for a ranking, none of the graduating companies went on to raise more money. TechStars in Boulder and Y Combinator, located in Mountain View, Calif., were at the top of the chart. The Brandery ranked 10th. Gilani says the most successful ones are “directly tied to what the region is best in the world at.” Houston won’t become a consumer Internet hub, Gilani says, “but an energy-company accelerator would be a slam dunk.”

Get more information at Business Week!