the painter
the painter (Performance) and Violence (object)
2017 - sÃO pAULO, bRASIL
vIDEO-pERFORMANCE and object
In the performance, the constant and repetitive act recalls a sexual act in its male version, symbolizing how culturally the predominance of men in art continues to occur (whether in the market or in history), the canvas is the symbolization of women and non-men. binary artists and white symbolizes an attempt at erasure, along with the act of tearing the canvas, as a constant violation.
It deals with the issue of gender in art (art market and history), specifically the predominance of men. Based, for example, on the work “The advantages of being a female artist (1988/2017)” by Guerrila Girls, which she exhibited at MASP in 2017 and addresses the contrast between the small number of female artists compared to the large number of nude women in the exhibition of the collection at the Metropolitan Museum in New York (5% and 85% in 1989, 4% and 76% in 2012) and at MASP (6% and 60% in 2017).
In the performance, the constant and repetitive act recalls a sexual act in its male version, symbolizing how culturally the predominance of men in art continues to occur (whether in the market or in history), the canvas is the symbolization of women and non-men. binary artists and white symbolizes an attempt at erasure, along with the act of tearing the canvas, as a constant violation.