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Mendes Wood DM is pleased to announce the participation of artists Rosana Paulino, Solange Pessoa and Luiz Roque at The 59th International Art Exhibition La Biennale di Venezia 2022 and Mariana Castillo Deball in the collective exhibition Until the Songs Spring at the Mexican Pavilion in Venice.

Under the curatorial helm of Cecilia Alemani the exhibition entitled The Milk of Dreams is an ode to the power of creativity and transformation. Examining the capability of humans to change, survive and overcome, Alemani turns to artists for their conceptual understanding of the challenges faced in post-human conditions.

Rosana Paulino work centers around social, ethnic, and gender issues, focusing in particular on black women in Brazilian society and the various types of violence suffered by this population due to racism and the lasting legacy of slavery. Paulino explores the impact of memory on psychosocial constructions, introducing different references that intersect the artist’s personal history with the phenomenological history of Brazil, as it was constructed in the past and still persists today. Her research includes the construction of myths – not only as aesthetical pillars but also as psychic influence-makers.