Carla Chaim: Oil tape carbon

21 November - 23 December 2017 Galeria Athena is pleased to present Oil Tape Carbon , by Carla Chaim. The title of this exhibition by Carla Chaim points to the three central materials of the works presented here; more than that, choosing these words also denotes the relationship between her research and the physicality of things.... Read more

Lais Myrrha: Calculation of Differences

10 October - 11 November 2017 Galeria Athena is pleased to present Calculation of Differences, by Lais Myrrha. Everything is fiction Lais Myrrha’s work presents clear concepts to reveal inadequate forms. Their vocabulary is hybrid and porous. With cement or clay, columns and towers, acts of construction and destruction, gold and cocaine, media and politics, the... Read more

Matheus Rocha Pitta: The Kingdom of Heaven

9 September - 7 October 2017 Blessed are they who are persecuted for righteousness's sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Matthew 5:10 The series of gestures used in carrying out each of the functions and sacraments of a church is known as liturgy. A word of Greek origin, it indicates a kind... Read more

Matheus Rocha Pitta: The Fool's Year

5 September - 7 October 2017 “Faced with the image, we are always ahead of time.' Georges Didi-Huberman 'The Fool's Year,” by Matheus Rocha Pitta, at first glance offers a visuality that is familiar to us. We are faced with a succession of images of protests published in newspapers. That is, a vast repertoire of photos... Read more

Débora Bolsoni: To Calm

20 July - 19 August 2017 Night is the plaything of the day. The day is the plaything of the sea The sea is the plaything of life To calm, to calm Luiz Melodia In a text by the artist entitled 'Statue Game,' which refers to the child's game known as 'Statues,' Bolsoni describes 'an interrupted... Read more

Joana Cesar: The Bridge (Where he told me I can’t go)

27 April - 17 June 2017 . Nearly two decades after the event narrated below, Joana Cesar began to take daily walks along a same specific path: the kilometer-length passage that runs between the Botanical Garden and the Jockey Club in the city of Rio de Janeiro. As the route was jolted and broken up to... Read more

Permission to Speak

15 January - 25 March 2017 'Could this be just the natural order of things?' asked the old pig Major early on in his speech, which ended up serving as an incentive for Animal Farm. Published in 1945, the book[1] by George Orwell, recounts that one fine day, Mr. Jones’ farm animals realize that the worthless... Read more