“Shell”
Shell
(SKU. 10862)
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Date
2021 -
Technique
embroidery on photograph printed on satin -
Dimensions
(H x W) 140 x 140 cm -
Edition
5 + 2PA -
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Exploring elements from botany, prints, marine organisms and architectural fragments, Mariana Palma addresses the interpenetration of bodies, highlights alternations between moments of tension and expansion, and composes endless universes resulting from the exploration of light and shadow. In the series of photographs developed exclusively for Carbono, the fabrics commonly used in her paintings become the support for the images. On a surface of dust, flowers, fruits and shells mix together, giving rise to new organisms. Embroidered elements complement these images, sharpening the sensorial aspect of these compositions and encouraging the viewer to get closer and unravel the layers of each work.
Biography
Mariana Palma
Mariana Palma creates unique pictorial spaces, constructed by the juxtaposition of elements from distant families. In the large canvases of saturated colors, tiles coexist with foliage, drains with anemones, theater curtains with flowers, printed, draped and frayed fabrics. In the watercolors and photographs, natural and artificial elements create unlikely hybrids. The result is unexpectedly harmonious and enigmatic compositions that, while causing a certain strangeness, invite the viewer to take time to observe. Contemplation reveals genetic clues. The grandeur, the drama, the emotional exuberance, the vitality, the construction of movement, the use of contrasting textures and luxurious materials reveal a dialogue with Baroque painting from the 16th and 17th centuries, evoking reflections on sensuality, the ephemerality of beauty, and the bombardment of images of today. The use of pure colors is reminiscent of Flemish painters, while the subtle perspective effects suggest the mastery of the Renaissance lesson (and its subversion). The artist uses the assumptions of the pictorial tradition to address her concerns. The references filter the emotional repertoire and generate a work in which the apparent overflow of elements follows, at bottom, a precise organization.
She graduated in Fine Arts from the Armando Álvares Penteado Foundation - FAAP in 2001, and in 2006 was awarded the Casa do Olhar Acquisition Prize, Santo André, in 2005 with the Ribeirão Preto Art Museum Acquisition Prize, and in 2003 with the Campinas Museum of Contemporary Art Acquisition Prize and the SESC Ribeirão Preto Individual Exhibition Prize.
Among the solo exhibitions, the following stand out: Lumina, curated by Pryscila Gomes, Tomie Ohtake Institute, Sao Paulo, Brazil (2020); Soma, Triangle House, Sao Paulo, Brazil (2017); Deságue, Triangle House, Sao Paulo, Brazil (2012); Drawings, Sesc Ribeirão Preto, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil (2010).
He has participated in several group exhibitions, including: Studiolo XXI - Drawing and Affinities, curated by Fátima Lambert, Eugénio de Almeida Foundation Art and Culture Center, Évora, Portugal (2019); From Terra Brasilis to Aldeia Global, curated by Denise Mattar, Unifor Cultural Space, Fortaleza (2018); The Light that Veils the Body is the Same that Reveals the Screen, Caixa Cultural, Rio de Janeiro (2017); Machine of the World - Works from the Fabio Szwarcwald Collection, Z42 Arte, Rio de Janeiro (2016); Piece by Piece - Building a Collection, Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas, USA (2015); Casa Triângulo no Pivô, Pivô, São Paulo (2014); This is Brazil! 1990-2012, Palacio de Exposiciones y Congresos, A Coruña, Spain (2012); The First Ten Years, Tomie Ohtake Institute, São Paulo (2011); Realities - Contemporary Brazilian Drawing, SESC Pinheiros, São Paulo (2011); Pictorial Investigations, MAC Niterói, Rio de Janeiro (2009); New Art Nouveau, CCBB, Rio de Janeiro; Poetics of Nature, MAC, São Paulo (2009); Mono#Chromatics - Trends in Contemporary Brazilian Art, Mário Sequeira Gallery, Braga, Portugal (2007), among others.
His works are part of the collections of the Itaú Cultural Institute, São Paulo; Pedro Manuel-Gismondi Museum of Art of Ribeirão Preto, Ribeirão Preto; Museum of Contemporary Art of Campinas; Museum of Art of Rio, Rio de Janeiro, Banco Itaú SA Collection, São Paulo; and Santo André City Hall, Santo André.
Representative galleries
Millan Gallery , Sao Paulo.
Destaques da carreira
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Lumina | 2020 | Instituto Tomie Ohtake, SP | foto: Filipe Berndt
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Soma | 2017 | Casa Triângulo, SP | foto: Filipe Berndt
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Deságue | 2012 | Casa Triângulo, SP | foto: Edouard Fraipont
