What do you do with your waste?
How many plastic bags do you use every day? And how many do you discard? Leonardo da Vinci specialised in the technique of sfumato; Edvard Munch and Van Gogh invested in expressive brushstrokes to soothe their feelings; Monet sought to capture the light when he painted. These artists did not know plastic. Not as we know it today, present in every corner of the planet, polluting the seas, dirtying the beach, bothering our gaze in everyday life.
In 2019, I started this series composed solely of plastic bags collected from riverbanks, streets and recycling cooperatives. I replaced brushes and oil paint with an innovative technique that uses only plastic fragments, without the use of glue, paint or any other material to compose the works inspired by famous paintings from Art History.
Mona Lisa (after Leonardo da Vinci), 2019
77 x 53 cm
plastic bags
Mona Lisa
(after Leonardo da Vinci), 2019
77 x 53 cm
plastic bags
Bust of dora Maar (after Picasso), 2021
93 x 73 cm
plastic bags
Abaporu (after Tarsila do Amaral), 2021
90 x 75 cm
plastic bags
Kettle and Fruit (after Cézanne), 2019
50 x 60 cm
plastic bags
Starry Night (after Van Gogh), 2020
74 x 92 cm
plastic bags
collection of the artist
The Great Wave (after Hokusai), 2020
60 x 87 cm
plastic bags
The Scream (after Edvard Munch), 2021
91 x 74 cm
plastic bags
Blooming water lilies
(After Monet), 2019
70 x 80 cm
plastic bags
Blooming water lilies
(After Monet), 2021
105 x 105 cm
plastic bags
Nymphéas
(after Monet), 2022
66 x 102 cm
plastics
Marilyn Monroe (After Warhol), 2021
100 x 100 cm
plastic bags
The Origin of the World (After Coubert), 2021
53 x 63 cm
plastic bags
Campbell Soup Can (After Warhol), 2021
100 x 70 cm
plastic bags
Campbell's Soup Can (After Warhol), 2021
work detail
Banana (After Warhol), 2021
80 x 60 cm
plastic bags
Portrait of Dora Maar (After Picasso), 2021
90 x 62 cm
plastic bags
The Dance (After Matisse), 2021
106 x 160 cm
plastic bags
Blue Nude
(after Matisse), 2024
84 x 76 cm
Plastics
Saturn Devouring His Son
(after Goya), 2024
110 x 62 cm
plastics
Saturn Devouring His Son (after Goya), 2024
detail of the work
Girl with a Ball
(after Rohy Lichteinstein), 2024
105 x 105 cm
plastics
Still Life with Skull
(after Cezanne), 2022
57 x 68 cm
plastics
Woman with a Pearl Earring
(after Vermeer), 2024
63 x 58 cm
plastics
Broadway Boogie-Woogie
(after Mondrian), 2024
116 x 116 cm
plastics
The Monhegan Lighthouse
(after Anita Malfatti), 2022
61 x 47 cm
plastics
The Betrayal of Images
(After Magritte), 2024
60 x 80 cm
plastics
Girl Crying
(after Rohy Lichteinstein), 2024
105 x 105 cm
plastics
Little flags
(after Volpi), 2022
68 x 100 cm
plastics
Urutu
(after Tarsila), 2022
62 x 75 cm
plastics
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The Sunflowers (after Van Gogh), 2021
95 x 76 cm
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