Barbaric Protopia (Raster), 2022
Some works don’t just reimagine the past; they ask us to look again, and more closely.In Barbaric Protopia (Raster), a familiar image becomes something new.
The original painting (portrait at the end),Still Life with Philodendron I by Roberto Burle Marx, was created in 1943, at a time when Brazil was still deeply shaped by colonial aesthetics. Burle Marx, one of the country’s first environmental activists, challenged that.
He celebrated native plants, wild forms, and the untamed beauty of his land. This piece carries that spirit forward. What once was lush and painterly is now pixelated, interrupted.
The image is still there, but fragmented, filtered, made strange again. It feels like memory: vivid in parts, lost in others. That’s what draws us in. The tension. The layers. The way this work invites reflection, on land, legacy, and what we choose to preserve.
There’s no single message here. Just space to feel: the beauty, the rupture, the possibility. It’s a quiet conversation between past and present. A tribute. A challenge. And like all meaningful art, it stays with you.
Medium: Acrylic on canvas
Dimensions: 152 × 122 cm
Year: 2022
Edition: Unique
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"As a painter and Appropriation artist, I translate the ideas of Metamodernism into visual representations. It is sensitive to me to do it through painting – a premodern media; and to apply Appropriation Art – a postmodern artistic strategy, in the making.
Themes such as oscillation between sincerity and irony; urbanistics; reconstructing ecologism; politics and governance; transculturalism; and the search for meaning and authenticity in a digitalized world are subject matters of my practice."
Themes such as oscillation between sincerity and irony; urbanistics; reconstructing ecologism; politics and governance; transculturalism; and the search for meaning and authenticity in a digitalized world are subject matters of my practice."
- Fernanda Figueiredo
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Born in Brazil, Fernanda Figueiredo earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Fundação Armando Álvares Penteado in São Paulo and furthered her studies in art history under Prof. Dr. Rodrigo Naves. With an initial background in architecture, her practice is deeply influenced by spatial exploration and structure, and its role in society relations. Her career has taken her across the world, with notable residencies in Switzerland, Germany, and Ireland. Her work has been showcased in numerous solo and group exhibitions, including prominent galleries in Brazil, Germany, Switzerland, and the United States. Recent solo shows, such as Passado, Passado, Futuro in São Paulo and Stattdessenfarbe in Switzerland, highlight her ongoing investigation into the intersection of personal and public histories. Fernanda’s paintings have found their way into prestigious public collections, including the MNBA – Museu Nacional de Belas Artes and the MAM – Museu de Arte Moderna in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and the CICA Museum in South Korea.
As an artist in constant dialogue with the evolving art scene, she has contributed to international publications and participated in significant art fairs. In 2023, her work was part of the 4th Industrial Art Biennial in Croatia and in 2025, she is a nominated artist at the Neuköllner Kunstpreis in Berlin.
CURATOR´S NOTE
We love Barbaric Protopia (Raster) for the way it reimagines a historic image without losing its spirit. It honors Burle Marx’s environmental vision while introducing a contemporary texture, fragmented, pixelated, alive. This piece holds tension and memory. It invites us to look again—not just at the past, but at how we carry it forward. Quietly bold, deeply thoughtful, it stays with you.
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