- Lia Menna Barreto
Born in
Rio de Janeiro in 1959, Lia Menna Barreto is aBrazil ian artist currently based inRio Grande do Sul .Her formal education occurred at
Universidade Federal do Rio Grando do Sul , where she received aBachelor of Arts inDesign in 1985. She is most famous (or infamous, rather) for her deconstruction of childhood through thetransmogrification of dolls and plastic toys. Katia Kanton, writing inPoliester Magazine , describes her work this way: : "In her strange formal operations, Lia Menna Barreto defies the sweetened way of looking at the world of children. Her radical vision engenders a relevant social commentary that is involved with and questions the oppression of the every-day experience, full of mutilations and losses and feelings of safety and danger."Several galleries have featured solo exhibitions of Lia Menna Barreto’s work. In
Sao Paulo, Brazil , theGaleria Fortes Vilaça has hosted her "[ Projeto 2001 ] ", "Origem do Afeto", and assorted other works in the last decade; inPorto Alegre , her work has appeared in theDiário de uma Boneca , theExercícios Afetivos (MARGS), theGaleria Iberê Camargo , and theGaleria Arte e Fato ; and in Rio de Janeiro, theThomas Cohn Arte Contemporânea show featured her works in1990 , 1992, and 1995.References
* Katia Kanton. "Lia Menna Barreto defies the sweetened way of looking at the world of children." Poliester Magazine, vol 6, n 21, 1997/98
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