Tunga (artist)

Brazilian sculptor and performance artist
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroBrazilian sculptor and performance artist
PlacesBrazil
wasArtist Sculptor
Work fieldArts
Gender
Male
Birth8 February 1952, Palmares, Pernambuco, Brazil
Death6 June 2016Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (aged 64 years)
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Biography

Antonio José de Barros Carvalho e Mello Mourão (February 8, 1952 – June 6, 2016), known professionally as Tunga, was a Brazilian sculptor and performance artist. The Art Newspaper called him "One of Brazil's best-known contemporary artists." In 2005, Tunga became the first contemporary artist to exhibit his work at the Louvre in the museum's history during an installation called "A la Lumiere des Deux Mondes" ("The Meeting of Two Worlds").

Tunga was born in Palmares, Pernambuco, Brazil, in 1952. He died in Rio de Janeiro on June 6, 2016, at the age of 64 after battling cancer for several years.

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