Cleverson Oliveira at Miyako Yoshinaga

Rainy days aren’t what they seem in Brazilian artist Cleverson Oliveira’s world. Look closely at this detail of a vine-filled, wetland landscape and the raindrops on the surface of the image transform into black and white oblong shapes resembling tiny heads with towering hairdos. (On view at Miyako Yoshinaga in Chelsea through Jan 6th).

Cleverson Oliveira, (detail of) Untitled 201, 36 x 55 inches, graphite and permanent marker on canvas, 2017.