“Rio de Janeiro” series highlights the monster that is social inequality in the city. It is something that feeds on the innocence of the people who inhabit the area, but also fueled by the population’s innocence.
Cry me a River Belém do Pará, 2011. From the Rio de Janeiro Series
Cry me a River Belém do Pará, 2011
From the Rio de Janeiro Series
Archival Pigment Print
Limited Edition.
Signed and Stamped by the artist
Unframed
Guilherme Licurgo was born in Rio de Janeiro in 1983 and is currently residing and working in São Paulo, Brazil.Invited to model for Terry Richardson for his book, "Terry Richardson Rio Cidade Maravilhosa" in 2008, inspired Guilherme went to study Photography at the Panamericana School of Art. He discovered his real passion behind the lens, creating images. He has been working as a photographer ever since.He has worked for many Brazilian and International brands/ magazines, including: Lancaster Paris, Architecture Beauty Culture Design, Roberto Cavalli, Wonderland, Martha Graham Dance Company, EMI Records, Greenpeace, PIRELLI, at PIRELLI CALENDAR 2010, GQ Portugal, GQ Brazil, Vogue Magazine, Wella and others.In 2011, he was personally invited by Olivier Van Doorne, President and Worldwide Creative Director at Select NY, to work on his first major international advertising book project, side by side with Steven Klein, Johan Renck, Lori Goldstein and Sean Spellman. Also in 2011 he was prizewinner by the Brazilian Foreigin Office as one of the best contemporary artists of Brazil, at the II Itamaraty Contest of Contemporary Art.In 2014, he was awarded by Visionaire, the highly collectible, multi format, luxury art and fashion publication based in New York City, with one of the pictures from his "Desert Flower Project".In 2015, he was invited to make a solo show with two instalations at the SP Art Fair.
