Mariana Oushiro
Supernova, 2021
Charcoal, dry pigments, and oil stick on raw cotton
132 x 216 inches (335.3 x 548.6 cm)
© Mariana Oushiro; Photo by Argenis Apolinario; Courtesy the artist and Vito Schnabel Gallery
What you read is a dying star, what I see is the tension of the bulge.
Maybe Mariana Oushiro deliberately named her solo exhibition after “Supernova”[1]. With a pun intended, the Brazilian artist makes her New York debut, expressing her inner strong emotions with unbridled graphic tension, as death is a terrifying end and the most dazzling moment of eternity.