Luhring Augustine, New York is pleased to present selected works by Tunga at Semana de Arte 2017, in partnership with Galeria Millan, São Paulo and Galleria Franco Noero, Torino.

Tunga (b. Palmares, Brazil 1952 - d. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 2016), was one of the leading Brazilian artists of his generation. His principal media of sculpture, installation, and performance are customarily presented as an integrated body of work which establishes an associative interplay of mirroring and self-reference between the individual pieces. Through rigorously constructed structures, the symbolic and the imaginary perform a decisive role conveying new meanings to familiar objects. His oeuvre's subversive psychological force carries constructivist and surrealist influences that delineate his singular and sensual territory.

Tunga's work can be seen in the permanent collections of major museums and institutions throughout the world, such as the Museum of Modern Art, New York; Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York; Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; Pérez Art Museum Miami; Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid; Moderna Museet, Stockholm; Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo; Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo; and Instituto de Arte Contemporânea Inhotim, Brumadinho, which features two major permanent pavilions dedicated to the artist’s work.

For more information about Semana de arte 2017 please visit their website http://www.semana.art/site/index.html#/

For more information about Tunga, please contact Donald Johnson-Montenegro at donald@luhringaugustine.com or 212-206-9100.