Gabriela Guimarães
Title: Margarete in Amerika
Material: Photographic print on paper
Year: 2022
About:
In the series 'Margarete in Amerika' Gabriela Guimarães uses clichés and stages female characters as film stills. She portrays stereotypical images of the 'American Way of Life' that are present in our daily lives. This work was developed in collaboration with André Lützen.

Bio:
Gabriela Guimarães was born in Brazil, Belo Horizonte. She graduated with a Bachelor's degree in German Language Literature from the Faculty of Linguistics and Literature at UFMG. In addition to her studies, she attended various photography courses at the Faculty of Fine Arts. As a writer, she develops narratives in which a dialogue is created between the everyday and her personal experiences. Reality and fiction play a major role in this. To this end, she works with staged photography, performance, film, assemblage, installation, and literary text. The fascination for the reciprocity between the public and the private in pop culture is formed by two of her art figures, Margarete, who does not take herself seriously, and Ruth, presenter of the show ,,Bonjour Madame", who does not take herself seriously, and Ruth, presenter of the show ,,Bonjour Madame".