Coisa Linda
Beatriz Milhazes
Brazilian, born 1960
2002
Coisa Linda is an illustrated book of screenprints and a collage in which Beatriz Milhazes translates decorative, tropical motifs into layered, rhythmic mandalas that celebrate color, pattern, and movement.
A centered, jewel-like medallion commands the pale blue cover—lacy black filigree and white heart-shaped petals encircle a spray of magenta stenciling and a matte gold ring, the crisp symmetry offset by a narrow yellow spine to create a festive balance of ornament and geometry.
Milhazes bridges Brazilian popular visual culture and international modernism, helping to redefine abstraction by embracing decoration, collage, and printmaking as vital strategies of contemporary art.
Medium
Illustrated book with forty-three screenprints and one collage
Dimensions
page (each, approx.): 11 15/16 x 11 15/16" (30.4 x 30.4 cm); overall (closed): 12 1/8 x 12 1/8 x 7/8" (30.8 x 30.8 x 2.2 cm)
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Credit
Gift of the Library Council of The Museum of Modern Art
Accession
352.2002
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