The Women’s Century: Female Perspectives in Brazilian Art

4 June - 15 July 2021

Installation Views

Beatriz Milhazes
b. 1960
Casa da Maria, 1992
Signed & dated on verso
Acrylic on canvas
100 x 80 cms
39 3/8 x 31 1/2 inches
Installation View
The Women’s Century — Female Perspectives in Brazilian Art. Cecilia Brunson Projects, London (4 June - 15 July 2021)
Photography by Eva Herzog
Lygia Clark
1920 - 1988
Bicho Linear [Linear animal], 1960
Stainless steel
45 x 35 x 20 cms
17 3/4 x 13 3/4 x 7 7/8 inches
(Variable)
Eleonore Koch
1926 - 2018
Untitled, 1973
Tempera on canvas
81.5 x 64.5 cm
32 1/8 x 25 3/8 in
Installation View
The Women’s Century — Female Perspectives in Brazilian Art. Cecilia Brunson Projects, London (4 June - 15 July 2021)
Photography by Eva Herzog
Lygia Pape
1927 - 2004
Untitled (Two works from Book of Time Series), 1965
Industrial paint and tempera on wood
Left: 50 x 50 x 10.5 cm (19 3/4 x 19 3/4 x 4 1/8 in)
Right: 50 x 50 x 8.3 cm (19 3/4 x 19 3/4 x 3 1/4 in)
Installation View
The Women’s Century — Female Perspectives in Brazilian Art. Cecilia Brunson Projects, London (4 June - 15 July 2021)
Photography by Eva Herzog
Adriana Varejão
b. 1964
Carnívoras Brancas [White carnivorous], 2012
Oil on plaster on canvas
100 x 200 cm
39 3/8 x 78 3/4 in
Detail of 'Adriana Varejão, Carnívoras Brancas [White carnivorous], 2012'
The Women’s Century — Female Perspectives in Brazilian Art. Cecilia Brunson Projects, London (4 June - 15 July 2021)
Photography by Eva Herzog
Tarsila do Amaral
1886 - 1973
Composition (Figure), 1930
Ink and collage on paper
14 x 17 cm
5 1/2 x 6 3/4 in
Installation View
The Women’s Century — Female Perspectives in Brazilian Art. Cecilia Brunson Projects, London (4 June - 15 July 2021)
Photography by Eva Herzog
Tarsila do Amaral
1886 - 1973
Cena de colônia na fazenda [Farm scene], 1931
Pencil and coloured pencil on paper
21 x 18 cms
8 1/4 x 7 1/8 inches
Miriam Inez da Silva
1939 – 1996
Untitled, 1973
Oil on wood
25.7 x 16.2 cm
10 1/8 x 6 3/8 in
Installation View
The Women’s Century — Female Perspectives in Brazilian Art. Cecilia Brunson Projects, London (4 June - 15 July 2021)
Photography by Eva Herzog
Miriam Inez da Silva
1939 – 1996
Untitled, 1972
Oil on wood
25.4 x 17 cm
10 x 6 3/4 in

Overview

Cecilia Brunson Projects is pleased to present The Women’s Century — Female Perspectives in Brazilian Art. Presented in association with curator Kiki Mazzucchelli, this selection of works foregrounds the unique role played by women in the development of modern and contemporary art in Brazil.

This group exhibition brings together works by artists from different generations and spanning several movements and styles. The selection of works includes Tarsila do Amaral (1886-1973), Eleonore Koch (1926-2018), Lygia Pape (1927-2004), Lygia Clark (1920-1988), Miriam Inez da Silva (1937-1996), Beatriz Milhazes (b. 1960) and Adriana Varejão (b. 1964).

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