Tunga
Antonio José de Barros Carvalho e Mello Mourão, known professionally as Tunga, was born in Palmares, Brazil in 1952.
Tunga was one of the leading Brazilian artists of his generation. Through rigorously constructed structures, the symbolic and the imaginary perform a decisive role conveying new meanings to familiar objects. His oeuvre’s subversive psychological force carries constructivist and surrealist influences that delineate his singular and sensual territory.
