Adriana Varejão
February 15 - March 15, 2003540 West 26th Street
Press Release
Lehmann Maupin would like to announce an exhibition of new work by Adriana Varejão. This is Varejão's second solo exhibition at Lehmann Maupin.In this exhibition, Varejão presents a new series of paintings entitled “Saunas,” as well as new floor- and wall-based sculptural works, including four works from the “Jerked-beef ruin” series and the monumental three-dimensional painting Folds. In the “Sauna” paintings Varejão uses precise geometry and a perfect control of light and shade to represent simple, contemporary tiled interiors. Fine color gradations enliven the apparent chromatic uniformity of these paintings. In the sculptural work, the organized grid of the tiled surfaces contrast with chaotic and fleshy interiors. For instance, in Folds the ordered beauty of the tiles has been intersected with incisions to reveal a flesh-like interior pouring out of the painting. In these works, Varejão gives abstraction a human physicality. By contrasting the cold, geometric grid of the tiles with the figurative representation of meaty flesh, Varejão not only creates a tension between painting and sculpture, but also enhances the power and beauty of these two extremes.
Born in 1964 in Rio de Janeiro, where she lives and works, Adriana Varejão is one of Brazil's leading contemporary artists. Her work was recently shown in as in the Brazil: Body and Soul exhibition at the Guggenheim Museum in New York as well as in the MoMAQNS exhibition Tempo, where she filled an entire room with the wall-based installation, Azulejões (Big Blue Tiles). Varejão has exhibited widely internationally, including the Biennale of Sydney, the Venice Biennale, and the São Paolo Biennial as well as solo exhibitions at Bildmuseet, Umeå, Sweden and the Instituto de Arte Contemporanea, Lisbon. Her work is in the collection of the Tate, London and the Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, among others.
For more information please contact Juliet Gray at juliet@lehmannmaupin.com or 212 255 2923.
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Exhibition Works
Ruina de Charque - Coluna (Column Jerked-Beef Ruin), 2003 oil on wood and polyurethane 92.91 x 14.17 x 12.6 inches 236 x 36 x 32 cm LM6497
Green Sauna, 2003 oil on canvas 76.77 x 114.17 inches 195 x 290 cm LM6492
White Sauna, 2003 oil on canvas 76.77 x 114.17 inches 195 x 290 cm LM6491
Ruina de Charque - Quina (Corner Jerked-Beef Ruin), 2003 oil on wood and polyurethane 87.4 x 42.52 x 36.22 inches 222 x 108 x 92 cm LM6496
Folds 2, 2003 oil on wood and polyurethane on aluminum and wood support 94.49 x 90.55 x 15.75 inches 240 x 230 x 40 cm LM6499
Blue Sauna, 2003 oil on canvas 76.77 x 114.17 inches 195 x 290 cm LM6481
Ruina de Charque - Vigario Geral (Vigario Geral Jerked-Beef Ruin), 2002 oil on wood and polyurethane 98.43 x 19.69 x 11.81 inches 250 x 50 x 30 cm LM6493
Ruina de Charque - Nova Capela (Nova Capela Jerked-Beef Ruin), 2003 oil on wood and polyurethane 104.33 x 47.24 x 22.05 inches 265 x 120 x 56 cm LM6495
Installation Stills
MICKALENE THOMAS Ain't I a woman (Sandra), 2009 DVD, rhinestone and acrylic on panel diptych, painting: 36 x 28 inches 91.4 x 71.1 cm Edition of 3 LM12078
sales@lehmannmaupin.com" />MICKALENE THOMAS Ain't I a woman (Fran), 2009 DVD, rhinestone and acrylic on panel diptych, painting: 36 x 28 inches 91.4 x 71.1 cm Edition of 3 LM12079 To inquire about this work please contact sales@lehmannmaupin.com
sales@lehmannmaupin.com" />MICKALENE THOMAS All she wants to do is dance (Fran), 2009 photo collage 15 x 10.25 inches (paper) 38.1 x 26 cm 21.5 x 17 inches (framed) 54.6 x 43.2 cm LM12366 To inquire about this work please contact sales@lehmannmaupin.com
sales@lehmannmaupin.com" />MICKALENE THOMAS Still life with flowers on flower, 2009 photo collage 7 x 5.25 inches (paper) 17.8 x 13.3 cm 13.875 x 11.875 inches (framed) 35.2 x 30.2 cm LM12363 To inquire about this work please contact sales@lehmannmaupin.com
