Brazilian Art

'Cuddle On The Tightrope'

The Huffington Post | Priscilla Frank | Posted 05.16.2012

Read More: Video, Neo-Concretism, Richard Serra, Ernesto Neto, Nasher Sculpture Center, Craft Art, Brazilian Art, Biomorphic Sculpture, Ernesto Neto Brazil, Crochet, Arts News

Crocheting provides pleasure and distraction to many who wish to pass the time, yet being a pastime means far more than being just a diversion. Brazil...

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Melting Minimalism

Posted 03.26.2012

Read More: Brazilian Artists, Douglas Wheeler, Sean Kelly Gallery, Switch Iran Do Espirito Santo, Iran Do Espirito Santo, Brazilian Art, Robert Irwin, Surrealism, Switch, Sean Kelly New York, New York Exhibitions, Slidepollajax, Minimalism, Arts News

Iran Do Espirito Santo is a Brazilian artist whose visual puzzles are easy to perceive but impossible to decipher. His new exhibition "Switch" feature...

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Os Gemeos Create A World Of Wonder In LA

Posted 03.02.2012

Read More: Os Gemeos, Installation Art, Video, Brazil, Brazilian Art, Street Art, Graffiti, Contemporary Art, Prism La, Prism Gallery, Prism, Slidepollajax, Brazilian-Street-Art, Arts News

Os Gemeos are twin brothers Gustavo and Otavio Pandolfo from Brazil whose street art creations transcend easy classifications. Their new show at Prism...

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Brothels, Beaches and Blood

Posted 03.27.2012

Read More: Hidra, Kitamura Hidra, Video, 1500 Gallery, Miguel Rio Branco, Brazil, Brazilian Art, Brothel Photographs, Hirosuke Kitamura, Brothels, Hydra, On Our Radar, Arts News

Faceless bodies, dingy spaces and ambiguous dark marks pervade Hirosuke Kitamura's photographs. The Japanese-Brazilian artist captures anonymous image...

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PHOTOS: Artist We're Digging Today: Adriana Varejao

Posted 01.11.2012

Read More: Brazilian Painting, Lehmann Maupin, Colonialism, Varejao, Tesselations, Andrea Varejao, Brazilian Art, Arts News

Brazilian artist Adriana Varejao paints tiled spaces and she also paints poetry. At first her rooms look like dreamy feats of impossible architecture,...

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WATCH: Artist Breathes Life Into Inanimate Objects

Posted 12.19.2011

Read More: Installation Art, Brazilian Art, Brazil, Anaisa Franco, Sculptor, Sculpture, Sao Paulo, Psychology, Digital Art, Intel, Vice Magazine, Art, Video, Electricity, The Creators Project, Sao Paulo Art, Arts News

For the average individual, the idea of a world where inanimate objects come to life and engage in conversation is one of horror and grave implication...

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ART INSTALLATION: New Museum's First Survey of Brazilian Rivane Neuenschwander

artdaily.com | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Art Installation, Brazilian Art, Rivane Neuenschwander, The New Museum, Nyc Events, Nyc Culture, Arts News

NEW YORK, NY.- From June 23 to September 19, 2010, the New Museum will present a major mid-career survey of Brazilian artist Rivane Neuenschwander (b....

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Afro-Brazilian History, Beats and Culture

Lauri Lyons | Posted 05.25.2011

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Lauri Lyons

While Africa and America are often recognized as the book ends of the African Diaspora, there is an additional link in the Middle Passage that is less publicized, but no less important.

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