Adriana Varejão
Bio
Adriana Varejão (born 1964, Rio de Janeiro) is a Brazilian artist. She works in various disciplines including painting, drawing, sculpture, installation and photography. Solo exhibitions of Varejão's work have been organized by the Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain in Paris, and Hara Museum of Contemporary Art in Tokyo. Her work has also been included in major exhibitions like São Paulo Bienal, Venice Biennale, Liverpool Biennial, and Guggenheim Museum in New York.
Statement
Adriana Varejão's paintings, sculptures, installations, and photographs engage with the complex and violent artistic and political history of Brazil. She appropriates stylistic traditions introduced to Brazil as part of the colonial encounter and interrupts their veneer with grotesque punctuations of exposed organs and blood. She often starts with a canvas, adding materials such as porcelain and ceramics
2.5 x 4m / 98.4 x 157 in
