They embrace, float, or fight in landscapes and scenes that are rendered in highly saturated hues and read as part mythical, part mystical. Oliveira often depicts nude female figures consumed with pleasure or pain. Her work is lush - and not just because she uses fabrics of all kinds, including quilts, velvet and tablecloths her paintings have the same quality. If you don’t know Oliveira’s art, the snake is a good introduction: soft, vibrant, playful but with serious connotations. The sculpture, “Earth Eater” (2021), is a rainbow of stuffed textiles that starts on the floor with a mushy mouth, loops up over ceiling vents, then comes down and coils along a wall with the exhibition’s title: “Tura Oliveira: What a Glory to Be So Euphoric and Weak.” The front desk assistant here currently shares space with a giant snake.
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