Texts

“From Chaos To Order”
Luiz Armando Bagolin
Belo Horizonte, 2024
Text written for José Bechara’s exhibition “Falar de Longe” at Albuquerque Contemporânea gallery, Belo Horizonte, 2024.

“Zenith”
Felipe Scovino
Rio de Janeiro, 2022
Text written for José Bechara’s exhibition “Zenith” at Simões de Assis gallery, Curitiba, 2022.

“The eternal debt of José Bechara”
Clarissa Diniz
Rio de Janeiro, 2020
Text written for José Bechara’s exhibition “Ways of Condemning Certainties” at Marília Razuk gallery, São Paulo, 2020. Translated by Henrik Carbonnier.

“The tension of the gaze”
David Barro
Santiago de Compostela, Spain, 2019.
In Oscilating Territory, published by Editora Barléu,  2019.

“To swim you need to conquer the sea”
António Pinto Ribeiro
Lisbon, Portugal, 2019.
In Oscilating Territory, published by Editora Barléu,  2019.

“Window to the universe”
Beate Reifenscheid
Koblenz, Germany, 2019.
In Oscilating Territory, published by Editora Barléu,  2019.

“Oscilating Territory”

Luiz Camillo Osório
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2019
Text written for the catalogue of José Bechara’s exhibition “Oscilating Territory” at Iberê Camargo Foundation, Porto Alegre – POA, 2019. Translated by Paul Webb.

“The furious matter of the world”

Eucanaã Ferraz
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2019
Text written for the catalogue of José Bechara’s exhibition “Loose Ends” at Simões de Assis Galeria de Arte, Curitiba – PR, 2019. Translated by Isabel Witt Lunardi.

“José Bechara – Brute Flux”

Prof. Dr. Beate Reifenscheid
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2017
Text written for José Bechara’s exhibition ‘Brute Flux’ at MAM-RioRio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2017.

“Material Immaterial”

Prof. Dr. Beate Reifenscheid
Koblenz, Germany, 2015
Text written for the catalogue of José Bechara’s exhibition “Squares and Patterns”, in Koblenz, Germany, 2015-2016. Translated by Lis H. Moriconi.

“Rusting utopia”

Agnaldo Farias
São Paulo, Brazil, 2015
Text written for the catalogue of José Bechara’s exhibition “Squares and Patterns”, in Koblenz, Germany, 2015-2016. Translated by Lis H. Moriconi.

“José Bechara”

Agnaldo Farias
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
In José Bechara, published by Editora Barléu, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2013.

“The substance of violence”

Agnaldo Farias
São Paulo, Brazil
In A Casa, published by Francisco Alves Editora, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil,  2006

“José Bechara”

Agnaldo Farias
Madrid, Spain
Artecontexto, 2005
(press)

“About glass”

Luiz Camillo Osorio
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Text for the exhibition “Jaguares”, at Paço Imperial, Rio de Janeiro, 2015-2016

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Luiz Camillo Osorio
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
In the catalogue of the exhibition “Fendas” at MAM-Rio, Brazil, 2011

“José Bechara: Processes and Redirections”

Luiz Camillo Osorio
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
In A Casa, published by Francisco Alves Editora, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2006

“This house of Bechara’s

Paulo Sergio Duarte
Óbidos, Portugal, 2005
In A Casa, published by Francisco Alves Editora, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2006

“The persistence of painting”

Paulo Sergio Duarte
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Published by Fundação Bienal de Artes Visuais do Mercosul to the V Bienal de Artes Visuais do Mercosul, Porto Alegre, Brazil, 2005

“The road to before”

Jacopo Crivelli Visconti
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2011

“Blefuscu: six points on the work of José Bechara”

Delfim Sardo
Lisbon, Portugal, 2007
In Blefuscu, published by Dardo – DS, Spain, 2008

“José Bechara: Breaking but not entering

Marilyn Zeitlin
Phoenix – AZ, USA, 2007
In Blefuscu, published by Dardo – ds, Spain, 2008

“Painting contaminated by the world dust”

Felipe Scovino
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
In the catalogue of the exhibition “José Bechara” at Simões de Assis Art Gallery, Curitiba, Paraná, 2014

Review – José Bechara, Museu de Arte Moderna of Rio de Janeiro

Felipe Scovino
May-June 2011
Focus Brazil
Flash Art 
(press)

“Firefly flashes, an adventure in Oz, and the drawings of José Bechara”

Fernando Cocchiarale
Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
In Como piscada de vaga-lume, published by Editora Réptil, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2010

“Calculation and chance – the story of a possible encounter”

Luisa Duarte
Rio de Janeiro, RJ, 2013
Critique essay

“José Bechara’s tense gaze”

David Barro
Santiago de Compostela, Spain
In José Bechara, published by Dardo – ds, Spain & Galeria Carlos Carvalho Arte Contemporânea, Portugal, 2005

“Deambulations  about qualities…”

Paulo Reis
Lisbon, Portugal
In Como piscada de vaga-lume, published by Editora Réptil, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2010

“Conversation with José Bechara”

Paulo Reis
Interview
Dardo Magazine 7, 2008

“ArtNexus n. 102/2016”

Sylvia Werneck
Miami, USA
Revista ArtNexus, n. 102, Sep-Nov/2016
(press)

“Saudade”

Marcio Doctors
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
In Projeto Respiração, published by Editora Cobogó and Fundação Eva Klabin, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2012

“José Bechara: a very active production”

Guilherme Bueno
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2011
Dasartes magazine
(press)

“José Bechara”

Adolfo Montejo Navas
Lapiz – Revista Internacional de Arte 249, 2009
(press)

“Nightfall against window panes”

Glória Ferreira
Interview, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2007
In Blefuscu, published by Dardo – ds, Spain, 2008

“Artist intervenes at the Fundação Eva Klabin and exhibits new works at Lurixs”

Suzana Velasco
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2008
O Globo
(press)

“Ashes of the hours…”

Maria de Fátima Lambert
O Porto, Portugal 2006
Especially written to the website www.josebechara.com

“Bechara’s The House project”

Adriana Herrera T.
Miami – FL, USA, 2006
El Nuevo Herald
(press)

“ArtNexus n.54  – vol 3”

Eugenio Espinoza
Miami – FL, USA, 2004
(press)

“José Bechara’s oxidized geometry”

Carlos M. Luis
Miami – FL, USA, 2004
El Nuevo Herald
(press)

“The action – José Bechara, dense weights”

Wilson Coutinho
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
In exhibition catalogue  ‘José Bechara: Comendo Margaridas (Eating Daisies)’, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1998