Entrevista com Gilvan Samico

Abstract

Interview with the woodcutter Gilvan José Meira Lins Samico. The interview took place on September 2010, at the agreeable loft, next to the São Bento Monastery, downtown Olinda, in which he lived and kept his atelier, and where I was hosted in a hospitable and warm manner by Samico and his wife Célida. After the first day, in which we talked, the interview was recorded in the next two days. I have made questions regarding the topics of my research, but at the same time I have tried to leave him space to speak spontaneously. The interview introduces an overview by the artist himself on his career, from the beginning at the Ateliê Coletivo de Gravura da Sociedade de Arte Moderna do Recife, his apprenticeship with Lívio Abramo at the Escola de Artesanato do Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo, and with Oswald Goeldi at the Escola Nacional de Belas Artes, in Rio de Janeiro, up until the time he lived in Madrid. The artist also speaks about technical issues, his relationship with the art market and some memories from his childhood. KEYWORDS Gilvan Samico; Woodcut; Engraving.