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Camille Kachani

“Untitled”

Untitled

(SKU. 5880)

  • Date

    2016
  • Technique

    mixed technique
  • Dimensions

    (H x W x D) 13 x 18 x 8 cm
  • Edition

    10

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The work "Untitled" was made especially for Carbono and refers to the legacy of Portuguese/Catholic colonization in Brazil. The artist visually discusses a foreign civilization that was built using as an amalgam or "cement" the work of the indigenous peoples who inhabited Brazil and also of the black slaves brought from Africa.

According to the artist, the concept of the series to which this work belongs was conceived during a residency in which he participated in November 2017 and directly dialogues with his current production.

Works from Camille Kachani

Biography

Camille Kachani - Carbono Galeria

Camille Kachani

b. 1963, Beirut, Lebanon | Lives and works in São Paulo (SP), Brazil.

Camille Kachani develops a body of work that moves between photography, collage, and sculpture, exploring concepts such as identity, belonging, and culture. Her works draw on autobiographical references to reflect on the formation of identity through cultural assimilation, a continuous process of construction and dissolution.

This movement also engages with contemporary media culture, marked by an excess of visual stimuli. The artist investigates how the bombardment of information imposes a selective perception on the individual, distancing them from contemplation. In the series "Invisibles," Kachani transforms banal everyday objects, such as used cars, beer crates, and traffic cones, by covering them with unusual materials, such as plush, or vibrant colors, promoting a poetic reconnection with what is commonly ignored.

His practice is organized into thematic series, each the result of a period of research and experimentation. The constant exploration of new materials and languages ​​allows the artist to continually reinvent himself, driven by the enchantment of new formal and conceptual possibilities.

As critic Marcelo Campos observed, “these are designs conceived from a belief liberated from autonomy, or from constructivist dogmas. The industrial, the structural, and the functional are completely covered by fiction, by effect.”

Kachani has works in important Brazilian public collections and has participated in exhibitions at prominent institutions, including: MAC SP, TRIO International Biennial of the Three-Dimensional (Rio de Janeiro, 2015), “Anna Maria Niemeyer: a path”, Paço Imperial (RJ, 2013), “Reflected Mirror”, Hélio Oiticica Cultural Center (RJ, 2012), MAM RJ (2010), MAC PR and Paço das Artes (SP, 2008), XIV Nancy International Biennial (France, 2006) and MoLAA (USA, 2004).

Among his most recent exhibitions, highlights include “A Counter-History of Brazil” (2025, Zipper Gallery, São Paulo), “Photosynthetic Symphony Orchestra” (2023, Zipper Gallery, São Paulo), “Soliloquy” (2019, Zipper Gallery, São Paulo), “Imagined Identities” (2019, Murilo Castro Gallery, Miami, USA) and “Encyclopaedia Privata” (2016, Zipper Gallery, São Paulo).

Representative galleries

Zipper Gallery , São Paulo