Juliana Cerqueira Leite's installation "V" features a large, textured form suspended in space, revealing earthy tones and undulating surfaces shaped by the artist's physical interaction with clay. The abstract structure appears like a wave or a curtain, emphasizing movement and the artist's tactile engagement. Employing a sculptural technique that involves imprinting clay with bodily gestures, it challenges traditional notions of space and gravity. Leite's work explores themes of physicality and presence, reflecting her ongoing interest in the relationship between bodies and the materials they manipulate. ...
Juliana Cerquiera Leite's sculptural and photographic work explores notions of physicality, agency and interactions with the physical world. In Leite's practice, the clay-filled mould or box is a recurring tool. The artist refers to it as a dense camera: the box is filled with wet clay, which is then imprinted with the artist's gestures and movements, forming a negative space that is then worked into sculptures after being excavated from the box. Standing in front of her heavy sculptures, one could feel a strong feeling around the question of matter and the occupation of space and gravity. ...
