The 7 Colors of the Federal District
The exhibition "The 7 Colors of the Federal District" features seven works by seven young LGBTQIAPN+ artists from the Federal District of Brazil.
Pintura para peito by Gabriela MuttiMuseu da Diversidade Sexual
The Federal District in the Visual Arts
The Federal District is recognized nationally and internationally for its architecture and for being the seat of the Brazilian government. However, LGBTQIAPN+ artistic production in the federal capital has no national projection.
Autorretrato by Douglas FerreiroMuseu da Diversidade Sexual
Diversity is the way
The exhibition "The 7 Colors of the District" features seven works by seven young LGBTQIAPN+ artists from the Federal District. The group of artists selected is diverse (made up of homosexuals, transsexuals, bisexuals and non-binary people).
The aim is to publicize and present to Brazil the work and power of artists from this region, as well as demonstrating how different experiences influence creativity and artistic production.
Multiple experiences in the Federal District
The search for economic diversity is also present, with artists from different social classes and different cities.
The artists
The selected artists work in different artistic languages and the works are curated according to what best represents each of them at this moment in their careers.
The selected artists are: Douglas Ferreiro, Fernanda Azou, Gabriela Mutti, Invctor, Leonardo Palhares, Pedro Hermano e Sheyennie Aparecida.
Transpassou by InvctorMuseu da Diversidade Sexual
INVCTOR
Transpassou (2022)
Painting with various paints, use of markers, pencils, crayons and collage
80 cm x 100 cm
Transpassou
It's about feeling so much that I have to offer, so much that I need from the other person, but not being seen, not being taken advantage of, in fact being passed over, run over. "You looked at me, did you see me? I looked at you, did I see you?"
Pintura para peito by Gabriela MuttiMuseu da Diversidade Sexual
GABRIELA MUTTI
Pintura para peito n°1 (2019)
Collage of gorguron ribbons on zinc plate and brass elements.
Pintura para peito n°1
"Pinturas para Peito" (Chest Paintings) is a series of performance objects that simulate military medals. They are performance devices and objects that propose a dialog based on pictorial signs, symbols of military heraldry.
Os outros by Leonardo PalharesMuseu da Diversidade Sexual
LEONARDO PALHARES
Os outros (2023)
Digital photography
The work uses the language of photography as a medium and the artist's body as a model.
About Leonardo Palhares
Leonardo Palhares, from Guará (administrative region of the Federal District). He is a visual artist and his research looks at body images through the lens of psychoanalytic theory and the fragmented body through the approach of Eliane Robert Moraes.
Malebuilding by Pedro HermanoMuseu da Diversidade Sexual
PEDRO HERMANO
Malebuilding (2023)
3D modeling software, image producer powered by artificial intelligence
Arte male by Jéssica LorenaMuseu da Diversidade Sexual
Malebuilding
Malebuilding deals with the construction of male identity through the development of muscles.
The jacket featured in the work was made to order for fashion designer Walério Araújo in black.
Julia-Carnaveral de Passiones by Shayennie AparecidaMuseu da Diversidade Sexual
SHAYENNIE APARECIDA
Julia - Canaveral de Passiones (2014)
Digital photography
Telemusas Latinas photo series
45 cm x 60 cm
Telemusas Latinas photo series
There is a specific aesthetic that is very characteristic of Mexican teledramaturgies. When they were shown in Brazil in the mid-1980s, they gained characteristics that the Brazilian public attached to the genre.
Telemusas Latinas photo series
Mixing this data, the artist appropriated and reinterpreted female characters from soap operas from different
from different eras, all of which have some relevance for the artist, who has already produced performance records, to create self-portraits.
Essa Barbie não vai ao dentista by Fernanda AzouMuseu da Diversidade Sexual
FERNANDA AZOU
Essa Barbie não vai ao dentista (2023)
Acrylic and watercolor on paper
The work is a connection between the human being (represented by the mouth) and the influence of the internet, social networks and technology (represented by the computer, cell phone...), both as a vehicle for communication.
Essa Barbie não vai ao dentista
Appropriating the cinematographic term "Gore", the artist is guided by the feeling of powerlessness caused by extreme situations and approaches violence not as an idealization of catastrophe, but as a representation of an abject reality.
Autorretrato by Douglas FerreiroMuseu da Diversidade Sexual
DOUGLAS FERREIRO
Autorretrato de um menino viado (2021)
Series: Os últimos longes da vida
Acrylic and oil on canvas
70 cm x 60 cm
Autrorretrato de um menino viado
The memories of childhood are the starting point for understanding the formative processes and journeys that the body goes through until it reaches the contradictions of adult life within the contexts of Brazil.
Jorge Wilker de Brito Matos - Curator
Jéssica Lorena Oliveira Pedroza - Visual Identity
Janiane Castro - Production
Mariane de Souza Silva - Video Editing
Elis Vargas Libras e Comunicação - Brazilian Sign Language Interpreter
Artists
Douglas Ferreiro
Gabriela Mutti
Fernanda Azou
Leonardo Palhares
Invctor
Pedro Hermano
Shayennie Aparecida
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