Rafaella Braga: The Birds Told Me Your Lies
Rafaella Braga
Curated by Yvena Despagne
Rafaella Braga, a Brazilian painter expresses her visions on massive canvases that span entire walls with chaotic strokes, paint drips, and distorted figures. For the Berlin based artist, painting is a spiritual practice of self-reflection and release – something that rings clear through the emotional nature of her pieces. Rafaella uses her work as a tool for change, projection, and manifestation. Looking at her paintings to reflect on her own presence, addressing her physical, psychological and spiritual experiences, representing the body at its most vulnerable moments. In this way, Rafaella approaches her painting process as a spiritual ritual, looking beyond beauty standards and thinking more about the experience and transformation that comes with it. Investigating the self outlined by her vulnerabilities and secrets, her paintings offer a dreamlike alternative to reality.
Photo Credit: Courtesy of Rafaella Braga
Rafaella Braga, a Brazilian painter expresses her visions on massive canvases that span entire walls with chaotic strokes, paint drips, and distorted figures. For the Berlin based artist, painting is a spiritual practice of self-reflection and release – something that rings clear through the emotional nature of her pieces. Rafaella uses her work as a tool for change, projection, and manifestation. Looking at her paintings to reflect on her own presence, addressing her physical, psychological and spiritual experiences, representing the body at its most vulnerable moments. In this way, Rafaella approaches her painting process as a spiritual ritual, looking beyond beauty standards and thinking more about the experience and transformation that comes with it. Investigating the self outlined by her vulnerabilities and secrets, her paintings offer a dreamlike alternative to reality.
Instagram: @rafaellabraga
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