Saturday 26th October

The ‘Political Manicure’ performance, carried out since 2016 in various European countries and Brazil, is an artistic expression fusing installation, performance and manicure service provision. Creating an interactive and inclusive space, it offers free manicure sessions in artistic spaces, inviting the public to participate. As well as offering this service, the performance also provokes discussion about gender, violence and gender performance.

By featuring a transgender/transsexual manicurist as the protagonist, it challenges traditional gender norms, encouraging a dialogue about trans-identity. This intentional approach underlines the importance of representation and inclusion of marginalised voices in the arts.

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Lyz Parayzo was born in 1994. She grew up in Rio de Janeiro and now lives in Paris. After studying at the Parque Lage School of Visual Arts and the Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UNIRIO), she graduated from the master's programme at the École Beaux-Arts in Paris. Her work has been shown at the São Paulo Museum of Art (MASP), the Rio Museum of Art (MAR), the Pinacothèque de l'État de São Paulo, 100% L'EXPO La Villette (2024), the Jerk Off Festival (2024, Paris), the Palais des Beaux-Arts as part of the ‘Sur Le feu’ exhibition, and in the collection of the Société Générale bank at the invitation of curator Marie-Anne Yemsi. She is one of the artists invited by curator Alexia Fabre for the 17th Lyon Biennial, which opens in September this year. In 2023, she was awarded the Prix jeudi des Beaux-Arts - Comité Professionnel des Galeries d'Art. She is represented by the Casa Triângulo gallery in São Paulo.

interview sur RFI
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