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Third solo exhibition by Brazilian artist Beatriz Milhazes on view at Galerie Max Hetzler

BERLIN.- Galerie Max Hetzler presents the third solo exhibition of Beatriz Milhazes, featuring four large scale paintings and a mobile, which were the subject of her solo show at Fondation Beyeler in Basel earlier this year, as well as recent collages. Central to the exhibition are four monumental canvases of different sizes on the theme of the four seasons. They are composed of stylized, ornamental floral motifs and geometric forms which are symptomatic of Beatriz Milhazes’ oeuvre, as is the transfer technique deriving from collage that she developed. Influenced by the tropical climate and vegetation of her home country Brazil, her work rhythmically constructed, features unique exuberant colours. While the motifs of her paintings are applied on the canvas by decal transfer, the collages primarily consist of printed materials as candy or chocolate wrappers. These are assembled in compositions based on a graphic organisati