Entalhes em madeira de Pedro Recroix : narrativas de um patrimônio religioso para além do centro-histórico

Abstract

The following technical report aims to present the research carried out on the life of the Benedictine monk Pedro Recroix, his artwork and the history of the Monastery of the Annunciation of the Lord in the city of Goiás. Understanding that Pedro's artwork, wood carvings, has great popular expression based on the structure of liberation theology, this report seeks to contribute to the population of Vila Boa by presenting forgotten narratives about the construction of the history of this city. Identified as narratives on the fringes of the historic center, therefore alluding to Guimarães Rosa, stories told from the third bank of the river, this work seeks to give voice to the silenced community in the territory. The Monastery of the Annunciation of the Lord emerges in the city of Goiás as a cry of liberation theology, which seeks, through a popular reading of the Bible and a Christianity that represents popular religiosity, to present to everyone a God who mingles among the people, a God who is a servant and not served. Works such as The Trinity, The Burning Bush or The Sacrifice of Isaac mark this optional narrative in the monastery of which Recroix was one of the founders. The appreciation of the story told by those who lived it and shared experiences with Peter dialogues with the result of this work, which takes place in the collective construction of a possible Kingdom of God experienced among the people, not in a future life, but in the here and now. Therefore, to see Latin American faces in Peter's carvings is to realize that this work of art has a place, has life and the inspiration lies in contemplating the face of God in those around Him. Thus, Pedro Recroix's work identifies itself in a libertarian way with the population that frequented this monastery.