To Gesileu Salvatore the forest is a never-ending source of resources. Barks, vines, seeds, fungus, insect shells and even snake vertebrae are some of the materials this artist from Acre collects in the jungle, where he spends weeks as a kind of treasure hunter. Back in his home in the capital Rio Branco, Gesileu talks to each of his discoveries. “When I lay my eyes on an object, I know straight away what I’m going to sculpt, carve or put together. The branches and seeds on the floor talk to us and tell us what they want to become.”
How did you get the Italian surname? “Salvatores comes from Salvador Dali, an artist I really love with passion.” Gesileu Salvatore was born Raimundo Gesileu de Lima in 1967, in Xapuri (AC).
GESILEU SALVATORE
QUEEN OF THE JUNGLE
Sculpture in Jucá tree
bark and Imbé vines,
around 2 m tall
SPIRAL OF LIFE
Sculpture in Pama
tree bark, around
2 m tall
DANCER
Root found
in jungle
BIRD WITH FOLDED WINGS
Root found in jungle,
39 cm tall.
Private collection
 
Rio Branco
Cruzeiro do Sul
Sena Madureira
 
North
Center West
Northeast
Southeast
South
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