{"product_id":"beatriz-milhazes-mehrsprachige-ausgabe","title":"Beatriz Milhazes: Mehrsprachige Ausgabe","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn her vibrant works, the Brazilian painter Beatriz Milhazes merges two very different worldviews. Her abstract compositions, which can be considered alongside modernist masters from Henri Matisse to Bridget Riley, are infused with the colors and light of her homeland. Her paintings are peppered with symbols of Brazilian everyday life: Carnival, traditional crafts, and motifs ranging from Baroque to Pop, all choreographed in an exuberant visual rhythm. The colorful atmosphere possesses an irresistible exotic appeal, yet, as in the works of Paul Gauguin, we find a broken paradise where darker, more melancholic tones resonate both in the promises of tropical existence and those of modernist abstraction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo achieve this balance, Milhazes developed a special technique in the late 1980s, in which she paints her motifs on plastic sheets, adheres them to the canvas, and peels off the sheets after drying. This method allows the artist to layer surfaces and create a shimmering interplay between radiance and dazzling gloom. Since her breakthrough in the early 1990s, Milhazes has expanded her scope to other media, producing screen prints, collages made from chocolate and candy wrappers, sculptures such as large mobiles made from Carnival decorations, site-specific projects that transform building facades into stained glass windows, as well as experiments with body and rhythm in collaboration with her sister Marcia’s ballet ensemble.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis updated edition, expanded with works up to 2020, explores all creative phases of the artist from her beginnings to the present with over 300 illustrations. The book was created in close collaboration with the artist, in the selection of images and through pages specially designed by her between the chapters. It includes a conversation with the editor Hans Werner Holzwarth, in which the artist unravels her working methods and discusses the ideas and cultural backgrounds that drive her creativity. An art historical essay by David Ebony, a poetic dictionary of Milhazes’ key motifs compiled by Adriano Pedrosa, and a detailed, updated artist biography by Luiza Interlenghi complete this comprehensive work.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlso available as Art Edition\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taschen","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57131209556312,"sku":"9783836584630","price":70.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0925\/8464\/0856\/files\/9783836584630.jpg?v=1776463452","url":"https:\/\/www.plasticbooks.uk\/en\/products\/beatriz-milhazes-mehrsprachige-ausgabe","provider":"Plastic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}