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Rodrigo Franzão
Rodrigo Franzão (born April 27, 1982) is a contemporary Brazilian artist known for his innovative textile art and mixed media creations. He lives and works between New York, New Orleans, and São Paulo, focusing on sustainability and environmental responsibility in his art. Franzão’s works often feature intricate interplay of light, shadow, color, and texture, achieved through meticulously folded and layered paper strips on canvas, creating dynamic effects reminiscent of kinetic art.Biography Rodrigo Franzão Franzão has an extensive academic background, including degrees in Literature and Arts, an MBA in Museology and Art History, and specializations in Psychopedagogy and Art Therapy. Ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
São Paulo
São Paulo (; ; Portuguese for 'Paul the Apostle, Saint Paul') is the capital of the São Paulo (state), state of São Paulo, as well as the List of cities in Brazil by population, most populous city in Brazil, the List of largest cities in the Americas, Americas, and both the Western Hemisphere, Western and Southern Hemispheres. Listed by the Globalization and World Cities Research Network (GaWC) as an global city, alpha global city, it exerts substantial international influence in commerce, finance, arts, and entertainment. It is the List of largest cities#List, largest urban area by population outside Asia and the most populous Geographical distribution of Portuguese speakers, Portuguese-speaking city in the world. The city's name honors Paul the Apostle and people from the city are known as ''paulistanos''. The city's Latin motto is ''Non ducor, duco'', which translates as "I am not led, I lead." Founded in 1554 by Jesuit priests, the city was the center of the ''bandeirant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eva Hesse
Eva Hesse (January 11, 1936 – May 29, 1970) was a German-born American sculptor known for her pioneering work in materials such as latex, fiberglass, and plastics. She is one of the artists who ushered in the postminimal art movement in the 1960s. Life Hesse was born into a family of observant Jews in Hamburg, Germany, on January 11, 1936. She was the second born child of Wilhelm Hesse, an attorney, and Ruth Marcus Hesse. When Hesse was two years old in December 1938, her parents, hoping to flee from Nazi Germany, sent Hesse and her older sister, Helen Hesse Charash, to the Netherlands. They were aboard one of the last Kindertransport trains. After almost six months of separation, the reunited family moved to England and then, in 1939, emigrated to New York City where they settled into Manhattan's Washington Heights, Manhattan, Washington Heights.Danto 2006, p.32.Lippard 1992, p. 6. In 1944, Hesse's parents separated; her father remarried in 1945 and her mother committed suici ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
