Granddaughter of columnist Danuza Leão and daughter of artist Pinky Wainer, @ritawainer was invited to make an artistic intervention in the internal and external areas of the Madonna show, in Rio de Janeiro.
Madonna by Rita Wainer @ Disclosure
The artist created 15 original pieces inspired by the queen of pop and will spread them in a lick-lambe format in a grandiose action that will cover a total area of 670m2.
Madonna by Rita Wainer @ Disclosure
The show marks the global conclusion of The Celebration Tour, which takes place on Saturday, May 4, on the sands of Copacabana.
Madonna by Rita Wainer @ Disclosure
Since she was a teenager, Madonna has influenced Rita’s life, when the artist emerged on the pop scene.
Madonna by Rita Wainer @ Disclosure
“For me it is very representative of being able to exhibit my work on this tour. I’m a 45-year-old artist and I was impacted by Madonna’s presence at a very young age. As a teenager, I admired that powerful woman, who broke standards and taboos wherever she went – which, in fact, she still does today. And that was the emotion I felt when I made the artwork. Today, I also recognize myself as an artist and feminist, with the courage to create in my own way and to enter masculine spaces without suppressing my femininity”, she reflects.
About Rita Wainer
Madonna by Rita Wainer @ Disclosure
Creator of a very particular imagery universe, Rita Wainer is an artist who combines seemingly paradoxical movements. She combines radical resistance against the arts system and a prominent position in the Brazilian contemporary scene.
Madonna by Rita Wainer @ Disclosure
It is expressed with equivalent intensity in the tiny space of cell phone screens and in the giant murals painted on the gables of buildings in our large metropolises.
In Rio de Janeiro, his most popular public work is the mural “Saudade é Amor, te sigo espera”, painted in 2016 in the port region, which has become one of the most emblematic on the Olympic Boulevard.
Rita Wainer by Leonardo Araújo
In São Paulo, the work “The city is ours”, painted in 2017 at the invitation of the Carnival group Acadêmicos do Baixo Augusta, became a symbol of the city’s occupation. The mural was partially erased due to renovations to the building where it is installed, causing intense popular mobilization.