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Mira Schendel — 1964-65
Mira Schendel

1964-65

Mira Schendel's delicate monotype on translucent rice paper is suspended between two sheets of Plexiglas, allowing light to pass through and animate the work's subtle marks and gestures. Created during a pivotal period in the Brazilian-Swiss artist's career, the piece reflects her deep engagement with language, materiality, and the fragile threshold between presence and absence. The near-weightless quality of the rice paper, held within its rigid transparent enclosure, creates a tension between vulnerability and preservation.

Medium
monotype on rice paper, between 2 Plexiglas sheets

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Latin America

May 29, 2014

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Mira Schendel, 1964-65

Mira Schendel's delicate monotype on translucent rice paper is suspended between two sheets of Plexiglas, allowing light to pass through and animate the work's subtle marks and gestures. Created during a pivotal period in the Brazilian-Swiss artist's career, the piece reflects her deep engagement with language, materiality, and the fragile threshold between presence and absence. The near-weightless quality of the rice paper, held within its rigid transparent enclosure, creates a tension between vulnerability and preservation.

Medium
monotype on rice paper, between 2 Plexiglas sheets
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Print, Geometric, Minimalist, Brazilian, Textured, Monotype, Ethereal, Rice Paper, Abstract, Contemporary

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