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Ivo Boesing was born on a smallholding in Tangará (SC), and moved to the town of Treze Tílias when he was 17 years old to learn how to be a shoemaker. He got married and retired after 35 years of working in the same shoe factory. Sculpting arrived to fill a void in his life. “The first to start this work was my son Gelson, who died very early. I used to make a few things, and decided to carry on. Like him, I never had a teacher. I just went for it. Here in Treze Tílias there are many classical sculptors who have studied in Austria and Germany, because the town is like an Alpine colony. But I’m not part of that, I never had a master. Maybe that’s why people don’t understand me well. For example, I made a man planting corn by hand, like we do here on the farm. I make animals, figureheads, saints and much more. I like to use regional roots, so there is no need to cut down trees.” With his Alpine style hat, Ivo is proud of his town and his work. Perhaps because of his interest in the things he sees around him, and the scenes of his childhood on the farm, he is the only artist working with popular themes in the town. |
