RUBENS CHIRI/©PROJETO LEONILSON/COLLECTION OF CHARLO WHATELY
Pictures at an Exhibition presents images of one notable show every weekday.
Today’s show: “José Leonilson: Empty Man” is on view at the Americas Society in New York through Saturday, February 3. The solo exhibition, the Brazilian artist’s first in the United States, presents works made between the mid-1980s and 1993, when the artist died of AIDS-related complications.
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José Leonilson, O ilha (The Island One), 1991, and metal on canvas.
EDOUARD FRAIPONT/©PROJETO LEONILSON/COLLECTION OF RAQUEL AND LEOPOLD NOSEK
José Leonilson, O pescador de pérolas (Pearl Fisher), 1991, thread and metallic paint on voile.
RUBENS CHIRI/©PROJETO LEONILSON/COLLECTION OF ORANDI MOMESSO
José Leonilson, Puros e duros (Pure and Hard), 1991, embroidery and stones on cloth.
ROMULO FIALDILI/©PROJETO LEONILSON/LOS ANGELES COUNTY MUSEUM OF ART, GIFT OF THE ESTATE OF JOSÉ LEONILSON AND PURCHASED WITH FUNDS PROVIDED BY GARY AND TRACY MEZZATESTA
José Leonilson, Do. Don't have work it, 1991, thread, acrylic
paint, unstretched canvas, and buttons on voile.
RUBENS CHIRI/©PROJETO LEONILSON/COLLECTION OF ORANDI MOMESSO
José Leonilson, Empty man, 1991, thread on embroidered linen.
RUBENS CHIRI/©PROJETO LEONILSON/BEZERRA DIAS FAMILY COLLECTION, PROJETO LEONILSON
José Leonilson, Ninguém (Nobody), 1992, thread on embroidered cotton pillowcase, checkered cotton fabric, and pillow.
©PROJETO LEONILSON/COLLECTION OF MARIA PINI PIVA
José Leonilson, José, 1991, thread on voile.
EDOUARD FRAIPONT/©PROJETO LEONILSON/BEZERRA DIAS FAMILY COLLECTION, PROJETO LEONILSON
José Leonilson, Se você sonha com nuvens (If You Dream of Clouds), ca. 1991, thread on voile.
RUBENS CHIRI/©PROJETO LEONILSON/COLEÇÃO MUSEU DE ARTE MODERNA DE SÃO PAULO, DOAÇÃO CARMEN BEZERRA DIAS E THEODORINO TORQUATO DIAS
José Leonilson, Mirro, ca. 1975, acrylic paint, felt, and thread on jeans, cardboard, and wood, glass, and metal frame.
EDOUARD FRAIPONT/©PROJETO LEONILSON/BEZERRA DIAS FAMILY COLLECTION, PROJETO LEONILSON
José Leonilson, Pequeno reino (Small Kingdom), ca. 1988, watercolor on cut paper glued on paper.
SERGIO GUERINI/©PROJETO LEONILSON/ALMEIDA E DALE GALERIA DE ARTE
José Leonilson, Jesus com rapaz acidentado (Jesus with accidented young man), 1991, permanent ink and gouache on paper.
EDOUARD FRAIPONT/©PROJETO LEONILSON/COLEÇÃO MUSEU DE ARTE MODERNA DE SÃO PAULO, COMODATO EDUARDO BRANDÃO E JAN FJELD
José Leonilson, Jogos perigosos (Dangerous Games), ca. 1990, acrylic on canvas.
RUBENS CHIRI/©PROJETO LEONILSON/COLLECTION OF LUISA STRINA
José Leonilson, Origins; Pleasure; Allegory; Fantasy, 1990, thread on linen.
EDUARDO ORTEGA/©PROJETO LEONILSON/BEZERRA DIAS FAMILY COLLECTION, PROJETO LEONILSON
José Leonilson, Person´s, meanings and identities, 1990, thread on linen.
RUBENS CHIRI/©PROJETO LEONILSON/BEZERRA DIAS FAMILY COLLECTION, PROJETO LEONILSON
José Leonilson, Cheio, vazio (Full, Empty), 1992, thread on voile and striped cotton fabric.
EDOUARD FRAIPONT/©PROJETO LEONILSON/COLEÇÃO MUSEU DE ARTE MODERNA DE SÃO PAULO, DOAÇÃO BAYER S.A.
José Leonilson, Cidades europeias com botões e escudos (European Cities with Buttons and Shields), 1988, acrylic paint, colored pencil, thread, and buttons on unstretched canvas.
EDOUARD FRAIPONT/©PROJETO LEONILSON/COLLECTION OF FATIMA PINTO COELHO
José Leonilson, O que posso fazer dentro de mim (What Can I Do Inside Myself), 1991, acrylic paint and colored pencil on unstretched canvas.
RUBENS CHIRI/©PROJETO LEONILSON/COLLECTION OF FABIO CIMINO
José Leonilson, Here comes your man, 1989, acrylic paint, colored pencil, and metal brooch with semiprecious stones on canvas.
RUBENS CHIRI/©PROJETO LEONILSON/COLLECTION OF TUFI DUEK, SÃO PAULO
José Leonilson, As ruas da cidade (The City Streets), ca. 1988, acrylic paint on unstretched canvas.
RUBENS CHIRI/©PROJETO LEONILSON/COLLECTION OF CHARLO WHATELY
José Leonilson, O preço (The Price), 1992, acrylic on canvas.
RUBENS CHIRI/©PROJETO LEONILSON/ALMEIDA E DALE GALERIA DE ARTE