Solange Pessoa
Sem título, da série Caveiras, 2016
pedra sabão
soapstone
soapstone
37 x 38 x 68 cm
Titulo en ingles: Untitled, from Caveiras series Solange Pessoas’s carved Brazilian soapstones titled Sem título, da série Caveiras, the artist recalls varied organic forms such as skulls, spirals, and ancient...
Titulo en ingles: Untitled, from Caveiras series
Solange Pessoas’s carved Brazilian soapstones titled Sem título, da série Caveiras, the artist recalls varied organic forms such as skulls, spirals, and ancient fossils. Pessoa’s iconography comes from distant but similar environments, creating a conversation between shared forms and interwoven cosmogonies.
Beyond the clear references to organic life or prehistoric artistic experimentations, what stands out in Solange Pessoa’s work is a singular, pulsating vitality, which manifests itself in peculiar contours that create figures in which we recognize the primordial movement of genesis. Pessoa’s expansive practice draws inspiration from a plethora of sources: archaeology, prehistoric cave paintings, traditional craft, Brazilian Baroque and poetry. Her stylization of life assumes a radical depth, offering a particular language for reading and imagining the world. Thus, we see species that carry traits from the mineral, vegetable and animal kingdoms and convey universality through their most regional aspects.
Solange Pessoas’s carved Brazilian soapstones titled Sem título, da série Caveiras, the artist recalls varied organic forms such as skulls, spirals, and ancient fossils. Pessoa’s iconography comes from distant but similar environments, creating a conversation between shared forms and interwoven cosmogonies.
Beyond the clear references to organic life or prehistoric artistic experimentations, what stands out in Solange Pessoa’s work is a singular, pulsating vitality, which manifests itself in peculiar contours that create figures in which we recognize the primordial movement of genesis. Pessoa’s expansive practice draws inspiration from a plethora of sources: archaeology, prehistoric cave paintings, traditional craft, Brazilian Baroque and poetry. Her stylization of life assumes a radical depth, offering a particular language for reading and imagining the world. Thus, we see species that carry traits from the mineral, vegetable and animal kingdoms and convey universality through their most regional aspects.