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Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Aleta Valente, Beleza | Axilas de Agosto, 2020
Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Aleta Valente, Beleza | Axilas de Agosto, 2020
Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Aleta Valente, Beleza | Axilas de Agosto, 2020
Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Aleta Valente, Beleza | Axilas de Agosto, 2020

Aleta Valente

Beleza | Axilas de Agosto, 2020
cera e pelos sobre vidro emldurado
[wax and hairs on framed glass]
38 x 39 x 4 cm díptico
38 x 17 x 4 cm cada
[15 x 15 3/8 x 1 5/8 in diptych
15 x 6 3/4 x 1 5/8 in each]
3.6 kg
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  • (View a larger image of thumbnail 1 ) Aleta Valente, Beleza | Axilas de Agosto, 2020
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  • Beleza | Axilas de Agosto
De forma um tanto explícita, a artista expões o rastro de uma ação. Prática atrelada a manutenção da beleza através da remoção dos pelos, a depilação é apresentada através de...
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De forma um tanto explícita, a artista expões o rastro de uma ação. Prática atrelada a manutenção da beleza através da remoção dos pelos, a depilação é apresentada através de seu negativo, dando ver a face oculta do processo, publicisando o íntimo, trazendo à luz o avesso do belo. A série é composta por um partes de um corpo seccionado, como algo a ser consumido. A cera e as formas das pernas, nádegas, axilas, ânus e virilha expostas.

In a somewhat explicit way, the artist exposes the trail of an action. Practice linked to the maintenance of beauty through the removal of body hair, the depilation is presented through its negative, showing the hidden face of the process, turning public the intimate, bringing to light the inside out of is called beautiful. The series consists of parts of a sectioned body, as something to be consumed. Wax ad forms of the legs, buttocks, armpits, anus and groin exposed.
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