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60th Venice Art Biennale
“The Brazilian art scene is on the boil.” That’s what it says Graziela Martinedirector of visual arts at Artium Institute. This statement comes from the fact that, for some time now, the art market has been turning its eyes significantly both to recently graduated artists and to posthumous artists who have not received due recognition. But there is something in common between these two categories: the featured artists are Brazilian.
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“For the first time we will have a Brazilian curator at Venice Biennale who chose several artists from our country to participate in this edition, which ends up attracting the eyes of foreigners to national production”, adds Graziela. The curator mentioned by her is Adriano Pedrosaresponsible for MASPwhich will focus on artists from less Eurocentric regions who have not yet achieved due recognition.
“When we talk about young artists, it is important to understand that it is a highly speculative vision. Some signs may mean that this artist will be a bet, such as: winning awards recognized by the art ecosystem (eg. PIPA award); residences with major collectors or institutions; individual or group exhibitions in renowned institutions and museums, a good gallery representing you — among others. Today, the market is recognizing artists who started acting in the 90s; So you understand that this is a long-term game,” Nathalie FelsbergCEO of In.Comum Collection.
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Forbes asked the curators to nominate new generation Brazilian artists that we should pay attention to. Check out the carousel:
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Reproduction/Instagram Ana Claudia Almeida
“He’s doing his MFA at Yale and at a very young age he already has good institutional recognition.” – Nathalie Felsberg -
Reproduction/Instagram Arora
“The work of Arorá (2000, Rio de Janeiro), in a way, inhabits this space through the format of what the artist calls “spatial hybrid”.” – Nathalie Felsberg -
Reproduction/Instagram Xadalu Tupã Jekupé
“Xadalu Tupã Jekupé is an indigenous artist who has gained prominence with his frequent international exhibitions. Winner of some awards and notices, the artist stands out from his peers as he works in different media such as screen printing, painting, photography and installations. Xadalu also takes risks with writing, including it in his works. In some projects he gives an air of street art to his works that aim to portray issues such as colonization and catechization of his people. Acting as an activist, the artist has found attention for his cause and his work.” – Graziela Martine -
Reproduction/Instagram Brazilian Castiel Vitorino
“Artist, writer and psychologist graduated from the Federal University of Espírito Santo, Castiel is currently a master’s student in the Clinical Psychology program at PUC-SP. She dribbles, incorporates and delves into her Bantu ontology. She sees healing as a perishable moment of freedom. She studies and builds spirituality and interspecific ancestry.” – Nathalie Felsberg -
Reproduction/Instagram Elian Almeida
“Elian, 30 years old from Rio, bases his practice on the convergence of different languages, such as painting, photography, video and installation, becoming an exponent of a new generation of artists who produce objects and images that claim protagonism for agents and bodies usually marginalized in our society and in the art tradition. With a decolonial approach, his work focuses on the experience and performativity of the black body in contemporary society.” – Nathalie Felsberg -
Reproduction/Instagram Gustavo Caboco
“A 35-year-old Wapichana visual artist, Gustavo works on the Paraná-Roraima network and on the paths back to the land. His production with drawing-document, painting, text, embroidery, animation and performance proposes ways of reflecting on the displacements of indigenous bodies, the resumption of memory and autonomous research in museum collections to contribute to the struggle of indigenous peoples.” – Nathalie Felsberg -
Reproduction/Instagram Iagor Peres
“Member of the Carni collective (Black and Indigenous Art Collective), currently participating in the Estudios Independientes Program at MACBA in Barcelona.” – Nathalie Felsberg -
Reproduction/Instagram Sophia Loeb
“The national artist on the rise at the moment is called Sophia Loeb. At 27 years old, Sophia has managed to reach a place that no artist of her generation has reached yet and her journey is just beginning. Represented by Pippy Houldsworth Gallery in London, Sophia is a former student of Goldsmiths University and the Royal College of Arts, participated in the main world fairs this year, entered very important private collections and was featured in the London press. Her gallery owner is already holding the sale of her works and handpicking her new collectors and future projects. Based on the intensified sensory experience of her own meditation practice, Sophia’s painting materializes sensations, whether internal – our thoughts and feelings, for example – or external – our perception of other lives and environments. She also boldly throws herself into ceramics.” – Graziela Martine -
Reproduction/Instagram Josi
“Recipient of the 8th Tomie Ohtake Arts Prize and the Pipa Prize, Josi produces delicate paintings using bean broth, coffee powder, earth collected between the cracks in the asphalt and whatever else her sensitive eye for everyday life finds.” – Nathalie Felsberg -
Reproduction/Instagram Luana Vitra
“He participated in the São Paulo Biennial with a great work, is exhibiting in a pavilion in Inhotim and now will open a solo exhibition at Mendes Wood DM in New York.” – Nathalie Felsberg -
Reproduction/Instagram Rayana Rayo
“In 2015, when the artist from Pernambuco decided to leave law and become an artist. Daughter of fellow artist José Carlos Viana, she wanted her work to have its own character and path. And she did it. Her paintings mesmerize by presenting abstractions from a hybrid, playful and surrealist world where the vernacular meets a retro future.” – Nathalie Felsberg
Ana Claudia Almeida
“He’s doing his MFA at Yale and at a very young age he already has good institutional recognition.” – Nathalie Felsberg
