Denis Mandarino

Mandarino wrote the Versatilist manifesto (2007).

Denis Mandarino studied at Mackenzie Presbyterian University. Training under Hans-Joachim Koellreutter is recorded. The recorded working language is Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese and English. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are música popular brasileira. Residence is recorded at São Paulo. Employment is recorded with Mackenzie Presbyterian University, Universidade Bandeirante de São Paulo and Universidade Cruzeiro do Sul.

• Name — Denis Mandarino • Born — 7 May 1964 • Birthplace — São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil • Genre — MPB, classical, rock • Instrument — Guitar, bass, acoustic guitar, mandolin • Associated Acts — Versatilism, Figurativism, Internet art • Years Active — 1983–present • Website — http: www.denismandarino.com/

Versatilism is an artistic movement proposed in 2007, from a literary manifesto, with the intention of freeing people from the expert analysis and promoting the practice of art as a form of self-knowledge and spiritual enhancement. "New ideas are hard to identify, hard to assimilate, and only detachment may be able to evaluate them in a more open way. When a man assumes the role of giving the verdict about what artists are doing, or the society gives him this role, we are one step closer to repeat the greatest injustices that men of science, philosophy, arts and religion have suffered throughout history." – Interview about the Versatilist Manifesto • Illustration — Quadriptych Observation in time (1997), 240 × 160 cm, acrylic on canvas • Illustration — Four-dimensional perspective with nine vanishing points. The ninth point is outside the limits of the canvas.

After spending four years writing the Theory of four-dimensional perception (1995), Mandarino developed a new method, in a subject for many years stagnant. In the perspective of four dimensions, the observer is not a static element (fixed point), as one sees in traditional processes. In Observation in time (1997) can be found nine different vanishing points and horizon lines, representing different moments of an observer who turns his head and moves vertically and horizontally. This kind of painting admits curved or spherical canvas.

• Illustration — Grandma (detail), 50 × 70 cm, oil on canvas • Illustration — Room of models, 80 × 120 cm, oil on canvas • Illustration — Landscape in blue and orange, 80 × 120 cm, oil on canvas • Illustration — Samia's portrait, acrylic on canvas

• Illustration — Bedouins (guardians series), 50 × 70 cm, acrylic on canvas • Illustration — Knight (guardians series), 50 × 70 cm, acrylic on canvas • Illustration — Mary's Lancers (guardians series), 50 × 70 cm, acrylic on canvas • Illustration — Roman Soldiers (guardians series), 50 × 70 cm, acrylic on canvas