Lais Amaral’s first publication presents a selection of works produced over the last five years by the artist, who was born in São Gonçalo, Niterói, and is one of contemporary art’s most promising rising stars. Self-identifying as an “artist-artisan,” Amaral currently devotes herself to painting. Her work explores themes related to environmental collapse, especially desertification and the phenomenon of “whitening” in Brazil, drawing parallels between these landscapes and the social and economic struggles of their inhabitants.