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FOCO | Lais Myrrha
Derrama Series
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The drawings in the Derrama series have a pre-established amount of material (powdered graphite, gold filings, etc.) that are transferred from one paper to another until that material runs out and it is no longer possible to repeat the operation.
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Lais Myrrha
Derrama #4, 2019
Derramamento de 20 gramas de pó de ouro sobre papel (Pouring of 20 grams of gold powder on paper)
105 x 75 cm cada (41.3 x 29.5 in each)
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Although the day of the Derrama happened only once, and despite the evasion schemes that would justify its institution, one of the consequences of the dissatisfaction generated by this measure was the Inconfidência Mineira, a separatist movement that was severely repressed by the government of Maria I, then queen of Portugal.
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The gesture that generates the drawings, the pouring of gold filings or graphite on a specific space, the paper, gains different nuances according to the parameters used.
Whether through the use of paper sizes based on systems officially recognized by conventions such as the A, B and C series, underlying the industrial production of this support, what points to the standardization of the space where the design is formed (Derrama # 5); either on paper that has the shape of a credit card as reference, on which the gold filings are poured, impregnating its surface and leaving, on the paper on which it was placed, its counter-form, which turns it to an empty field delimited by the gold dust. -
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Laís is PhD since 2015 and has a master degree from Escola de Belas-Artes da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais em 2007. Since 1998, she participates of several group and solo exhibitions, highlighting her participation in: 2019 - 13a Bienal de La Habana: La construcción de lo possible (Havana, Cuba); 2018 - 12a Bienal de Gwangju: Bordas Imaginadas (Gwangju, South Korea); 2017 - Intervenções Urbanas (Museu de Arte Moderna do Rio de Janeiro - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil); Metrópole: Experiência Paulistana (Pinacoteca de São Paulo - São Paulo, Brazil); 2016 - 32º Bienal Internacional de São Paulo (São Paulo, Brazil); Brasil, Beleza?! (Museum Beelden aan Zee - Den Haag, Holland); 2011 - 8ª Bienal do Mercosul (Porto Alegre, Brazil).
Her recent solo exhibition includes: 2017 - Cálculo das diferenças (Galeria Athena – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil); Reparation of Damages (Broadway 1602 - New York, U.S.A.); Corpo de Prova (Sesc Bom Retiro - São Paulo, Brazil); 2016 - O instante interminável (Galeria Jaqueline Martins – São Paulo, Brazil); 2014 - Projeto Gameleira 1971 (Pivô – São Paulo, Brazil), among others.
Among the prizes are: Prêmio Honra ao mérito Arte e Patrimônio (2013 - Paço Imperial – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) Bolsa Funarte de Estímulo à Produção em Artes Visuais, FUNARTE (2012 - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) and Bolsa Pampulha do Museu de Arte da Pampulha (2003 - Belo Horizonte, Brazil). Her works are part of the museums collections: Blanton Museum of Art: The University of Texas (Austin, USA); Fundação de Serralves (Porto, Portugal); Museu de Arte do Rio (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) and Pinacoteca de São Paulo (São Paulo, Brazil).
