Artur Barrio, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Artur Barrio

Brazilian artist

Date of Birth: 01-Feb-1945

Place of Birth: Porto, Porto District, Portugal

Profession: painter

Nationality: Portugal, Brazil

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Artur Barrio (Artur Alipio Barrio de Sousa Lopes) is an artist who lives and works in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Much of his work consists of installation pieces that create interaction with the public.
Barrio engages the viewer as participant in his art, often without their knowledge that it is art in which they are participating.
By doing so, the participant can have an experience not removed from life but rather incorporated into it.
He wants to encourage contact with all of reality including the discards of life such as garbage.
He wants us to recognize that this reality is just as real if we can see past the symbolic meanings we attach to these objects.
(Manifesto MUD/MEAT SEWER)