Élle de bernardini

Born in Itaqui, Brazil, 1991

Lives and works in Sao Paolo, Brazil

Their work addresses the intersection between gender issues, sexuality, politics and identity, and the history of humanity and of art from her own experience. Her interest on academic studies such as philosophy, drama and journalism, three of which she has partially studied in college, make her final work stem from concepts which spill over the most adequate materials to the chosen themes.Élle de Bernardini’s research is partly based on her own experiences as a trans woman. It addresses issues of the history of sexuality and humanity and the gaps in such stories, as well as the understanding of genders that exclude those that do not conform to the expected about the feminine and masculine. Élle’s work is to propose, through art, an alternative model of society that attempts about issues of gender discrimination in all spheres of society. In the sphere of art, the discussion about the fetishization of canvas as the object of most consumption is rekindled, just as the transvestite and transsexual body is the object of most consumption of the prostitution and pornography industry. The artist channels all the objectification and fetishization that the “travesti” and transsexual body suffers into canvases that in themselves end up becoming fetish objects when they are lined with furs and leathers, questioning the system that excludes transsexuals but is constantly attracted. by them, and savagely capitalizes them.

https://www.elledebernardini.com/

GALLERIES:

Portas Vilaseca Galeria

Gilda Lavia

Marli Matsumoto