The artwork depicts a close-up portrait of a human face partially obscured by drops of water or condensation. The composition emphasizes the textural details, with an abundance of water droplets covering the skin, creating a sense of wetness and moisture. The colors are muted, with shades of beige, brown, and blue dominating the image. The technique appears to be photorealistic, capturing the nuances of the skin and the water droplets with precision. The artwork seems to explore the concept of the human form and its relationship with the natural environment, highlighting the delicate and fragile nature of the human experience. ...
Founded in São Paulo in 2011, Galeria Jaqueline Martins is a space for research, documentation and presentation of contemporary artistic production. It proposes collaborative curatorial strategies that foster dialogue between different generations and different cultural perspectives. One of its guiding principles is the encouragement of research-oriented conceptualist practices characterized by critical, even subversive, approaches. Since its inauguration, the gallery has developed a special program around the investigation of artistic productions carried out during the Brazilian military period – more specifically from the 1970s and 1980s. It promotes a historical revision of processes grounded on strong intellectual resistance, audacity and commitment to art and which transformed the artistic practice in the country, but nonetheless were neglected throughout the last decades. By integrating research and practice that confront the contemporary scene by means of its exhibition program, the gallery encourages the revival of the debate that conceives of artistic actions as contact zones for the exercise of aesthetic, social and political change. In 2020 the gallery opened its second exhibition space, in Brussels, aiming to expand our presence in Europe and to develop a multidisciplinary program that will foster connections between our artists and Brazilian art practices in an international context. ...
