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& J.L.

“…For whom the notion of experience is central. Leonilson (1957Leonilson ( -1993 painted, embroidered and wrote, but his pieces were first and foremost autobiographical narratives that could only come to be via encounters. My work as an author is similar; texts follow from the experience of doing research.…”

“…In 1992, tired and weak, he worked on preparing an exhibition at the São Paulo Museum of Contemporary Art. 18 He told Lisette Lagnado that he wanted to mix art and fashion, explaining: "The other day, at a friend's house, I picked up a magazine and suddenly saw a photo of Azzedine Alaïa and a pretty model called Yasmin. She had turned and he was sewing a lace dress onto her body -moulding the lace.…”