Tunga - Latin America New York Thursday, May 23, 2013 | Phillips

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  • Provenance

    AAMD Fine Art, Miami
    Acquired from the above by the present owner

  • Artist Biography

    Tunga

    Brazilian • 1952 - 2016

    Tunga was born in Palmares, Brazil and trained as an architect. He chose to pursue a visual arts career, through which he is best known for his subversive sculpture, installations and performances. At only 22, Tunga held his first solo exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art in Rio de Janeiro, drawing the attention of the art world with the title Museu da Masturbação Infantil (Museum of Childhood Masturbation).

    Like this first exhibition, Tunga's works are psychologically charged and influenced by Surrealism and Constructivism. His art is highly conceptual and conveys spatial concerns, often dealing with bodily organs and functions, desires and rituals that he depicted in enigmatic environments, employing non-traditional mediums such as teeth, hair, nets and skulls.

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BRAZIL

92

Untitled

1997
ink on paper
35 1/2 x 22 in. (90.2 x 55.9 cm.)
Signed and dated "Tunga '97" and stamped "ARTE TUNGA" lower right.

Estimate
$4,000 - 6,000 

Contact Specialist
Henry Allsopp
Worldwide Director, Latin American Art
latinamerica@phillips.com
+ 1 212 940 1216

Latin America

New York 23 May 2013 4pm