Madeline Murphy Turner

MADELINE MURPHY TURNER is a PhD candidate at the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University.
Visions of Brazil is an ambitious exhibition that seeks to locate itself within a contemporary discourse on the construction of Brazilian Modernism. Curated by Sofia Gotti for Blum & Poe’s New York gallery, the exhibition begins with historian Walter Mignolo’s assertion that coloniality is the “darker side” of modernity.
Jose Leonilson, A Defesa e o Lar, 1984. Acrylic on canvas, 39 3/8 x 80 3/8 inches. © Estate of Leonilson.
Cecilia Vicuña: La India Contaminada is a much-needed examination of the daring Chilean artist who—although working since the mid-1960s—has only recently gained recognition on the international art circuit.
Cecilia Vicuña, Quipus Visceral, 2017. Site-specific installation of dyed, unspun wool, dimensions variable. Courtesy the artist and Lehmann Maupin, New York and Hong Kong. Photo: Matthew Herrmann.
Tarsila do Amaral: Inventing Modern Art in Brazil is the first North American solo exhibition of the eponymous artist who, as the show suggests, “gave rise to Brazil’s modern movement.
Tarsila do Amaral, Anthropophagy (Antropofagia), 1929. Oil on canvas, 49 5/8 x 55 15/16 inches. © Tarsila do Amaral Licenciamentos.
Dream of Solentiname examines the subjective thoughts and images that emerged around the spiritual, artistic, and political community from which the exhibition takes its name.
Installation view, Sculptures 1956-present, 80 Washington Square East Gallery, 2018. Courtesy of Ernesto Cardenal.

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