Panamericano. Paintings 1999-2012
Panamericano. Paintings 1999-2012, a selection of about thirty recent paintings by the renowned artist (born 1960 in Rio de Janeiro, where she lives and works), as well as a scenographic work specially designed for the gallery on the museum's second floor. The title of the exhibit, Panamericano, alludes to the to-and-fro between North and South, between new West and old West, a central theme of Milhazes. Exotic outside of Brazil, she continues to be so within it as well, and today she is recognized as one of that country's most important artists. "Numerous figurative elements are at play in Beatriz Milhazes' paintings, but they appear there neutralized in relation to the real, which serves as their model" wrote the curator Frederic Paul. Opening: Thursday, September 13 h 19.