Galeria Recorte, a multicultural venue set on São Paulo's district Baixo Augusta shows as of May 29th the exhibition "Proposta para uma Nova Via Crucis" (Proposal for a new Via Crucis), from the artist Darcy Penteado (1928 - 1987), a modern and engaging reinterpretation of The Passion (a.k.a The Passion of the Christ), which became one of the artist's most important work. In this series, Darcy uses a stylized figure of Christ amid police reports, 'carnaval' images and famous people, such as Pelé, a world famous soccer player.

"Proposta para uma Nova Via Crucis", a collage series of 10 pieces, which, since it's creation in 1966, has been all over the world, comes to Rua Augusta for a short season on May 29th, at Galeria Recorte, the only art gallery in Brazil exclusively for collage driven art. Self-taught, Darcy Penteado was an visual artist, set designer, writer and a pioneer activist for LGBTQ+ rights in Brazil.

He idealized his "Via Crucis" whilst living in Rome's district Trastevere, near Vatican City, Santa Dorotea's Church and the Basilica of Santa Maria, but only started it coming back to Brazil. Darcy merged drawings of Christ with pieces of fabric, newspapers and pictures left by christian followers seeking help on São Roque's church, city where he was born and most of his artwork collection still remains. "Proposta para uma Nova Via Crucis" first exhibition was in São Paulo Museum Of Art (MASP), only then went to Rome and Paris. "50 years later, this artwork is more current than ever, not only by the theme but, above all, the technique. The artist surprises by the richness of his work as a whole, by the amount of pieces with different artistic aesthetics", says Anna Gadelha, responsible for Galeria Recorte.

According to her, the idea of a Darcy exhibition at Recorte was born not only by the importance of his work to the collage community, but also by the artists political trajectory, who fought for Brazil's democracy and LGBTQ+ rights awareness.

Darcy, born on April,1926, in São Roque, started as an artist doing costume designs for theater, illustrating young poet's works, standing out as a visual artist in the 50's. In the 60's, besides "Via Crucis", he had 3 exhibitions in Bienal Internacional de São Paulo (São Paulo Art Biennial), with collages made with garbage dumps. Started doing feather and ink portraits of famous artists such as french writer Françoise Sagan, and actress Audrey Hepburn. As an LGBTQ+ activist was an editor of "Lampião da Esquina", a publication focused on homosexual issues, from 1978 to 1981, during the military dictatorship established at the time. Darcy died of AIDS in 1987.

The exhibition is available to visit until June 16th with free entrance. The opening, on May 29th, features São Roque's Ochestra Barão Brasital.