Laura Lima, Marra, 1996-2011. Photo: Olle Kirchmeier
In Laura Lima’s work the human body is not separated from other materials. This is evident in Marra (1996 and 2011), which is part of Lima’s series MAN=flesh/WOMAN=flesh. In Marra, two naked men wrestle in the exhibition space. They are conjoined by a hood which both anonymises and blinds them. It is all about these bodies and the struggle, or collaboration, between them.
Laura Lima was born in 1971 in Governador Valadares, Brazil. She lives and works in Rio de Janeiro. Selected exhibitions include 11 Rooms at Manchester Art Gallery, Manchester, UK (2011); 11th Lyon Biennale, Lyon, France (2011); La Centrale, Montreal, Canada (2010), Grande at Casa França Brasil, Rio de Janeiro (2010); Scape at A Gentil Carioca, Rio de Janeiro (2008); 24th and 27th São Paulo Biennale