Adriana Varejão

The Great Women Artists

Katy Hessel

Arts

4.8 • 877 Ratings

🗓️ 16 May 2023

⏱️ 39 minutes

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THIS WEEK on the GWA Podcast, I interview one of the most renowned artists living today, Adriana Varejão Best known for her sculptural, almost architectural, paintings that extend far beyond the frame, Varejão has tackled themes of Brazilian cultural identity, challenged ideas of modern monuments, and in her art exposes colonial truths through traditional processes. Drawing upon the visual language of the European Baroque, Chinese Song ceramics as well as Brazilian and other South American traditions – just as she once said: interest lies in the interactions between different latitudes of the world. At once gory and theatrical, Varejão's work is all about what lies under the surface – literally – under the layers of canvas or plaster but also metaphorically, asking whose stories are being hidden, what violence is being covered up. She has exhibited all over the world with major exhibitions in Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, at the ICA in Boston, and in 2016 designed the Brazilian Olympic Aquatics Stadium. Today, Varejão's practice continues to break ground in how we interpret cross-global intersections and ideas. Follow us: Katy Hessel: @thegreatwomenartists / @katy.hessel Sound editing by Mikaela Carmichael Artwork by @thisisaliceskinner Music by Ben Wetherfield https://www.thegreatwomenartists.com/ THIS EPISODE IS GENEROUSLY SUPPORTED BY OCULA: https://ocula.com/

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0:00.0	Hello everyone and welcome back to the Great Woman Artist podcast. Last week we interviewed the fantastic Marilyn Minter on her life and work and today we interview the brilliant Brazilian artist Adriana Barajiao. But before we get to it, I'm so delighted to say that this episode is supported by Ocula, Working with a select group of just over 200 of the
0:22.9	world's leading galleries, Ocula provides online access to the best of contemporary art. In addition
0:29.0	to being a premium gallery platform and advisory service, Ocula publishes in-depth interviews with
0:34.9	artists, including one with today's guest, Adriana Varajau.
0:39.4	If, after listening to this podcast, you want to learn more about Adriana's practice,
0:43.4	view artworks by her and register to hear about her upcoming exhibitions.
0:47.2	You can visit ocular.com to do all of this.
0:49.8	I hope you enjoy this episode.
0:57.0	Hello, everyone. I hope you enjoy this episode. Hello everyone and welcome to The Great Women Artist podcast with me, Katie Hessel.
1:03.0	Some of you might know me from The Great Women Artists, an Instagram account I set up in October 2015,
1:09.0	which celebrates female artists on a daily basis, ranging from
1:12.4	young graduates to old masters.
1:15.0	Well, in a similar fashion to the Instagram, this podcast is all about celebrating female
1:20.2	artists from a variety of backgrounds and histories.
1:23.6	And I am so excited to be interviewing artists on their career, or artists,, curators or general art lovers on the women artist who means most of them.
1:32.3	What I want this podcast to do is celebrate female artists in all different capacities, so you, the listener, can gain a look into the greatest female artists working now or from art history.
1:51.4	I am so excited to say that my guest on the Great Women Artis podcast is one of the greatest living artists, Adriana Varajau. Best known for her sculptural, almost architectural paintings
1:57.9	that extend far beyond the frame, Varajau has tackled themes of Brazilian
2:02.1	cultural identity, challenged ideas of modern monuments, and in her art exposes colonial truths
2:08.2	through traditional processes. Drawing upon the visual language of the European Baroque,
2:13.6	Chinese song ceramics, as well as Brazilian and other South American traditions.
2:22.9	Just as she once said, interest lies in the interactions between different latitudes of the world.
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