Representative work by Laura Lima
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Artist

Laura Lima

b. 1971, Governador Valadares, Brazil · Brazilian · Based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

  • Escola de Artes Visuais do Parque Lage (1998)
  • BA Philosophy, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (1995)
  • Performance
  • Installation
  • Sculpture
  • Textiles

Laura Lima, co-founder of A Gentil Carioca, is an internationally acclaimed conceptual artist who uses living beings, architecture, and costume to investigate social choreography and systemic behavior. Rejecting conventional performance categories, she choreographs human and animal actions as ongoing sculptural matter.

Performance; installation

Gallery Representation

Major Works

  • 1994 onwardMan=flesh/Woman=flesh
  • 2016The Fifth Floor
  • 2010sThe Inverse
  • 2010sCinema Shadow
  • 1990sBird Man
  • 1997Dopada
  • 1990sBar Restaurant
  • 1990sCostume Works
  • 1990s–2020sLiving Sculpture Installations
  • 2010sA Room and a Half

Museums & Public Collections

Interviews & Writing

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