Land of the future – Fort Apache 2020 – Acrylic on canvas – 150 x 230 cm The Army Headquarters is a late project by Oscar Niemeyer, carried out as part of Brasília’s Pilot Plan. The ensemble was delivered in 1973 during the government of General Emílio Garrastazu Médici, the most repressive period of the
Land of the future – The year Brazil became an outcast 2021 – Acrylic on canvas – 110 x 190 cm In October 2020, the now former minister Ernesto Araújo said that if Brazil’s current foreign policy “makes us an international pariah, then let us be that pariah.” Araújo’s speech exposed the country’s isolation on
Land of the future – Glass House 2021 – Acrylic on canvas – 120 x 160 cm What is Brasília, if not the dawn of a new day for Brazil? Juscelino Kubitschek (President of Brazil from 1956 to 1961) The Alvorada Palace is the official residence of the President of Brazil. It is located on
Land of the future – Weird agenda 2021 – Acrylic on canvas – 120 x 170 cm In the week of July 20, 2021, these were the headlines: Off the agenda, Bolsonaro received deputy leader of the German ultra-right – Folha de São Paulo The president secretly receives a Nazi deputy – Uol Bolsonaro meets
The visit of Max Bill – Brasílias’ subway tiles, 2017 Acrylic on canvas 210 x 170 cm I was born and raised in São Paulo, Brazil, one of the world’s biggest cities, which carries many cultural contradictions and a social context historically defined in the relations of colonialism. The term post/colonial refers to a vast
