Sétimo Dia
Seventh Day
Solo Exhibition
CAV, Coimbra - 2021
Curated by Ana Anacleto
Photograph by Photodocumenta. Courtesy of CAV - Coimbra
Created for the Seventh Day exhibition, this work dialogues with the history of the space and its previous use. The exhibition space, in the Visual Arts Centre in Coimbra, was originally a chapel in the palace of the Inquisition, dating back to the late 17th century. The exhibition room is a narrow rectangle with a high ceiling and vaulted roof. On the large back wall, I painted a typographic composition with the phrase “force majeure” and over it I placed a painting with hands crossed in a position of surrender or submission. Force majeure is an expression used in a legal context to refer to the suspension of any agreement between parties and, simultaneously, in a religious context, to an inexplicable act attributed to a divinity. The title of the exhibition refers to the idea of the end of a cycle and return, but also to the day set aside for rest. The works presented reflected on these ideas in a relationship between word and body/gestures, perception and interpretation.
Photograph by Photodocumenta. Courtesy of CAV - Coimbra
Force Majeur
Concrete poem, acrylic paint on wall, 2021
Ritual
Oil on linen canvas, 25x30 cm, 2021
Propósito
Concrete poem, acrylic paint on wall, 2021
Photograph by Photodocumenta. Courtesy of CAV - Coimbra
Photograph by Photodocumenta. Courtesy of CAV - Coimbra
Ceremony
Oil on linen canvas, 150x120 cm each, 2021
Photograph by Photodocumenta. Courtesy of CAV - Coimbra
Coro Alto
Acrylic paint on wall, 2021