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DiaporamaThe Camellia of Benedicta/Ovídia (Benedicta)
Juliana Paula Gomes dos Santos (1983 –)
Brazilian visual artist Juliana dos Santos explores identity & culture through video, painting & performance art. PIPA Prize nominee and dedicated art educator.
Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo (Sao Paulo, Brazil)
Explore Brazil's artistic heritage at Pinacoteca de São Paulo! Discover stunning Brazilian art from the 19th century to today across three unique buildings and engage with immersive exhibitions.
It was not uncommon for enslaved women to escape and try to change their names to live a period in freedom, posing as freed or free women, or as enslaved by different owners. So it happened with Benedicta Maria Albina da Ilha, who walked around Rio de Janeiro and several coffee-producing areas in the Paraíba Valley, in the states of Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo. Always presenting herself as a rented, enslaved or freed woman, she used to change her name. Sometimes she presented herself as Benedicta, a free woman, sometimes as Ovídia, an enslaved woman.
About this artwork
- Title: The Camellia of Benedicta/Ovídia (Benedicta)
- Artist: Juliana Paula Gomes dos Santos
- Year: 2020
- Format: Portrait
- Copyright status: Under copyright
- Where to see it: Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo
- Color palette: Neutrals
- Color intensity: Monochromatic
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