Sonia Andrade
| Sonia Andrade | |
|---|---|
| Born |
1935 Rio de Janeiro |
| Nationality | Brazilian |
| Known for | video art, installation, photography, body art |
Sonia Andrade (born 1935) is a Brazilian feminist and visual artist. She was born in 1935 in Rio de Janeiro in Brazil[1][2] She was one of the pioneers in video art in Brazil. Her video works use appropriation, humor, and political commentary to break down accepted visual codes.[2]
Works
Andrade's body of work includes drawings, photography, objects,installation and multi-channel video to achieve what she calls "the most important aspect of art-the relationship between the spectator and the object."[2] Some of her earliest video work dates from the mid-1970's. In these provocative pieces, Andrade deformed her face with threads, fixed her hand to a table with wire and nails, and removed body hairs with scissors.[3] Later work consisted of assemblages of found objects, as well as drawings, photographs, sculptures, neon art and installations.[1] Hydragrammas is her most famous piece of work which consist of hundreds of small objects that assemble into a sculpture, which was eventually displayed in National Museum of Fine Arts and later at the Museum of Contemporary Art of São Paulo.[1]
Exhibitions
- National Museum of Fine Arts, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1993.[1]
- Centro Municipal de Arte Hélio Oiticica (Municipal Art Center Hélio Oiticica), Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, 2011.[1]
- Museum of Contemporary Art, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 1994.[1]
- Louvre, Paris, France, 2006.[4]
- Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York, New York
Notes
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Ansari, Saria. "Sonia Andrade Retrospective Show in Rio". The Rio Times. Retrieved 14 October 2014.
- 1 2 3 Ansari, Sonia (March 2007). "Art and the Feminist Revolution". WACK!. WACK! Publishing. pp. 1–9. Retrieved 14 October 2014.
- ↑ Machado, Arlindo (May 18, 1995). "Video Art: The Brazilian Adventure". Leonardo. 29 (3). doi:10.2307/1576251. JSTOR 1576251.
- ↑ "Foreign Bodies, Louvre Press Release Exhibition" (PDF). “Foreign Bodies," Louvre Press Release Exhibition. The Louvre. October 13, 2006. Retrieved July 29, 2016.