Vera Chaves Barcellos is a crucial figure in Brazilian contemporary art, with a long journey of experimentation and exploration of the limits of the photographic language and reproducible image. One of the most paradigmatic works of her career is the series Epidermic Scapes, developed between 1977 and 1982 – a period in which the artist […]

It was now, in this last carnival, the first of the Carnivals in which she said she had truly abandoned herself to the revelry, that an exceptional moment – to say the least – happened. It is not for me to tell here all the details – besides, I don’t have them – but what […]