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B R A Z I L I A N
FO L K A R T
José Francisco Borges
Room 1 - Small Prints
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Artist and poet José Francisco Borges was born in 1935 in the village of Bezerros, Pernambuco state, in Northeastern Brazil. Today Borges is Brazil's best-known folk artist working in the wood-cut medium, and his work has been exhibited all over the world. But he comes out of a long tradition of folk poet/artists who publish their own work in the form of small (generally about 6" by 9") cheap chap-books or pamphlets written in verse, known as folhetos. They are also known as literatura de cordel after the way vendors sell them in the marketplace, hanging over a string. This tradition (including the work of Borges) is described in detail by Candace Slater in her book Stories on a String.
O Cordelista na Feira (Cordelista at the Fair)
José Francisco Borges
Marion Oettinger, Jr. describes these folhetos in his book The Folk Art of Latin America: Visiones del Pueblo: "Brazilian chap books deal with popular poetry, accounts of local catastrophes, popular legends, famous crimes, and infamous love affairs. The Man who Married a Donkey, The Son Who Murdered His Parents in Order to Get His Hands on Their Retirement Benefit, The Football Game in Hell, and The Overturned Bus Disaster are examples of the alluring titles found in a typical marketplace. The front of these pamplets usually contain wood-block illustrations of the book's contents, and they, in themselves, form a special type of folk expression.... Frequently, chap book vendors sing the songs in their books or read aloud the contents of their books to market crowds, many of whom are illiterate, and their voices usually draw enormous gatherings."
José Francisco Borges began writing verse for folhetos in his 20s, and soon also began to operate a printing press to produce woodcut prints for their covers. In the 1960s his woodcuts came to be recognized in their own right. He was encouraged to produce images in larger formats, in color as well as the more traditional black and white.But even in larger formats, his prints reflect the same popular themes, such as The Honeymoon of Matuto (an archetypal back-country bumpkin), The Monster of the Backlands, The Woman who Put the Devil in a Bottle, and many tales of the legendary bandit Lampiao.
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Jose Francisco Borges, 2005
from the New York Tmes article:
"The Traveling Troubadors of Brazil's Backlands"
June 14, 2005
Jose Francisco Borges and Ivan Borges demonstrate printing at the International Folk Art market in Santa Fe, July, 2005 (Photo by A H Fisher)
Detail of woodblock by Jose Miguel (Photo by A H Fisher).
Jose Francisco Borges
Bezerros, Pernambuco, Brazil, 1990
(from Marion Oettinger, Jr., The Folk Art of
Latin America: Visiones del Pueblo
A Arte de J. Borges do Cordel a Xilografia/ The Art of J. Borges from Cordel to Woodcuts
José Octavio Penteado, Tania Mills, Pieter Tjabbes
Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil, Brasilia, 2004
104 pages
Text in Portuguese and English, extensive illustrations
$60 (paperback)
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Borges' work has now been exhibited all over Brazil as well as in Paris, Zurich, Buenos Aires and in Germany and the United States. The Louvre, the Smithsonian and the Museum of International Folk Art in Santa Fe have exhibited Borges' work. Borges also collaborated with the noted Uruguayan author, Eduardo Galeano, providing fanciful illustrations for his collection of equally fanciful tales, Walking Words. You may read more about Borges in the New York Times article, "From Brazil's Backlands, a Master of a Folk Tradition" (March 27, 2002).
Still more recently, the New York Times carried an excellent article on the cordel tradition, featuring Borges and others, "The Traveling Troubadors of Brazil's Backlands" (June 14, 2005).
Note:
Each impression of a print is unique. Colors may vary slightly from the image shown here. In some cases the artist may have carved a new block as well, so some details may vary. Additional copies of prints marked SOLD may be available, though it may take some time to obtain them from Brazil. Please feel free to inquire about availability.
