Adriana Varejão

(Brazilian, born 1964)

Adriana Varejão is a contemporary Brazilian artist who works in painting, photography, sculpture, and installation. Engaged in her country’s past, Varejão’s work often includes motifs from Baroque-era Spain, Portuguese decorative objects, and the racial identities of Brazil. “My fiction does not belong to any time or place, instead it is characterized by themes dealing with rupture and discontinuity,” she has explained. “Everything is contaminated. In my work, the formation of Brazilian culture from the colonial period onwards is used as a metaphor for the modern world.” Born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in 1964, the artist came into prominence in the late 1990s with her provocative large-scale paintings featuring elements from traditional Portuguese ceramic tiles known as azulejos. Today, Varejão’s works are held in the collections of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York, the Hara Museum of Contemporary Art in Tokyo, the Tate Modern in London, and the Museu de Arte do Rio de Janeiro, among others. She continues to live and work in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

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Adriana Varejão (79 results)
GÊMEA, 1991

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GÊMEA, 1991

Sale Date: November 19, 2015

Auction Closed

O Dilúvio, 1985

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O Dilúvio, 1985

Sale Date: August 13, 2015

Auction Closed

Sarça Ardente (Burning Bush), 1991

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Sarça Ardente (Burning Bush), 1991

Sale Date: July 1, 2015

Auction Closed

Contingente

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Contingente

Sale Date: May 30, 2015

Auction Closed

Extirpação do mal por punção, 1994

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Extirpação do mal por punção, 1994

Sale Date: May 27, 2015

Auction Closed

Contingente- Linha do Equador, 2001

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Contingente- Linha do Equador, 2001

Sale Date: May 26, 2015

Auction Closed

A piscina, 2008

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A piscina, 2008

Sale Date: April 14, 2015

Auction Closed

Botequim Humaitá, 2009

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Botequim Humaitá, 2009

Sale Date: April 14, 2015

Auction Closed

Macau Wall (Blue), 2001

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Macau Wall (Blue), 2001

Sale Date: November 24, 2014

Auction Closed

Ruína de Charque Ipanema (Jerked Beef Ruin..., 2001

Adriana Varejão

Ruína de Charque Ipanema (Jerked Beef Ruin..., 2001

Sale Date: October 16, 2014

Auction Closed

Green song, 2007

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Green song, 2007

Sale Date: October 17, 2014

Auction Closed

A Grande Curva, 2010

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A Grande Curva, 2010

Sale Date: July 2, 2014

Auction Closed

Ruina de Charque Santa Cruz (Jerked Beef..., 2002

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Ruina de Charque Santa Cruz (Jerked Beef..., 2002

Sale Date: July 1, 2014

Auction Closed

Macau wall (Blue) (in 3 parts), 2001

Adriana Varejão

Macau wall (Blue) (in 3 parts), 2001

Sale Date: June 30, 2014

Auction Closed

O Dilúvio, 1985

Adriana Varejão

O Dilúvio, 1985

Sale Date: February 6, 2014

Auction Closed

Cristo, 1988

Adriana Varejão

Cristo, 1988

Sale Date: November 20, 2013

Auction Closed

O Milagre dos Peixes (Miracle of the Fishes), 1991

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O Milagre dos Peixes (Miracle of the Fishes), 1991

Sale Date: June 25, 2013

Auction Closed

Cannibal and Nostalgic, 1998

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Cannibal and Nostalgic, 1998

Sale Date: June 27, 2013

Auction Closed

Trois Petites Morts (in 3 parts), 2003

Adriana Varejão

Trois Petites Morts (in 3 parts), 2003

Sale Date: November 14, 2012

Auction Closed

Relicario do braço de São Benito, 1989

Adriana Varejão

Relicario do braço de São Benito, 1989

Sale Date: November 20, 2012

Auction Closed

Agnus Dei, 1990

Adriana Varejão

Agnus Dei, 1990

Sale Date: June 28, 2012

Auction Closed

Tea and Tiles II (in 16 parts), 1997

Adriana Varejão

Tea and Tiles II (in 16 parts), 1997

Sale Date: June 28, 2012

Auction Closed

Paisagem Chinesa (Espírito Santo) (Chinese..., 1991

Adriana Varejão

Paisagem Chinesa (Espírito Santo) (Chinese..., 1991

Sale Date: June 28, 2012

Auction Closed

O Sonhador (The Dreamer), 2006

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O Sonhador (The Dreamer), 2006

Sale Date: June 27, 2012

Auction Closed

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