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Ulises Beisso

(Uruguay, 1958-1996)

Ulises Beisso lived between Uruguay and Mexico, creating over three hundred works of art that record intimate, autobiographical exercises, as well as sensitive meditations on love, sexuality, and identity—countering the prevailing conservatism in Montevideo during the 1980s and 1990s. A large portion of his works remained unexhibited during his lifetime; the artist passed away at the age of 38.
Beisso’s pieces stand apart from a certain abstract and melancholic tradition in Uruguayan art, overflowing with humor in reinterpretations of classical mythology that flirt with kitsch. For the 14th Mercosul Biennial, sculptures are presented, primarily from the Doras series. According to the Manifesto Doriano, written by the artist, the Doras are demigoddesses of a secret religion that fights against sin and rescues fantasy. Their world is inhabited by Adams and Eves, gendered angels, and flying animals. They consider shame the most foolish of emotions and have gathered followers who continue their rituals and venerate them to this day.

Juliana Proenço

Bio

Ulises Beisso (Uruguay, 1958-1996) was a visual artist known primarily for his contributions to painting and drawing. Beisso combined his professional activities as a psychologist, illustrator, and graphic designer with a vibrant artistic production that combines multiple references to classical art, mythology, applied arts, and illustration. His work, of a personal, autobiographical, and sensitive nature, proposes thinking in terms of identity, dissent, and diversity in the cultural context of Montevideo in the 1980s and early 1990s. He participated in important exhibitions throughout his career and was widely recognized posthumously in retrospectives that highlighted his artistic and cultural impact. He lived much of his life in Montevideo, Uruguay.

Ulises Beisso
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Works

De la serie Doras [Da série Doras], 1988 – 1991

Madeira pintada, madeira policromada e materiais diversos

Cortesia da W-Galería / Estate Ulises Beisso

Sin título [Sem título], 1994

Poltrona de madeira policromada

Cortesia da W-Galería / Estate Ulises Beisso

La Pasión [A Paixão], 1994

Poltrona de madeira policromada

Cortesia da W-Galería / Estate Ulises Beisso

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