Gagosian Athens ♡ Brazilian Artist Adriana Varejão

Join me & Yiorgos at this exhibition,
Friday 23rd, 6-7pm (not 5-7pm

Gagosian is pleased to present Histórias Moldadas,an exhibition of new paintings by Adriana Varejão. This is her1st exhibit inGreece, &her 4th with the gallery.Histórias Moldadas features 4 new bodies of painting from Varejão’s Tile series,inspired by Brazilian,Greek,Turkish,&Chinese ceramic traditions.

Embracing Baroque elements of parody,paradox,tension,&excess, Varejão creates sculptural ptgs that rupture the surface&painterly sculptures imbued with vibrant drama.

Her signature craquelure draws from the crackle-glazed ceramics of China’s Song dynasty(960– Protected content . Mixing plaster by hand,applying it to canvas,&allowing it to dry naturally, she engages in a delicate interplay between control and chance.

The Tile ptgs Protected content the weight,luster,and materiality of ceramics,connecting the cracked surfaces of Chinese porcelain to azulejos—the painted tiles that link Latin America to Europe,the Middle East, & Asia.Introduced to Brazil during its colonial inception, azulejos reflect a confluence of Baroque influences—from Islamic art to the Italian Renaissance,Dutch decor to Chinese ceramics.

The exhibition in Athens coincides with Adriana Varejão: Don’t Forget, We Come From the Tropics,on view through 22/06 at the Hispanic Society Museum & Library, New York, & Paula Rego e Adriana Varejão:Entre os vossos dentes,on view through September22 at Centro de Arte Moderna Gulbenkian, Lisbon.

See you soon!