Next Tuesday, February 27, at 2:00 PM, artist Yoko Nishio and curator Isabel Portella will host a free, public guided tour of the exhibition “Corpo Formoso,” which will be on view until March 10 at the Galeria do Lago, in the Museu da República.
“Corpo Formoso” is the first solo exhibition by artist Yoko Nishio, who has previously participated in several group shows at the Museu da República itself, the Centro Cultural Correios in Niterói, and Sesc Teresópolis, among other renowned museums and galleries. The exhibition, curated by Isabel Portella, features 11 original oil-on-canvas paintings. Measuring up to 1.90m x 1.90m, these vibrant, bold works explore the relationship between the body and the city, highlighting the ornaments the artist perceives in people and places, combined with her own memories and fabrications.
The works depict a market vendor in Vila Isabel with a tattoo on her arm; a father and son dressed for a party in Cabuçu, Nova Iguaçu; bodies walking through the crowd in Calolé, Bahia; women chatting in the Encantado neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro, their prints matching the ornaments on the building facades; a bar in Madureira where the tiles harmonize with the patrons' clothing; and a man proudly showing the tattoo of his child's name on his neck, among many others.
