• Panmela Castro
  • Tread softly, postpone the end

Panmela Castro

“Tread softly, postpone the end”

Tread softly, postpone the end

(SKU. 12492)

  • Date

    2023
  • Technique

    black ink with silver infusion on lamicote paper
  • Dimensions

    (H x W) 42 x 29.8 cm
  • Edition

    50 + 6PA

  • Comes with certificate of authenticity


The "Múltiplos Inhotim" project, created by the Inhotim Institute to promote collecting and encourage artistic production, is supported by Carbono Galeria, which donates 100% of the sales value of the works to the Institute.

Thinking about others, the next generations and the future of our common home is the starting point of the proposal by artist Panmela Castro to create a phrase for the Inhotim educational team, a group with which she had already started an emotional association on another occasion, when during a visit, she was offered flowers.

From this experience, the artist develops a collection of graffiti on shiny material, creating a parallel between the relations of otherness of the abandoned writing for the other, and the empathy remembered by the reflection of oneself in this position of the one who receives the message.

Works from Panmela Castro

Biography

Panmela Castro - Carbono Galeria

Panmela Castro

b. 1981, Rio de Janeiro (RJ), Brazil | Lives and works in Rio de Janeiro (RJ), Brazil.

Originally a graffiti artist from the suburbs of Rio, Panmela Castro became interested in the dialogue that her marginalized female body established with the city, dedicating herself to constructing performances based on personal experiences, in search of reciprocal affection with others with similar experiences. Her street and performance works resulted in a vast production of photos, videos, objects, paintings and installations.

She holds a Master's degree in Contemporary Artistic Processes from the State University of Rio de Janeiro (UERJ); she has carried out projects in more than 15 countries, such as painting the façade of the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam; her work has been exhibited in institutions such as the Rio Art Museum (MAR); and is in collections such as the United Nations. She has received numerous nominations for her human rights activism, including nominations for the Folha de São Paulo Social Entrepreneur Award and being named a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum, in addition to being considered by the North American magazine NewsWeek as one of the 150 courageous women who are working for other women in the world.

Representative galleries

Luisa Strina Gallery , Sao Paulo