Vital and Veiled: Valerie Brathwaite & José Gabriel Fernández

Brathwaite's stones, flowers and feminine "soft bodies" encounter F rnandez's representations of masculinity and veiled homoeroticism in bullfighting

A double monograph celebrating the South American sculptors Valerie Brathwaite (born 1940) and Jos Gabriel Fern ndez (born 1957), Vital and Veiled brings together a selection of the most emblematic series by both artists. Brathwaite's work is imbued with a vitalism that is reflected in her choice of forms and materials, contributing in a provocative way to contemporary debates on new materialisms, from her perspective as a Black Caribbean woman. Meanwhile, Fern ndez's bullfighting-inspired sculptures combine a refined aesthetic sophistication with veiled references to sexuality, contributing to the expansion of queer art narratives.