Raquel versieux: Saudade and what is possible to do with the hands

20 October 2016 - 7 January 2017 The word “saudade” [Portuguese word for the sense of missing something or someone], the first part of the title of this solo show by Raquel Versieux, can be related in a wide way to her research. Already with ten years of career, the artist researches the relation between the human... Read more

Vanderlei Lopes: Monument

15 September - 15 October 2016 The idea of loss of meaning in the presence of monuments in the contemporary world, of the failure of this sculptural construction of historical and cultural representation in the city landscape, seems to guide Vanderlei Lopes’ production in search of a possible new model. And so the artist works at... Read more

Laura Belém: Short Stories

19 July - 21 August 2016 Laura Belém's work introduces ambiguities and philosophical issues to ponder contemporaneousness when incorporating peripheral stories as a reflective mode of its actions, interweaving various elements in its composition. Her artistic work does not originate only in the quiet and intimate space of the studio, but undertakes its application in the... Read more

Rodrigo Bivar: Nothing Thinks Nothing

7 June - 9 July 2016 The title is taken from a verse by Alberto Caeiro (Fernando Pessoa’s pen name) in The Keeper of Flocks: 'What will this think of that? Nothing thinks nothing.'. For Bivar, if the writer says that 'the intimate sense of things is that they have no intimate sense', this makes us... Read more

Frederico Filippi: O Sol, o jacaré albino e outras mutações

29 April - 28 May 2016 ””””””””””””””””””These are invisible connections that his work contains but does not present. It is in itself the invisibility of unexplained relationships, of culture and nature being blended to the point of our approaching together a certain understanding that is not clear, but darkly illuminates the closeness that we can have... Read more

Effort-Performance

3 February - 5 March 2016 The expression “Effort-Performance” refers to a concept coined by the theories of motivation with the aim of explaining the triggering elements of behavior in order to produce incentive models. Therefore, it is grounded on the assumption that an individual’s action is hinged on his expectancy of future events. In sum:... Read more