Bref – Juan Esteves

Artist: Bref
Materials: Portrait of Lina Bo Bardi, 1991
Dimensions: Series Presença-Presence
Juan Esteves (Santos, São Paulo, 1957 - 2024) was a photographer, journalist, photography critic, educator, curator. It is notable for its vast production in the portrait genre, documenting, from the 1990s onwards, great names in Brazilian visual arts in the 20th century. This artwork was printed for the collective photography exhibition Terra Brasilis, 2019 in Paris, France. Terra Brasilis exhibition was a production of the Ricardo Fernandes Gallery in partnership with the Galerie Dauphine to celebrate the Brazilian Contemporary Photograph Collection of the French National Library (BnF) in Paris. This artwork was also part of the collective show Centenary of the São Paulo Modern Art Week 1922 – Paris 2022