Brathwaite's stones, flowers and feminine "soft bodies" encounter Férnandez's representations of masculinity and veiled homoeroticism in bullfighting
A double monograph celebrating the South American sculptors Valerie Brathwaite (born 1940) and José Gabriel Fernández (born 1957), Vital and Veiled brings together a selection of the most emblematic series by both artists. Brathwaite's work is imbued with a vitalism that is reflected in her choice of forms and materials, contributing in a provocative way to contemporary debates on new materialisms, from her perspective as a Black Caribbean woman. Meanwhile, Fernández's bullfighting-inspired sculptures combine a refined aesthetic sophistication with veiled references to sexuality, contributing to the expansion of queer art narratives.
