Lia Mascarenhas Menna Barreto (born March 3, 1959, in Rio de Janeiro) is a Brazilian studio artist currently based in Rio Grande do Sul.

Biography

Barreto was born in Rio de Janeiro on March 3, 1959. During the 1990s she lived in the United States, working on a studio at Stanford University.

Barreto currently lives in Eldorado do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul with her husband, the Brazilian artist Mauro Fuke and their daughter.

Critical reception

Lia is most famous (or infamous, rather) for her deconstruction of childhood through the transmogrification of dolls and plastic toys, which she began to explore during the 1990s.

Also on the subject of Barreto's work with dolls, Paulo Herkenhoff says:

"In Menna Barreto's work, the experience is that of the unlearning and of the transgression. The crisis, more precisely, is that of the subject itself."

References

  • Katia Kanton. "Lia Menna Barreto defies the sweetened way of looking at the world of children." Poliester Magazine, vol 6, n 21, 1997/98
  • Waquil, I. (2014). A energia feminina lida melhor com os mistérios. In L. Maus, A Palavra Está com Elas: Diálogos Sobre a Inserção da Mulher nas Artes Visuais. Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil: Panorama Crítico.
  • Works by Lia Menna Barreto Maria at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil)
  • http://www.itaucultural.org.br