Sérgio Ferro Explained

Sérgio Ferro
Birth Date:25 July 1938
Spouse:Ediane Lobão Ferro
Website:https://tftk.iau.usp.br/sobre/#sergio-ferro

Sérgio Ferro (born 25 July 1938) is a Brazilian painter, architect and professor.[1] [2] [3] He has been living in France since the early 1970s. He holds degrees in Architecture and Urbanism (FAUUSP) and in Semiotics (Mackenzie), with postgraduate studies in Museology and Urban Evolution (FAUUSP).[4] [5] He was imprisoned by the military dictatorship and, upon his release, went into exile in France.

Career

Sérgio Ferro is the son of Armando Simone Pereira and Beatriz Ferro Pereira.

In 1962, Sérgio Ferro graduated in Architecture and Urbanism from the Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism at the University of São Paulo (FAUUSP). Shortly after, he was invited by Professor João Batista Vilanova Artigas to join the teaching staff as a teaching assistant in the Art History course at the same university. Until 1970, he taught plastic composition, art history, and aesthetics at various art and architecture schools and colleges in the cities of Santos, São Paulo, and Brasília.[6]

His teaching career includes:

Analysis of Architectural Production

In the 1960s, together with Rodrigo Lefèvre and Flávio Império, Sérgio Ferro co-founded the group called Arquitetura Nova (New Architecture) to understand the practice of architecture as a productive chain, including the social role of the architect and the production relations at the construction site. They proposed public housing policies with social housing projects, developing designs based on what they called the "poetics of the economy": simple experiences, optimizing procedures to increase productivity and access to housing. They were responsible for formulating a critique, based on the Marxist perspective of surplus value, of the institutionalized architectural production in Brazil in general and, specifically, as a theoretical counterpoint to the work and school of their former mentor, Professor Vilanova Artigas.

Sérgio Ferro continues to this day his critical reflection on issues related to architectural production, indicating that it reflects the economic relations of each era.[7] [8] [9]

Project TF/TK

Between 2020 and 2024, he actively participated in the international project "Translating Ferro / Transforming Knowledge into Architecture, Design, and Work for a New Field of Production Studies," developed through a Brazil/UK collaboration, funded by FAPESP (Brazil) and AHRC (UK). The project sought to promote the consolidation of a new field of Production Studies, structured by Sérgio Ferro's work, which is considered "a fundamental thinker for the field of studies and practices of architectural production, from both a critical and emancipatory perspective."[10]

25 Affiliated Researchers participated in the project, initially focusing on translating selected works of Sérgio Ferro from Portuguese to English and debating them in reading groups in both English and Portuguese. This led to the development of various studies that will be published as booklets and books.

Additionally, part of Sérgio Ferro's collection of architecture, theory, and artistic practice is being organized, cleaned, cataloged, digitized, stored, and made available online, including projects and works from Arquitetura Nova (in partnership with FAU-USP). Much of this collection was donated by Sérgio Ferro to the Institute of Architecture and Urbanism at the University of São Paulo (IAU-USP), located in São Carlos, São Paulo.

Military Dictatorship and Exile

During the military dictatorship, Sérgio Ferro, along with his Arquitetura Nova colleagues, established connections with the Brazilian Communist Party (PCB), which was opposed to armed struggle and guerrilla warfare against the dictatorial regime as a means of achieving a socialist revolution in the country. He later broke with the PCB and joined the Aliança Libertadora Nacional (National Liberation Alliance), led by Carlos Marighella.[11]

Due to his political activism and the regime’s persecution, Sérgio Ferro was imprisoned for a year. He was dismissed from the University of São Paulo and, in 1972, went into exile in France, settling in Grenoble.

