Looking Scandal in the Eye at Exhibit on Rio’s Hedge-Fund Lane
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Artist Giucci’s exhibit showcases faces of the accused
At a gallery in Leblon, Brazil’s most expensive neighborhood and home to Rio de Janeiro’s hedge funds, patrons gaze into the eyes of men they regard as scoundrels: their elected politicians. More specifically, $1,300 oil paintings of them.
While working as an artist’s assistant in New York, Gabriel Giucci, 29, found his attention gravitating to the political crisis in Brazil, where he grew up. For months he climbed four flights of stairs to a cramped studio in a former Brooklyn textile factory with just a printed photo of his politician du jour. By painting their portraits, he sought to depict Brazil at the juncture of a process that’s drawing closer to toppling the president amid a colossal corruption probe that has ensnared dozens of lawmakers and executives…
Looking Scandal in the Eye at Exhibit on Rio’s Hedge-Fund Lane
