Bala de Leite 2005

Beatriz Milhazes made this collage called Bala de Leite, it’s like a party of found papers, stuck together and singing out loud. There's a real sense of process in this piece, like she’s building it up bit by bit, layering different textures and colors. The surface is a playground of shiny golds, matt purples, and fragments of text. It’s not just paint, you know? It’s like she's taken bits of the world – wrappers, labels – and turned them into something else entirely. Take that big purple flower, for instance. It’s so bold, sitting right there in the middle, demanding attention. And all these circles bouncing around, holding hands, making connections. It reminds me of the collages of someone like Kurt Schwitters, but with a distinctly Brazilian vibe, that bright joyful riot of color. It’s a real conversation, this art thing, across time and place. And Milhazes adds her own unique voice, loud and clear.