Monica

Barki

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Monica Barki was born on October 30th, 1956 in Rio de Janeiro, where she currently lives and works.  The artist, whose career spans 35 years, makes use of different media to build a diverse visual repertory. Her prints, paintings, photographs, performances, installations pieces, assemblages, videos, machines and objects have been seen in 29 solo shows and about 100 group exhibitions in Brazil and abroad, including the 1991 São Paulo International Biennial. Along this trajectory, Monica Barki’s work has been developed in a singular manner, made up of a far-reaching vocabulary that includes her family history, her memories, the Judaic culture, eroticism, bourgeois upbringing, her children’s everyday life, and the condition of being a woman in society. Barki works her issues with subtle irony and sense of humor, continuously prospecting for new media and techniques to express herself. Monica grew up in the Rio’s Copacabana neighbor...

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