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Marcela Cantuária: The South American Dream

Past exhibition
21 Sep - 26 Oct 2024 Rio de Janeiro
Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Marcela Cantuária, Chico Mendes, 2023

Marcela Cantuária

Chico Mendes, 2023
óleo e cerâmica sobre tela
[oil and ceramic on canvas]
180 x 250 x 5 cm
[70 7/8 x 98 3/8 x 2 in]
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No terceiro quadro da exposição, a artista retrata o ambientalista Chico Mendes sobre uma figura mágica em meio a uma floresta viva e rica por onde passam feixes de luz....
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No terceiro quadro da exposição, a artista retrata o ambientalista Chico Mendes sobre uma figura mágica em meio a uma floresta viva e rica por onde passam feixes de luz. Sua conhecida citação na faixa diz: "Ambientalismo sem luta de classes é apenas jardinagem".
O mapa têxtil da América do Sul traz a frase "Se eles não nos deixam sonhar, não os deixemos dormir", pendurado na parede oposta, onde uma peça em forma de altar sustenta uma representação em cerâmica da carta do tarô da Lua. Em ambas as obras, Cantuária nos oferece uma ação e ferramentas para reimaginar coletivamente uma América do Sul que valoriza sua terra e protege seu território e nos motiva a questionar como esse sonho pode viver e de onde tiraremos esta fé.

[In the third painting in the exhibition, the artist portrays the environmentalist Chico Mendes over a magical figure amongst a lively and rich forest with beams of light coming through. His well-known quote on the banner says: "Environmentalism without class struggle is just gardening."
The map of South America textile bears the sentence "If they don't let us dream, let's not let them sleep." It hangs on the opposite wall where an altar-like piece holds a ceramic representation of the Moon tarot card. In both these works, Cantuária offers us an action and tools to collectively reimagine a South America that cherishes its land and protects its territory and motivates us to question how this dream can live on and where we will draw faith from.]
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Instituto Brando Barbosa | ARTWEEK RIO G20 | Rio de Janeiro | Brasil [Brazil] | 2024 [18.11 - 21.11]
The South American Dream | Pérez Art Museum | Miami | USA [EUA] | [22.03.2023 - 28.07.2024]
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