ARTmonday: Beatriz Milhazes

A few years ago I discovered Rio de Janeiro artist Beatriz Milhazes. Her work was hanging in a living room featured in a glossy mag (perhaps Elle Decor). I perused her work online but it simply wasn’t in the budget. Seems she’s done a lot since then. In addition to her paintings, which are similar in style, but more vivid and hard-edged, there’s an amazing mobile installation and some public works. Most of these are through the James Cohan Gallery in NYC; some are earlier works from the Stephen Friedman Gallery, also in NYC. Feast your eyes. . .

Mariposa, 2004
Acrylic on canvas

Aubergine II, 2003
paper collage on paper,

Brinquelandia, 2008
Mixed media collage on paper

A Lenda, 2002
Acrylic on canvas

O Macho, 2002
Acrylic on canvas, 99 x 96cm (39 x 38in)

Jamaica, 2006
Hiromi handmade Kozo triple thick

Peace and Love, 2005,
Gloucester Road Station Project
Platform for Art Underground
London, UK

Set design for Marcia Milhazes Contemporary Dance Company, 2008

Gamboa, 2008
Iron and mixed media

Guanabara, 2005
Tate Modern Restaurant Project
London, UK