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, 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
Water lilies in bloom (After Monet), 2019
70 x 80 cm
plastic bags
Water lilies in bloom (After Monet), 2021
105 x 105 cm
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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
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Portrait of Dora Maar (After Picasso), 2021
90 x 62 cm
plastic bags
The Dance (After Matisse), 2021
106 x 160 cm
plastic bags
Composition in Red, Blue and Yellow
(After Mondrian), 2021
62 x 62 cm
plastic bags
