Beatriz Milhazes

Beatriz Milhazes, a major figure in Brazilian art, is renowned for work that combines geometric rigor with an invariably festive atmosphere—a result of her exuberant palette. Textile art, chita fabric, embroidery, traditional Brazilian weaving, and indigenous graphic motifs serve as references from which she draws inspiration, transforming them all into a distinctive artistic language of her own.

Beatriz Milhazes: gravuras do acervo da Pinacoteca de São Paulo brings together, for the first time, a set of 27 prints produced between 1996 and 2019. These works are the result of the artist’s collaboration with Jean-Paul Rusell, founder of Durham Press—a studio based in Pennsylvania, USA, dedicated to the publication of prints, artist’s books, and unique works. The Pinacoteca is the only museum in the world to hold this specific collection of works.

Visitors will be able to admire works featuring a multitude of colors, floral patterns forming portals, garlands, and leafy branches; Beatriz’s prints, created in collaboration with Jean-Paul Rusell.

The artist’s body of work is characterized by a visual language of complexity and beauty, as well as by the coherence with which she navigates between different techniques, always moving from painting to printmaking.

Her works also feature sinuous forms, discs, mandalas, and beaded necklaces, enriching the Brazilian geometric tradition. In the exhibition, one can also observe the way Milhazes assembles and reassembles forms, colors, and seemingly empty spaces, such as those found in O pato (1996) and Noite de verão (2006).

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