Photographs > series of images printed in natural
pigment on cotton paper (50 x 75 cm each)
Brasiliana: [it is] said of a collection, public or
private, comprising objects, artifacts, books or any other documents that have
Brazil as its theme. Here, the term is reclaimed
for an (open) series of photographic images presenting everyday objects found
by the artist. Icons of an almost clichéd "Brazilianness" are
juxtaposed with lesser-known objects, which can be read as indexes, remnants
and traces of important aspects of Brazilian culture.
For example, the ether-spray, once advertised as a party accessory for the whole family in the early decades of the 20th century, and now forbidden as part of the innocuous and deadly "war on drugs". Or a pair of brass rings with the inscription: "I gave gold for the well-being of Brazil - 1964", a reward given to "patriotic" citizens who donated their (gold) rings in support of the newly installed regime after a military coup.
For example, the ether-spray, once advertised as a party accessory for the whole family in the early decades of the 20th century, and now forbidden as part of the innocuous and deadly "war on drugs". Or a pair of brass rings with the inscription: "I gave gold for the well-being of Brazil - 1964", a reward given to "patriotic" citizens who donated their (gold) rings in support of the newly installed regime after a military coup.