Title: Public Notes II
Year: 2010
Technique: Ink on yellow sticky notes
Size: 210 x 297 cm
Brazil, 1987. Visual artist and PhD in Visual Arts from the University of Brasilia, Brazil. She has held many solo exhibitions in Brazil and Spain, and participated in group shows, mainly at 61 Salaõ de Abril, Fortaleza; and the II EDP in the Arts Awards at the Tomie Ohtake Institute, Saõ Paulo.
She has won over 12 awards from several institutions such as the Rumos Itaú Cultural and the PIPA awards, among others. Additionally, she has participated in several art fairs around the world.
This piece is part of the artwork in Iris Helena’s portfolio that seeks to depict cities and metropolitan life. By printing typical urban life scenes on post-its, she takes on a unique approach to materials and technique.
Through collage, she manages to work with trivial and common objects to draw viewers’ attention with small or, in this case, large-scale artwork. Her pieces can also be interpreted as metaphors for ruins, due to the fragmented manner in which she showcases reality.
