Beatriz Milhazes: Avenida Paulista

Beatriz Milhazes is a Brazilian artist known for her vibrant, multilayered paintings and prints. This comprehensive book showcases her diverse repertoire of images and sources, from modernism to the Baroque, folk art to pop culture. Her compositions are intricate, dense, and full of layers, encompassing multiple references and mediums. The book includes over 170 works made since 1989, a turning point in her career.

Format: Hardback
Length: 370 pages
Publication date: 07 December 2021
Publisher: Distributed Art Publishers

Beatriz Milhazes: Avenida Paulista is a comprehensive celebration of the vibrant, multi-layered paintings and prints of the Brazilian artist. Published in collaboration with the Museu de Arte de São Paulo, this book showcases a wide range of previously unpublished works by Milhazes, a pivotal figure in contemporary art and the history of abstraction. Milhazes' artistic repertoire encompasses a diverse range of images associated with various motifs, origins, and sources. She primarily works in painting, printmaking, and collage, but also explores drawing, sculpture, artists' books, and textiles. Her compositions are intricate, dense, multicolored, and layered with colors, paints, papers, and meanings. Milhazes' sources of inspiration are diverse and varied, spanning from modernism to the Baroque, folk art or arte popular, pop culture, fashion, jewelry, architecture, abstraction, and the history of art to nature. Her work draws multiple references, including the artists Hilma af Klint, Sonia Delaunay, Bridget Riley, Henri Matisse, Tarsila do Amaral, and Piet Mondrian. Beatriz Milhazes: Avenida Paulista includes over 170 works created since 1989, a significant turning point in Milhazes' career. It was during this year that she developed the technique she calls "monotransfer," in which she paints on a sheet of transparent plastic and then decals or transfers the painted and dry element to the canvas. This book offers a unique opportunity to explore Milhazes' diverse, complex, multifaceted, and singular work. Beatriz Milhazes was born in Rio de Janeiro in 1960. Her works are held in the collections of the Guggenheim, MASP, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, MoMA, Tate, and the Centre Pompidou, among others. Milhazes lives and works in Rio de Janeiro.

Weight: 1754g
Dimension: 214 x 282 x 35 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781636810034