Black Power Divas
The tuned art of Paula Portella
[Vanessa de Paula, journalist]
Who already knew the music of the Brazilian singer Paula Portella, can now see how she expresses herself off stage. The artist created the series Black Power Divas, composed of panels named after a mixture of the most famous international and Brazilian voices of black music. With vibrant color combinations, the screens are as strong and expressive as the songs interpreted by the divas of samba, soul, jazz, blues and other rhythms of black origin. Paula has developed her own style through an unusual technique. Besides her brush strokes and other techniques she produces the image shapes using polymer clay.