I Dream in Color

     So in class my professor Heather, is having us create 3 different concept boards. I decided to start with researching an artist. When I got to Beatriz Milhaze, I knew that I wanted to look her up for sure. Her work has been dismissed by art critics because her work is purely aesthetic and they say that she contributes nothing to the art world. Because she's somewhat of a controversial figure, that only made me all the more interested. She's been known to take her inspiration from the colors and festive nature of the Rio de Janeiro Carnival in Brazil. I love her work because it has a dreamy like quality to it.

Source: http://www.jamescohan.com/artists/beatriz-milhazes/

Paraquita, 2004

Acrylic on Canvas 

98 1/2 x 66 3/4 inches

Popeye, 2008

Acrylic on Canvas

78 3/8 X 54 3/4 inches

Mulatinho, 2008

Acrylic on Canvas

97 5/8 X 97 5/8 inches

Milhaze is also known for all of her site specific work. It kind of takes me back to whenever I went inside of Children's Hospital. The artwork inside is always so full of color and it can't help but make you happy :)

Gamboa, 2008

Iron and Mixed Media

27.6 in tall x 45.7 in diameter

Peace & Love, 2005

Gloucester Road Station Project

Platform for Art Underground

London, UK

Taschen Store, New York City, NY, 2007

Window installation as part of survey exhibit
"Beatriz Milhaze's Paintings and Collages"
Estação Pinacoteca, Sao Paolo, Brazil
September 6 - November 30, 2008

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