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Élle de Bernardini (Itaqui, 1991) lives and works in Sao Paulo. She is trained in classical ballet by the Royal Academy of Dance of London. She is a transsexual woman. Her production is permeated by her biography. Your work is for the interest the intersection of gender, sexuality, politics and identity with the history of humanity and art. Her work has been exhibited in national institutions such as, Museu de Arte de Sao Paulo/MASP, Pinacoteca do Estado de Sao Paulo, Museu de Arte do Rio/MAR, Museu de Arte do Rio grande do Sul/ MARGS, Museu Nacional da Republica, Memorial da America Latina, MAC- RS, Pivo Arte e Pesquisa, Farol Santander, Centro Cultural Sao Paulo. Participated in the 12th Mercosul Biennial. His works integrate important collections such as, Museu de Arte do Rio Grande do Sul / MARGS, Porto Alegre. MAC-RS, Porto Alegre. MAC-Niteroi, Rio de Janeiro. Colecao Santander Brasil, Sao Paulo. Museu de Arte do Rio, Rio de Janeiro. Museu de Arte Moderna do Rio, Rio de Janeiro. Fundacao de Artes Marcos Amaro, Itu e Museu Nacional da Republica, Brasilia. Mamam-Recife. Pinacoteca do Estado de Sao Paulo. French Government Collection. National Library of France.
Gilda Lavia Gallery (Rome) is pleased to host A Lâmina e a Língua the first solo exhibition in Italy by the artist and dancer Élle de Bernardini, curated by Tiago de Abreu Pinto, which will open on Saturday February 5 from 11 am to 8 pm by reservation.
Through numerous allusions to the complexities of language (in the social-political, psychological, physical, legal and cultural sphere), the exhibition deals with both the live and work of de Bernardini and the living condition of trans people in general, who have in Brazil the life expectancy of less than 35 years old. This violence is embodied in the central piece of the exhibition titled Operação Tarântula (2022), that makes references to an operation against trans women organized by State Police of São Paulo in 1987, a moment when trans people used razor blades kept under their tongues to defend themselves.
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