Jac Leirner (born 1961 in São Paulo) is a Brazilian sculptor and multimedia artist. She is best known for her series of works employing specific everyday materials, such as bank notes, cigarette packaging, airline paraphernalia, business cards, or items purchased in hardware stores. Her conceptually rigorous and formally beautiful works draw on a wide array of art historical and formal influences, as well as embracing the transgressive legacies of
Dada,
Constructivism,
Pop and
Conceptual Art,
Arte Povera, and Punk, among others.
