Claudio Goulart (Brazil, 1954 – Netherlands, 2005) developed his artistic practice between the first half of the 1970s and the early 2000s in Amsterdam, where he found the possibility to experiment in the fields of performance, video, photography and mail art. In that same city he coincided with artists such as Flavio Pons, with whom he jointly signed a series of works, and with Ulises Carrión, who was an important figure and influence in his practice.

‘Gladiators of the future’ addresses the main themes of his work, such as the body (of the artist and of the cities), the political (post-colonialism and identities) and time (Goulart died in 2005 from an AIDS-related illness).