naive art

Humanity?

I am not sure where we went wrong.

We see people but not all are humane.

What happened to peace, to harmony, to respect, to solidarity, to empathy? What happened to love?

There is injustice in each and every country, continent. Events so bizzarre that we doubt not only our capacity to love, but the human capacity to think.

We must re-think and re-evaluate our human attitudes towards the planet and towards each other. We are walking away from the humane society we should be evolving to be. We are becoming something else and it doesn´t look good.

We should be more like nature, more like the ecossistems that surrounding us, because there we can see that what doesnt comply to the laws of life and love, is doomed to extintion.

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NĂŁo tenho certeza de onde erramos.

Vemos pessoas, mas nem todas sĂŁo humanas.

O que aconteceu com a paz, com a harmonia, com o respeito, com a solidariedade, com a empatia? O que aconteceu com o amor?

Há injustiça em cada país, continente. Acontecimentos tão bizarros que duvidamos não só da nossa capacidade de amar, mas da capacidade humana de pensar.

Devemos repensar e reavaliar nossas atitudes humanas em relação ao planeta e uns aos outros. Estamos nos afastando da sociedade humana que deveríamos estar evoluindo para ser. Estamos nos tornando outra coisa e isso não parece bom.

Devemos ser mais como a natureza, mais como os ecossistemas que nos rodeiam, porque ali podemos ver que o que não obedece às leis da vida e do amor, está fadado à extinção.

Luciana Mariano ©

©Art: When it starts to rain I – acrylics on canvas – 50×70 cm – 2022.

Utopia

This work is called ”Together we can reach the stars”.
It is about the wishful thinking of a society where people, helping each other, could reach higher goals for humanity. It is about, hand by hand, making something better which everyone could benefit from. Not a polarized world of opposites, but a world where everyone counts and matters, above profit and interests.

The world is killing itself based on division. There is not them and us, its all we. Greed, territorialism and insanity is rulling and everyone is loosing. There are wars everywhere, at this very moment, but some wars attain out mercy, while others are completely ignored. Why? Is it because one could kill you and the other presents no risk to you? If that is the case, I bring sad news: you are already dead inside.

The world, from this naive artist’s perspective, looks like this: The planet is a big beautiful school and some kids are not allowed to learn, play and eat there. Other kids are grounded during recession but they didn’t do any wrong. Some kids are overfed, overdressed, over indulged and even given free grades and stars, while others are starving, cold, being bullied and punished without any reason. Some kids are better than others because of their surnames, skin color, the amount of money their parents hold in their bank accounts. Would you like your kid to attend that school? Would he be bullying or bullied?

Stop insanity.

Stop allowing the bullies to decide who thrives and who perishes.

If you can’t see the whole picture, or if you cant see both sides, you are part of the problem, not part of the solution.

Together we can reach the stars, but against each other we are doomed, collectively, to fail.

Luciana Mariano, March 2022.

Absenc/s/es
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We are all there and yet, no one is present. Life can be just like that; we think we exist, but we are ever desappearing, from the very moment we started.

Estamos todos lá e, no entanto, ninguém está presente. A vida pode ser assim; pensamos que existimos, mas estamos desaparecendo, desde o momento em que começamos.

Gossip

Things we say, matter

So we should think before we say it

How we say it

Why we say it

If it is true

If can help or harm anyone.

Misplaced words can hurt

They can change the course of events

They can ruin thoughts,

Moods, spirits

Situations, narratives

That otherwise, had a reason to be.

Things we say are can be damaging

Or they can be inspiring

They can devastate

Or build

Things we say matter

And if they don’t matter,

Perhaps

They shouldn’t be said at all.

LM
Things we say – gossip.

Painting available

Januária


Her name is Januária. 

She might look fragile but she is a beautiful, bold and fearless girl.

She carries a soul full of dreams and a heart full of love.

(Here starts a series of 3D works)
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Januária pode parecer frágil mas é na verdade muito valente.

Ela carrega consigo uma mala cheia de sonhos e tem a alma, o coração, os braços e os olhos repletos de amor.

( Escultura em massa de secagem a frio e pintura acrĂ­lica)

Arte na Tela

https://youtu.be/8n2VF0XbfA4

Click on the link above and heck out the interview on the TV program “Arte na Tela” shown in Brazil.

Para conhecer minha arte, clique no link acima e assista o programa “Arte na Tela” exibido no Brasil.

Estonia, a love story


It was one of these unexpected gifts of life. Unknown country, city, place, people and yet, I felt completely home, welcome and happy. Kondase Keskus is a Naive Art Museum in the city of Viljandi, Estonia. But is much more than a beautiful centre of arts. It is a magical place with amazing scenery and gorgeous, strong and kind people. I had no idea that such place existed and I am really happy life brought me there. It was my last exhibition and somehow it felt like a heavenly present for my carriere. A sign. A secret message from life to make me understand that happiness is made of small, special places and moments like this and nothing in life is permanent, everything unfolds for better chances, new beginnings and growth. My art grew and found love on Viljandi. So did I. 

Thank you Kondase Keskus for this opportunity.

Thank you Estonia, Viljandi and its kind people.

Thank you Harri.

Thank you Mare and Mari.

Thank you Mari, Johanna and Hendrik.

❤️

Strong Women

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Strong women
We have to be strong.

To know about everything.

To endure.

To resist.

To accept.

To comply.

To insist.

To work hard.

To work harder.

To look good.

To be gentle.

To be kind.

To behave.

To be modest.

To exceed.

To find out.

To fit in.

To survive.

To be a woman in a world ruled by greedy white men is a work of art.

And we are.

Art.
Luciana Mariano (c)

Junho ° June ° Juni ° Kesäkuu


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Sonho no divĂŁ

É preciso sonhar. Expandir a realidade através do sonho, do desejo, da imaginação. Sonhar até cair cansada e acordar achando que sonhos são sim possíveis e a realidade é só o avesso do sonho que ainda não se concretizou. É só questão de tempo. Do tempo que não para, do impiedoso tempo que não espera por ninguém; é só questão de fé. Fé é crença, crença é vontade, vontade é força e a minha força move mundos quando eu sonho. Imaginários mundos. Mundos de possibilidades.
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We need to dream. Expanding reality through dreams, desire, imagination. To dream until you fall exhausted and then wake up believing that dreams are, indeed, possibilities. Reality is just an inside out dream that is about to become true. It’s a matter of time. Time that doesn’t stand still, the unmerciful time that waits for no one; it’s just a matter of faith. Faith is belief, belief is will, will is strength and my strength can create worlds when I dream. Imaginary worlds. Worlds of possibilities.

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Commission work made for private collection. 

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