Beatriz Milhazes : Avenida Paulista, Hardcover by Milhazes, Beatriz (CON); Pe...

by Beatriz Milhazes

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Beatriz Milhazes : Avenida Paulista, Hardcover by Milhazes, Beatriz (CON); Pedrosa, Adriano (EDT); Carneiro, Amanda (EDT); Mesquita, Ivo (EDT); De Diego, Estrella, ISBN 1636810039, ISBN-13 9781636810034, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US A compendious celebration of the exuberant, multilayered paintings and prints of Beatriz Milhazes This is the most comprehensiv to date on Beatriz Milhazes, featuring many previously unpublished paintings and prints. Milhazes, a pivotal figure in contemporary art and the history of abstraction, works with a complex repertoire of images associated with different motifs, origins and sources. She works mainly in painting, printmaking and collage, but also in drawing, sculpture, artist’s books and textiles, among other mediums. Oscillating between abstraction and figuration, geometry and free form, her compositions are intricate, dense, multicolored and literally full of layers—of colors, paints, papers and meanings. Milhazes’ sources are diverse and varied: from modernism to the Baroque, from folk art or "arte popular" to pop culture, from fashion to jewelry, from architecture to abstraction, from the history of art to nature. Her work encompasses 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 more than 170 works made since 1989, a turning point in Milhazes’ career. It was in that year that she developed

• Publisher: D.A.P./Distributed Art Publishers
• Year: 2021
• Binding: Hardcover
• ISBN: 9781636810034
• Condition: Fine

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