Adriana Varejão / edited and introduction by Louise Neri ; with contributions by Angela H. Brown, Luisa Duarte, Paulo Herkenhoff, Jochen Volz.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Varejão, Adriana, 1964- artist, interviewee.

Neri, Louise, editor, writer of introduction.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Varejão, Adriana, 1964-.

Varejão, Adriana.

Varejão, Adriana, 1964---Catalogs.

Varejão, Adriana, 1964---Interviews.

Art, Brazilian--20th century.

Art, Brazilian.

Art, Brazilian--21st century.

Painting, Brazilian--20th century.

Painting, Brazilian.

Painting, Brazilian--21st century.

Women artists--Brazil.

Women artists.

Brazil.

Genre:

catalogs (documents)

interviews.

Interviews

Catalogs

Catalogs.

Interviews.

Physical Description:

285 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 30 cm

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Rizzoli Electa, A Division of Rizzoli International Publications, Inc. : Gagosian, 2022.

Summary:

"Brazilian artist Adriana Varejão is known for her extraordinary installations of ornamental blue tilework, large-scale sculpture, and her renowned 'tile' paintings that powerfully consider issues of identity and colonialism. Adriana Varejão is one of the most prominent artists living and working in Brazil today, whose rich and diverse artistic oeuvre is fueled by the mythic pluralism of Brazilian identity and its histories. Drawing upon the aesthetic traditions and visual legacy of colonialism and transcultural exchange, she has reconceived and extended the concept and practice of painting by fusing mediums, surfaces, and artistic lineages in totally unprecedented ways. In so doing, she disrupts entrenched narratives by bringing forth obscured stories and uncomfortable truths from the margins. In recent times, Varejão has shifted her gaze from her native Brazil and its diverse roots in Europe, Africa, and Asia to Mexico, expanding the cross-fertilization of distinct threads of Latin American art and culture in her own work. In Varejão's first English-language monograph, her diverse and expansive body of work is explored in depth, from her earliest paintings in the 1990s to her most recent multimedia installations. The volume includes an introduction by editor Louise Neri; essays by curator Paulo Herkenhoff, critic and curator Luisa Duarte (with comments by Varejão), and art historian Angela H. Brown; and an interview with the artist by Jochen Volz."-- Provided by publisher.

Adriana Varejão is one of the most prominent artists living and working in Brazil today, whose rich and diverse artistic oeuvre is fueled by the mythic pluralism of Brazilian identity and its histories. Drawing upon the aesthetic traditions and visual legacy of colonialism and transcultural exchange, she has reconceived and extended the concept and practice of painting by fusing mediums, surfaces, and artistic lineages in totally unprecedented ways. In so doing, she disrupts entrenched narratives by bringing forth obscured stories and uncomfortable truths from the margins. In recent times, Varejão has shifted her gaze from her native Brazil and its diverse roots in Europe, Africa, and Asia to Mexico, expanding the cross-fertilization of distinct threads of Latin American art and culture in her own work.0 0In Varejão?s first English-language monograph, her diverse and expansive body of work is explored in depth, from her earliest paintings in the 1990s to her most recent multimedia installations. The volume includes an introduction by editor Louise Neri; essays by curator Paulo Herkenhoff, critic and curator Luisa Duarte (with comments by Varejão), and art historian Angela H. Brown; and an interview with the artist by Jochen Volz.

Contents:

Adriana Varejão: Histórias of the Baroque / Louise Neri

Gloria! The great surge / Paulo Herkenhoff

A wart, a pearl

A fractured timeline / Angela H. Brown

For a poetics of difference / Luisa Duarte

Cartographies

Antropofagia

Mestizaje

Baroque

Saunas and baths

Azulejo

Interview: Adriana Varejão / Jochen Volz

List of works

Contributors.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9780847867707

0847867706

OCLC:

1343157279