Beatriz Milhalez

Coffee table book with custom made acrylic cover

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About The Book

Beatriz Milhazes - Tropical Abstractions - Masterpiece is a luxury art book and a remarkable example among coffee table books, published by Taschen, with 528 pages. This updated edition offers an in-depth analysis of the work of the renowned Brazilian painter Beatriz Milhazes, exploring her abstract compositions that harmonize the vivacity of colors and the light of Brazil with modernist influences that recall artists like Henri Matisse and Bridget Riley. The book details the fusion of everyday Brazilian symbols, such as carnival and traditional crafts, with motifs that transition from baroque to pop, choreographed in an exuberant visual rhythm. The colorful atmosphere, although exotic, also reveals melancholic nuances, comparable to the complexity found in the works of Paul Gauguin, reflecting the promises and challenges of tropical life and modernist abstraction.

The work highlights the transfer technique developed by Milhazes in the late eighties, where the artist paints on plastic sheets and adheres them to the canvas, creating layers and a unique iridescence. Since her recognition in the 1990s, Beatriz Milhazes has expanded her expression to various media, including silkscreens, collages with chocolate and candy wrappers, mobile sculptures inspired by carnival decorations, site-specific projects that transform building facades into stained glass, and collaborations with her sister Márcia's ballet ensemble. This edition of Beatriz Milhazes - Tropical Abstractions - Masterpiece has been expanded to include works created up to 2020, presenting over 300 works and covering all of the artist's creative phases. The book was developed in close collaboration with Milhazes, with image selection and specially designed pages between chapters.

The content includes a conversation with the editor Hans Werner Holzwarth, in which the artist discusses her methods and the cultural background of her work. The analysis is complemented by an art history essay by David Ebony, a poetic dictionary of Milhazes' main motifs by Adriano Pedrosa, and a detailed and updated biography of the artist by Luiza Interlenghi. This volume is an ideal luxury gift for appreciators of contemporary art and a centerpiece for any collection of coffee table books, also being an excellent option for corporate gifts seeking sophistication and cultural value.