Acrylic on bedframe
In the series “Fragments de Joie (Fragments
of Joy)” in which the painting on bed base Flash belongs, Daniel Nicolaevsky
Maria tackles the issues of attachment and the construction and fragmentation
of self during the development of young minorities in contemporary society. It
is inspired by the faces of the anti-racist struggle: they’re represented as
figures inspired by pop culture’s superheroes.
“I became interested in attachment as an
instinctive process designed to ensure the survival of the species after
several visits to orphanages and favelas in my home town, Rio de Janeiro,”
explains Daniel Nicolaevsky Maria. “The canvas-object came to me as a support
to paint these faces photographed freehand. A big bed is all that is needed for
all the colours of the world to find some rest.”
