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Maxwell Alexandre
b. 1990, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil · Brazilian · Based in Rocinha, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio)
- Painting
- Installation
Maxwell Alexandre creates large paintings on brown kraft paper that depict Black life, aspiration, police violence, religion and consumer culture in Rio’s Rocinha favela. Figures move through crowded compositions where brands and institutional references become part of social identity.
Painting; installation
Gallery Representation
DOCUMENTATION
EXHIBITION IMAGES via Contemporary Art Library ↗Major Works
- 2017–19Pardo é Papel
- 2019Novo Poder
- 2020Clube
- 2018Éramos as cinzas e agora somos o fogo
- 2018Untitled from Pardo é Papel
- 2021The Baptism of Maxwell Alexandre
- 2018–20Sports Figures
- 2019Museum Paintings
- 2017 onwardRocinha scenes
- 2020sChurch Paintings
Museums & Public Collections
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