Juarez Machado was born in 1941 in the city of Joinville, Brazil. In 1966, he moved to Rio de Janeiro, where he began working in a variety of different media. While he was always predominantly a painter, he also began to try working in the varied fields of engraving, illustrating, scene design, sculpture, and sketching.
The figures Machado paints and draws are usually depicted from odd angles, or positioned into odd angles. Rather than drawing naturalistic forms, his goal is to create a sense of motion by bending the human form, forcing the viewer to see them as moving through time. In works like Tango Over the Piano, for example, this technique is particularly effective.
In a piece like Gallery, which depicts a variety of people at an art gallery (presumably one o
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f Machado's own), show this technique being used to opposite effect. Most of the figures in the field are depicted standing upright in frozen poses. It is only the waiter, seen at the right of the canvas, who is in motion and so only he is seen at an odd, nearly impossible angle.
Poster Checkout has many of Machado's works available as poster prints, laminated prints, and even as canvas transfers. They are available in multiple sizes and formats, so you can be sure to get exactly the print style you are looking for at a great price. Take a look at our selection--you're sure to be amazed by the technique Machado employs, and the incredible price and variety of prints available to you from Poster Checkout!
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