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In Brazil, many artists, like Hélio Oiticica, were working on these ideas of transforming space, such as painting invading and occupying three dimensions, including architecture and the body. Talavera pottery vessels and tiles are handmade crafts in which you can see Spanish, Islamic, and even Mayan or pre-Columbian influences, and I include all of those traces in the works in the current exhibition. "Talavera is not a product of cultural colonization, but rather a colonial cultural project." PHOTO (COLOR): Installation view: Adriana Varejão: Talavera, Gagosian, New York, 2021. [Extracted from the article] |
