{"title":"Maxwell Alexandre","description":"\u003cp\u003eMaxwell Alexandre was born in 1990 in Rio de Janeiro. Raised in an evangelical home, the artist served in the army and was a professional street inline skater for 12 years.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe graduated in design from PUC-RJ (Pontifícia Universidade Católica of Rio de Janeiro) in 2016. In 2018, he received an award from the Archdiocese of Rio de Janeiro and received the São Sebastião Culture Prize. Alexandre was elected artist of the year by Deutsche Bank as part of their “Artist of the Year” series and is one of the 35 artists worldwide included on Artsy’s Vanguard list.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMaxwell Alexandre’s work is in the Pinacoteca de São Paulo, the Museu de arte de São Paulo (MASP) and the Museu de Arte do Rio (MAR) collections. The artist was in residency at the Delfina Foundation (London, 2018), then later at the MAC Lyon (2019) and the MACAAL (musée d’Art Contemporain Africain Al Maaden, 2020). He is represented by the gallery A Gentil Carioca (Rio).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003ePortrait : photography by Maria Baigur. Courtesy of the artist and A Gentil Carioca\u003c\/h5\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"maxwell-alexandre-one-planet-one-health-2023-edition-of-200","title":"Maxwell Alexandre. one planet. one health, 2023. Edition of 200","description":"\u003cp\u003eone planet. one health, 2023 \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cdiv\u003eSilkscreen on Hahnemühle paper 300g 100% cotton \u003c\/div\u003e\r\n\u003cdiv\u003eSigned and numbered by the artist, pencil, front\u003c\/div\u003e\r\n\u003cdiv\u003ePaper size: 120 x 80 cm\u003c\/div\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cdiv\u003e\r\n\u003cdiv\u003e(sold unframed)\u003c\/div\u003e\r\n\u003c\/div\u003e\r\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\r\n\u003cdiv\u003eEdition published by, and exclusively available through Cahiers d’Art. This work is the central piece of the exhibition \u003cem\u003eEntrega. one planet.one health\u003c\/em\u003e at Cahiers d'Art encompassing and summarizing its subject matter\u003c\/div\u003e\r\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\r\n\u003cdiv\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eEntrega [Delivery], is a spin-off of Maxwell’s Reprovados [Reproached] series (2017) in which he narrates the day-to-day life of people of color, facing concerns over police brutality, the failure of the public education system, and the decimation of local communities. \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eThe artist creates a fictitious gaze on a group of public school students in their uniforms, working as food couriers, prematurely meeting their social fate in a highly complex and unregulated job market.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eScenes escalating over multiple paintings portray the students’ foray into a series of events leading to the hunting down, beating and devouring of Dino Danoninho, the popular mascot of Danone; possibly their earliest consumerist desire.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Cahiersdart","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55666520654149,"sku":null,"price":700.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0980\/9893\/8181\/files\/db3d100a-Danone-Maxwell-Alexandre1600-1600.jpg?v=1759335518"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0980\/9893\/8181\/collections\/Header_2-1200x775_b05142ca-996f-4928-84c3-aad95ebdece8.jpg?v=1761126822","url":"https:\/\/cahiersdart.com\/collections\/maxwell-alexandre.oembed","provider":"Cahiers d'Art","version":"1.0","type":"link"}