sales@lehmannmaupin.com" />MICKALENE THOMAS Still life with black and white panther, 2009 photo collage 6 x 7.75 inches (paper) 15.2 x 19.7 cm 12.25 x 14.25 inches (framed) 31.1 x 36.2 cm LM12367 To inquire about this work please contact sales@lehmannmaupin.com
sales@lehmannmaupin.com" />MICKALENE THOMAS Hot! Wild! Unrestricted!, 2009 mounted c-print 24 x 30 inches (paper) 61 x 76.2 cm 27.25 x 33.25 inches (framed) 69.2 x 84.5 cm Edition of 5 LM12197 To inquire about this work please contact sales@lehmannmaupin.com
sales@lehmannmaupin.com" />MICKALENE THOMAS Just an old-fashioned girl, 2009 mounted c-print 30 x 20 inches (paper) 76.2 x 50.8 cm 33.25 x 23.25 inches (framed) 84.5 x 59.1 cm Edition of 5 LM12198 To inquire about this work please contact sales@lehmannmaupin.com
sales@lehmannmaupin.com" />MICKALENE THOMAS Put something down on it, 2009 mounted c-print 30 x 24 inches (paper) 76.2 x 61 cm 33.25 x 27.25 inches (framed) 84.5 x 69.2 cm Edition of 5 LM12196 To inquire about this work please contact sales@lehmannmaupin.com
sales@lehmannmaupin.com" />MICKALENE THOMAS Mama Bush: (Your love keeps lifting me) higher and higher, 2009 mounted c-print 30 x 20 inches (paper) 76.2 x 50.8 cm 33.25 x 23.25 inches (framed) 84.5 x 59.1 cm Edition of 5 LM12203 To inquire about this work please contact sales@lehmannmaupin.com
sales@lehmannmaupin.com" />MICKALENE THOMAS Da ya think I'm sexy, 2009 mounted c-print 30 x 24 inches (paper) 76.2 x 61 cm 33.25 x 27.25 inches (framed) 84.5 x 69.2 cm Edition of 5 LM12059 To inquire about this work please contact sales@lehmannmaupin.com
sales@lehmannmaupin.com" />MICKALENE THOMAS Sandra: She's a beauty, 2009 mounted c-print 30 x 20 inches (paper) 76.2 x 50.8 cm 33.25 x 23.25 inches (framed) 84.5 x 59.1 cm Edition of 5 LM12200 To inquire about this work please contact sales@lehmannmaupin.com
sales@lehmannmaupin.com" />MICKALENE THOMAS Feelin like a woman, 2009 mounted c-print 30 x 20 inches (paper) 76.2 x 50.8 cm 33.25 x 23.25 inches (framed) 84.5 x 59.1 cm Edition of 5 LM12199 To inquire about this work please contact sales@lehmannmaupin.com
sales@lehmannmaupin.com" />MICKALENE THOMAS Tamika sur une chaise longue, 2008 mounted c-print 24 x 29.5 inches (paper) 61 x 74.9 cm 27.125 x 33.125 inches (framed) 68.9 x 84.1 cm Edition of 5 LM11220 To inquire about this work please contact sales@lehmannmaupin.com
sales@lehmannmaupin.com" />MICKALENE THOMAS A Moment's Pleasure in Black and White, 2006-2008 mounted c-print 23.75 x 29.5 inches (paper) 60.3 x 74.9 cm 27.125 x 33.125 inches (framed) 68.9 x 84.1 cm Edition of 5 LM11216 To inquire about this work please contact sales@lehmannmaupin.com
sales@lehmannmaupin.com" />MICKALENE THOMAS Portrait of Qusuquzah, 2008 mounted c-print 23.75 x 29.5 inches (paper) 60.3 x 74.9 cm 27.25 x 33.25 inches (framed) 69.2 x 84.5 cm Edition of 6 LM11217 To inquire about this work please contact sales@lehmannmaupin.com
sales@lehmannmaupin.com" />MICKALENE THOMAS Michelle O, 2008 screenprint on paper 25 x 19.5 inches (paper) 63.5 x 49.5 cm 27.25 x 21.625 inches (framed) 69.2 x 54.9 cm Edition of 40 signed, dated and numbered on the front To inquire about this work please contact sales@lehmannmaupin.com
sales@lehmannmaupin.com" />MICKALENE THOMAS When Ends Meet, 2007 two screenprints with hand-applied rhinestones on four-ply museum board 28 x 31.875 inches (paper) 71.1 x 81 cm 29.75 x 33.5 inches (framed) 75.57 x 85 cm 31.875 x 28 inches (paper) 81 x 71.1 cm 33.5 x 29.75 inches (framed) 85 x 75.57 cm Edition of 20 To inquire about this work please contact sales@lehmannmaupin.com
sales@lehmannmaupin.com" />MICKALENE THOMAS Why can't we just sit down and talk it over, 2006 screenprint 19.5 x 30 inches (paper) 49.5 x 76.2 cm Edition of 40 To inquire about this work please contact sales@lehmannmaupin.com
sales@lehmannmaupin.com" />MICKALENE THOMAS Brawlin' Spitfire Wrestlers 2, 2008 resin, paint and Swarovski crystals 15.5 x 14 x 8 inches 39.4 x 35.6 x 20.3 cm Edition of 40 LM12097 To inquire about this work please contact sales@lehmannmaupin.com
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