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Artist
Arjan Martins
b. 1960, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil · Based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Escola de Artes Visuais do Parque Lage (1998)
- Painting
- Drawing
Arjan Martins investigates transatlantic migration, the colonial African diaspora, and Afro-Atlantic maritime history through large-scale figurative paintings. Layering cartographic lines, caravels, and obscured portraits of Black subjects, his work confronts historical erasures.
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