Your order is on the way
February 2025

Commissioned by BuildHollywood and the Royal Academy of Arts, Your order is on the way invited Brazilian migrants working on the delivery industry to recreate paintings by famous Brazilian modernist artists that were part of the RA’s exhibition “Brasil! Brasil! The Birth of Modernism”. 

The project aimed at exploring questions related to national identity, labour, change, tradition, innovation and migration (important topics for the Brazilian modernist movement) from the perspective of contemporary Brazilian migrants in the UK. Also, while keeping the images’ original composition as a reference, the new versions present a slightly celebratory tone, as these invididuals often wish to distance themselves from a simplified “lamenting aesthetic” end are usually proud of who they are and how they managed to consolidate their lives in London. 

Main images were showcased outside the Camden Market and billboards were spread all around London. 
This project was an offshoot of a bigger collaboration between Gustavo Dias-Vallejo and Brazilian migrants working in the delivery industry in London, which includes other outcomes such as: theatre performance (MotoBR), a documentary, an exhibition and the publication of a book (a London guide written through the eyes of the delivery drivers).