One of the pioneers of the Poema/Processo (Poem/Process) movement and the Mail Art, Falves Silva, who since he was in Natal established a dialogue with Moacy Cirne, Wlademir Dias Pinto, Alvaro de Sá, was part of the movement’s opening show in 1967, which happened simultaneously in Rio de Janeiro and Natal. Falves Silva, using paper as support, develops works that dialogues with constructivism, literature, cinema and comics; handling communicative structures and images of art history and mass communication, the artist creates his work diversifying the approach and treatment of the materials he elected. In 1974, Falves was invited for the I Exposição Internacional de Arte Correio (1st International Mail Art Show), in Uruguay. Since 1978 he has participated in several exhibitions of international scope such as Homage to Marcel Duchamp 1887-1978 in London, in 1979 International Mail Art Show, curatorship by Paulo Bruscky, in Recife/Pernambuco, The Mytical Image, organized by Gino Gini that traveled throughout Italy. In 1981, Silva participated in the 16th São Paulo Biennial, curated by Walter Zanini. Also in 1981 his works were part of the International Show of Contemporary Art in Argentina. In that same year he carried out the 1st Seminar of Semiotic and Art in Natal. In 1986, the 1st Visual Poetry Biennial in Mexico. In 1999, he participated in various exhibitions of Visual Poetry and Mail Art in countries like Uruguay, Portugal, Spain and Italy. In 2002, with curatorship by Regina Vater he took part in the Brazilian Visual Poetry in Austin, Texas, EUA. In 2016 the artist presented his solo show, at Centro Cultural São Paulo, Círculo do Tempo, a retrospective of his career.
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Falves Silva
Cacimba, Rio Grande do Norte, 1905