Lois Lambert Gallery opens exhibition of new works by the Brazilian painter and mural artist Rodrigo Branco
(Artdaily.org)

Lois Lambert Gallery is presenting new works by the Brazilian painter and mural artist Rodrigo Branco in his first solo exhibition in the Los Angeles area, titled “Moldando Pedra Dura”. Rodrigo Branco has gained a reputation throughout Brazil for the eclectic and colorful compositions of his murals. The paintings in this exhibit will continue that aesthetic. In this series of paintings, Rodrigo explores his own life’s narrative through the discovery of a box of family photographs which his father had saved throughout his lifetime. Branco uses the images as inspiration by painting small fragments of them and layering the images with abstractions, patterns and colors. Through this visual retelling of his family’s narrative, Branco creates a new vision for the future while still honoring his origins. According to Rodrigo: “they are fragments of the past that speak about the future”. As a child,