Sonia Gomes
Untitled (Pendente series)
Lot closes
June 7, 03:19:00 AM GMT
Estimate
150,000 - 180,000 USD
Current Bid
85,000 USD
1 Bid
Reserve met
Lot Details
Description
Sonia Gomes
b. 1948
Untitled (Pendente series)
Executed in 2022.
Various fabrics, nylon rope, buttons, and various fragments
72 7/8 × 15 3/4 × 12 5/8 in. (160 × 40 × 32.1 cm)
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Courtesy of the artist and Mendes Wood DM, São Paulo, Brussels, Paris, New York
Informed by Afro-Brazilian traditions, Sonia Gomes (b. 1948, Caetanópolis, Brazil; lives in São Paulo, Brazil) twists, ties, knots, and otherwise repurposes found and gifted materials like clothing items, wires, wood, and furniture into evocative, abstract sculptures. Describing her work, Gomes has said, “My work is Black, it is feminine, and it is marginal. I am a rebel. I never worried about masking or stifling anything that might or might not fit standards of what is called art.” Her solo exhibition in 2018 at Museu de Arte de São Paulo was the institution’s first ever by an Afro-Brazilian woman. In May of 2025, she will have a major solo presentation at the Storm King Art Center, New Windsor, NY. Gomes’s work is in numerous important public collections, including that of the Museum of Modern Art, New York; Guggenheim Museum, New York; National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC; and the Pérez Art Museum Miami.