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Cacau
José Francisco Borges (Brazil),
Woodcut print on paper (6 3/4 x 5 1/2), 2004, 2006, 2008, 2009
Colors may vary
$42 |
Melao
José Francisco Borges (Brazil),
Woodcut print on paper (7 1/2 x 7 1/2), 2006, 2009, 2011
$42 |
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Goiaba
José Francisco Borges (Brazil),
Woodcut print on paper (7 1/2 x 7), 2004, 2009
$42 |
Banana
José Francisco Borges (Brazil),
Woodcut print on paper (7 1/2 x 7 1/2), 2003, 2007, 2009
$42
Temporarily Out of Stock |
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Pitomba
José Francisco Borges (Brazil),
Woodcut print on paper (7 1/2 x 7 1/2), 2005
$42 |
Manga-Rosa
José Francisco Borges (Brazil),
Woodcut print on paper (7 1/2 x 7 1/2), 2006, 2009
Colors may vary
$42 |
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Coco
José Francisco Borges (Brazil),
Woodcut print on paper (7 1/2 x 7 1/2), 2007, 2009, 2011
$42 |
Laranja
José Francisco Borges (Brazil),
Woodcut print on paper (7 1/2 x 7), 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011
Colors may vary
$42 |
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Pinha
José Francisco Borges (Brazil),
Woodcut print on paper (7 1/2 x 7 1/2), 2003,2007
$42 |
Abacaxi
José Francisco Borges (Brazil),
Woodcut print on paper (7 1/2 x 7), 2006, 2009, 2011
Colors may vary
$42 |
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Melancia
José Francisco Borges (Brazil),
Woodcut print on paper (7 1/2 x 7 1/2), 2008, 2009, 2011
$42 |
Graviola
José Francisco Borges (Brazil),
Woodcut print on paper (8 x 7), 2008, 2009
$42 |
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Inga
José Francisco Borges (Brazil),
Woodcut print on paper (7 1/2 x 7 1/2), 2004, 2007, 2009
$42 |
Morango
José Francisco Borges (Brazil),
Woodcut print on paper (7 1/2 x 7), 2004
$42
Temporarily Out of Stock |
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Uva
José Francisco Borges (Brazil),
Woodcut print on paper (7 1/2 x 7 1/2), 2004
$42 |
Acerola
José Francisco Borges (Brazil),
Woodcut print on paper (8 x 7), 2007, 2011
$42 |
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Jaca
José Francisco Borges (Brazil),
Woodcut print on paper (7 1/2 x 7 1/2), 2006, 2008, 2009, 2011
Colors may vary
$42 |
Sapoti
José Francisco Borges (Brazil),
Woodcut print on paper (7 1/4 x 5 1/2), 2006, 2009
Colors may vary
$42 |
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Tamarindo
José Francisco Borges (Brazil),
Woodcut print on paper (7 3/4 x 7), 2006, 2009
Colors may vary
$42 |
Mamao
José Francisco Borges (Brazil),
Woodcut print on paper (7 3/8 x 7 3/8), 2006, 2007, 2009
$42
Temporarily Out of Stock |
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Abacate
José Francisco Borges (Brazil),
Woodcut print on paper (7 1/4 x 5 5/8), 2008, 2009, 2011
$42 |
Fruta de Palma
José Francisco Borges (Brazil),
Woodcut print on paper (7 1/2 x 7 1/4), 2007, 2009, 2011
$42 |
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Umbu
José Francisco Borges (Brazil),
Woodcut print on paper (7 1/2 x 7 1/4), 2007, 2009, 2011
$42
Temporarily Out of Stock |
Caju
José Francisco Borges (Brazil), Woodcut print on paper (7 1/2 x 7 1/4), 2007, 2009
Colors may vary
$42
Temporarily Out of Stock |
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Jaboticaba
José Francisco Borges (Brazil),
Woodcut print on paper (7 1/4 x 7 1/4), 2006, 2011
$42 |
Araca
José Francisco Borges (Brazil),
Woodcut print on paper (7 x 7), 2009
$42 |
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Limao
José Francisco Borges (Brazil),
Woodcut print on paper (6 1/2 x 6 1/2), 2009
$42
Temporarily Out of Stock |
Acai
José Francisco Borges (Brazil),
Woodcut print on paper (image size 7" x 6 1/2"), 2009
$42
Temporarily Out of Stock |
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