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I am pleased to unveil my new tapestry, Uirapurú. The Uirapurú is a bird (the musician wren of Amazonia) and one of Brazil’s most mythologized presences. Barely twelve centimetres long, it sings for only a handful of mornings each year, and in indigenous Tupi-Guaraní oral tradition, the forest itself falls silent when it does. The legend behind it is one of transformation through impossible love: a young man expelled from his tribe, heard by the god Tupã, and returned to the world as pure song. The maestro Villa-Lobos made it the subject of one of his most luminous orchestral works.

I am pleased to unveil my new tapestry, Uirapurú. The Uirapurú is a bird (the musician wren of Amazonia) and one of Brazil’s most mythologized presences. Barely twelve centimetres long, it sings for only a handful of mornings each year, and in indigenous Tupi-Guaraní oral tradition, the forest itself falls silent when it does. The legend behind it is one of transformation through impossible love: a young man expelled from his tribe, heard by the god Tupã, and returned to the world as pure song. The maestro Villa-Lobos made it the subject of one of his most luminous orchestral works.

Uirapuru - new tapestry work

6 days ago2 min read

Affectionate cartographies (and a forest called mother)

Affectionate cartographies (and a forest called mother)

Affectionate cartographies (and a forest called mother) - new work

Mar 101 min read

Face off group show features paintings by artist Cristine Balarine

Face off group show features paintings by artist Cristine Balarine

group show face off, vorona gallery, berlin

Feb 202 min read

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