The first thing to clarify, putting it in simple terms, as a text about art should be, is the word Kitsch. The word is widely used today to define everything that is in questionable taste. However, the Kitsch Cave, is not about questionable taste. Whereas Centurion quotes this “kitsch art” in the way he paints and in the topics he addresses in his figurative paintings. But I doubt if what he proposes would, in fact, fit in the Kitsch category.
What one sees in his paintings is humor, oddness in the portrayed situations, and the intensive use of colors in his paintings. It is an exploration of his universe in his paintings and in the way he presents them, sincere and over-the-top.

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winter 01
As native Brazilian, a tropical country where seasons are not well marked, I never had contact with the deep changes caused by the seasons. Living in Germany since February made me realize the change of cycles in nature, profound changes in the temperature, day length and especially the variation of the amount of sunlight present on a daily basis affects the environment and people.  This is a visual research to go deepen in these themes with the prospect of transformation caused by the change of the seasons and how the influence of sunlight affects both the environment and people, this research is about the constant transformation and especially the cycles in which it occurs and therefore its memory and its vestiges.

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