Sergio [Mauro] Romagnolo (b. 1957) had a successful art career in Brazil in the 1980s as part of the “return to painting” movement promoted by the Geração 80. However—and this is what makes his work still interesting decades later—he did not stop at simply reclaiming earlier pictorial values but went on to explore three-dimensional media, as mentioned in this essay about his sculpture.
The art critic and curator Lisette Lagnado (b. 1961) is also a teacher. She began her career in the 1980s and was soon steeped in recent contemporary art. She played an important role in the so-called Projeto Leonilson, which was created shortly after the artist’s death in 1994, originally to produce a Catalogue raisonné of his work designed to expose it to a wider audience. Among other activities, Lagnado is known for her curatorial work at the XXVII Bienal Internacional de São Paulo (2006).
[As complementary reading, see the following articles by Lagnado in the ICAA digital archive: “La instauración, entre la instalación y la performance” (doc. no. 1111435); and “A bienal desmontada” (doc. no. 1111321). See also her interviews with Sheila Leirner (doc. no. 1111294); Thomas Cohn (doc. no. 1111322); Fernando Millan (doc. no. 1111293); and José Leonilson (doc. no. 1110768)].