Almeida & Dale presents three artists at Frieze Los Angeles 2025

For Frieze Los Angeles 2025, Almeida & Dale presents a selection of historical works by Amadeo Luciano Lorenzato (b.1900, Belo Horizonte, Brazil-d.1995, Belo Horizonte Brazil) and Hélio Melo (b.1926, Boca do Acre, Brazil-d.2001, Goiás, Brazil), alongside recent pieces by Gustavo Caboco (b.1989, Curitiba/Roraima, Brazil), Ivan Campos (b.1960, Rio Branco, Brazil), Jaider Esbell (b. 1987, Sun Hills Indigenous Territory/Normandia, Brazil-d.2021, São Sebastião, Brazil), and Lidia Lisbôa (b.1970, Terra Roxa, Brazil).

This diverse selection highlights the practice of artists from different backgrounds, drawing attention to their relationship with the natural world, expressed either through their choice of materials or their subject matter—the representation of landscape, mythological narratives or particular cosmologies. With their distinctive artistic approaches, these artists shed light on human action towards nature through time and in different regions of Brazil.

Lorenzato's work reflects a deep admiration and a devoted gaze toward nature. The paintings give insight on how agriculture and urbanization has shaped the landscape in Minas Gerais from the 1970s through the 1990s.

Likewise, Melo, who worked as a rubber tapper—an arduous job that involved extracting and transporting the product from the rubber trees—, as a self-taught artist portrayed everyday scenes combined with stories, tales, and mythical creatures from the Amazonian culture.

Reflections on the correlations of identity and territory are also prompted by the works of Caboco and Esbell. By creating visual translations of the mythical and spiritual worlds of the Macuxi People, Esbell was a key figure in a movement that paved the way for a whole generation of contemporary Indigenous artists. In turn, Caboco investigates the displacement and erasure of Native Peoples histories in museums and literature, weaving a web of Wapichana individuals, objects, and memory spread across the world. Their practice offers perspectives in which nature and individuals are intrinsically bound. 

The tropical forest is the catalyst for Campos’ paintings, which are densely populated by animal figures, various plant species, and forms that pivot from recognizable to enigmatic. These works render a fantastic embodiment of the contemporary artist's experiences in the Amazon, which borders his hometown. 

Drawing from childhood memories, Lisbôa's series of works are named after cocoons and termite mounds. While the first refers to the ability to transform and rewrite memories, the latter—a common sight in her hometown, Terra Roxa [Purple Soil]—interprets these nests as a form of technology and architecture, resulting in sculptures that speak of a biography imbued with its land.

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Frieze Los Angeles 2025
Booth B12
Santa Monica Airport
3233 Donald Douglas Loop S, CA 90405