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Monica Piloni
Diver

2019

$10,000
£7,573.72
€8,846.53
CA$14,314.82
A$14,510.97
CHF 8,253.41
MX$176,639.47
NOK 96,804.51
SEK 97,041.10
DKK 66,127.85

About the Item

Monica Piloni's work centers on the representation of the female figure, an interest that began as a consequence of using her own body as a living model. Many of her pieces share a common structural device: mirroring, a technique that distorts the body by omitting or multiplying its elements, opening a dimension of perception that attracts and repels at once. Through this lens, Piloni reflects on the female experience broadly, from the subjective work of adapting to character, behavior, archetype, fashion, and cosmetics, to physical procedures such as mutilation and other bodily modification. Her self-portraiture, which began out of the simple convenience of an always-available model, evolved over time into something closer to a collective portrait of women more broadly, as she came to see her own account as part of a shared one, and art itself as a primary engine of social change. Monica Piloni was born in Curitiba, Brazil in 1978. She earned her Bachelor's degree in Sculpture from EMBAP, the School of Music and Fine Arts of Paraná, in Curitiba in 2002, and went on to complete a Master's degree in Sculpture at the École nationale supérieure des arts visuels de La Cambre in Brussels in 2025. She now lives and works in Brussels. Her work has been exhibited widely across Latin America and Europe, including the Sorocaba Museum of Contemporary Art in Brazil, the National Museum of Fine Arts in Rio de Janeiro, and the Rio Grande do Sul Museum of Art.
  • Creator:
    Monica Piloni (1978, Brazilian)
  • Creation Year:
    2019
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 20.9 in (53.09 cm)Width: 12 in (30.48 cm)Depth: 18 in (45.72 cm)
  • Medium:
  • Period:
  • Condition:
  • Gallery Location:
    New York, NY
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU1566218308032

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