Description

Iconic portraits of food delivery workers in Brazil

In this book, the internationally celebrated Brazilian painter Maxwell Alexandre (born 1990) presents his new series, Delivery. In this new body of work, he moves away from deploying the brown craft paper that has been the signature support for his Pardo é Papel series, to painting directly onto doors. As the name suggests, at the center of this series are the (mostly) men and women who provide the food delivery services that have become ubiquitous worldwide.
Formerly a professional roller skater born and raised in Rochina (a favela of Rio de Janeiro), Alexandre populates his work with references to his local visual culture, from scenes of confrontation with the police to the iconography of football or the Catholic church. Popular culture, in the form of logos, brands and iconic personalities, are also featured.