A Brazilian Artist Exalts in Color at New York’s MoMA
Tadáskía explores transformation and the power of community as the first artist to paint the museum’s walls.
This article is adapted from AQ’s upcoming special report on food security in Latin America As you walk into the ground-floor gallery at New York’s Museum of Modern Art, with its high ceilings, your eyes travel upward. A monumental drawing of a black, bird-like figure stares down at you, its colorful wings surrounded by other colorful, winged creatures. Is it one bird, or many Is it moving, or is it still This is Brazilian artist Tadáskía’s exhibition, entitled Projects: Tadáskía, and it’s a good introduction to her creative world, full of ambivalence, movement and...
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