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    Denise Parana

    Woman 1997 after Klimt 1907

    Woman 1997 after Klimt 1907

  • About Denise Parana


    Denise Parana is a Brazilian journalist and writer, born in São Paulo. Her doctoral thesis, written in 1995 at the Universidade de São Paulo, generated the authorized biography of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva , released under the name of Lula, Son of Brazil, a book that was made ​​into a movie of the same name .

    Woman 1997 after Klimt 1907 [1997]
    Oil and pencil on canvas, 100 x 96 cms
    Donated by the artist 1997

    This work was inspired by Gustav Klimt (1862-1918), founder of the Vienna Secession, who is known for his highly stylised and sumptuously decorated portraits and female nudes. The artist has written: "The painting is a reflection on the feminine figure in these last ninety years, almost a century. Is woman still a mere passive being before life? Are we ornaments, decoration, or subject of our own word? ... Women stopped being objects of desire to become desiring creatures."