Unable to practice as an architect in France, he dedicated himself to artistic activity and teaching in arts and architecture courses. Between 1972 and 1989, he taught at the University of Grenoble. During this period, he created frescoes at Villeneuve (1975),[12] École Buttes (1981), and École Joseph Vallier (1983). His painting is characterized by unfinished images, clear references to Michelangelo and Leonardo, mixed with sketches and handwritten texts.[13]

Awards and Recognitions

Works

Books

Individual Exhibitions

Here is a list of individual exhibitions by Sérgio Ferro:

Collective Exhibitions

Here is a list of exhibitions in which Sérgio Ferro participated:

External links

Bibliography

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sérgio Ferro . Spatial Agency.
  2. Web site: Sérgio Ferro . Enciclopédia Itaú Cultural . pt.
  3. Web site: Quatro paredes mágicas . 2024-11-14 . revistapesquisa.fapesp.br . pt-br.
  4. Web site: Cultural . Instituto Itaú . Sérgio Ferro . 2024-11-26 . Enciclopédia Itaú Cultural.
  5. Web site: Sérgio Ferro Arquivo Arq . 2024-11-26 . arquivo.arq.br.
  6. Web site: 2018-07-25 . Sérgio Ferro: ensino, crítica e artes plásticas . 2024-11-26 . ArchDaily Brasil . pt-BR.
  7. Web site: 2023-08-20 . "Sou contra o termo antropoceno. O que está conduzindo o mundo ao desastre final é o capital": entrevista com Sérgio Ferro . 2024-11-26 . ArchDaily Brasil . pt-BR.
  8. Web site: 2016-05-13 . "Trabalhador coletivo" e autonomia / Sérgio Ferro . 2024-11-26 . ArchDaily Brasil . pt-BR.
  9. Web site: 2021-10-30 . O que a arquitetura pode aprender com Paulo Freire? . 2024-11-26 . ArchDaily Brasil . pt-BR.
  10. Web site: início . 2024-11-26 . TF/TK . pt-BR.
  11. Web site: Arquitetura nova : Sérgio Ferro, Flávio Império e Rodrigo Lefèvre, de Artigas aos mutirões WorldCat.org . 2024-11-26 . search.worldcat.org . en.
  12. Web site: Art et patrimoine de la Villeneuve de Grenoble . 2024-11-26 . patrimoine.vn.free.fr.
  13. Web site: 2009-08-10 . SERGIO FERRO . 2024-11-26 . web.archive.org.
  14. Web site: Paraná . Assembleia Legislativa do . Assembleia entrega título ao artista paranaense Sérgio Ferro . 2024-11-26 . Assembleia Legislativa do Estado do Paraná . pt-br.
  15. Web site: Jardin . Carol . Sérgio Ferro é homenageado em fundação de Escola Livre da Cooperativa Braço Forte SASP - Sindicado dos Arquitetos do Estado de São Paulo . 2024-11-26 . pt-BR.
  16. Web site: Livro - SERGIO FERRO - Futuro/Anterior - ed. Nobel 1989 - 27x23,5 . 2024-11-26 . LeilõesBR.
  17. Web site: research vitruvius . 2024-11-26 . vitruvius.com.br.
  18. Web site: A História da Arquitetura Vista do Canteiro - Sebo Dulcinéia Estante Virtual . 2024-11-26 . www.estantevirtual.com.br . pt-BR.
  19. Web site: Michelangelo - Arquiteto E Escultor Da Capela Dos Médici . 2024-11-26 . Livraria Internacional SBS . pt-br.
  20. Web site: Kapp . Silke . Canteiros da Utopia - Silke Kapp . 2024-11-26 . www.mom.arq.ufmg.br.
  21. Web site: Produto Detalhes ARTES PLASTICAS E TRABALHO LIVRE DE DURER A VELAZQUEZ Editora UnB . 2024-11-26 . loja.editora.unb.br.
  22. Web site: Produto Detalhes ARTES PLÁSTICAS E TRABALHO LIVRE II DE MANET AO CUBISMO ANALÍTICO Editora UnB . 2024-11-26 . loja.editora.unb.br.
  23. Book: Architecture from below : an anthology . pt-br.

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