Rodrigo Linhares
Lives and works in São Paulo, State of São Paulo, Brazil
Artist statement
In my poetic research I investigate discursive aspects of visual language, where I explore issues related to identity and social perceptions of the body, as well as the links between individual memory and collective narrative. These studies have been developed on two fronts, one of a more political nature and the other linked to the conformations of the masculine. On both fronts, I seek forms of representation through images, moving mainly between photography, painting and, more recently, washed drawing.
Artwork
- Série Rebote 2 [ Rebound series 2 ], 2021. washed drawing - indian ink on cotton paper [ miscellaneous measures ]
- Rebote [ Rebound ], 2019. site specific photography
- Série Rebote 1 [ Rebound series 1 ], 2019. washed drawing - indian ink on cotton paper [ the drawings measure between 51 x 39 and 70 x 51 inches ]
- untitled, 2018. site-specific photography and washed drawing
- untitled, 2018. washed drawing - indian ink on cotton paper [ miscellaneous measures ]
- Algorab, 2017. site specific photography
- Algorab, 2017. photographic installation [ miscellaneous measures ]
- Série Artista Sofre (título roubado de Ivald Granato) [ Artist Suffers Series - title stolen from Ivald Granato ], 2016. painting on photography
- Noite - Série 2 [ Night - Series 2 ], 2016. painting on photography
- Taurus, 2016. site-specific photography and painting on photography
- Taurus [ pictorial series 1 ], 2016. mixed media painting on photography [ miscellaneous measures ]
- Série República - Ouço os sons das bombas de gás e disparos de balas de borracha enquanto espero o meu amor chegar. [ Republic Series - I hear the sounds of gas bombs and rubber bullet shots as I wait for my love to arrive ], 2016. Digital print on photographic paper [ the printed photos measure 55 x 78 inches ]
- Série Elegia às grandes aspirações [ Elegy to great aspirations Series ], 2015. photography
- Clinch series, 2015. photography