Silvana Pestana

Untitled From the series Mother of Go(l)d, 2019200 x 180cmPrice on Request

Details

MaterialGallery

mix media on linenMadragoa

Description

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This abstract painting features a muted, earthy color palette dominated by shades of beige, gray, and yellow. The composition is a tapestry of textures, including intricate patterns reminiscent of reptile skin or cracked earth. The overall effect is one of a weathered, organic surface, with the layered application of paint creating a sense of depth and complexity. While the subject matter is ambiguous, the artwork conveys a primal, elemental quality that suggests a connection to the natural world. The artist's skillful use of mixed media and textural techniques imbues the piece with a profound, contemplative atmosphere. ...

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Artist

Silvana Pestana

Pestana’s research centralizes around humans who live in deprived areas. Her objective is to highlight the devastating environments in which people suffer due to the vulnerability of both state and social passivity. She relies on the worldview and mythology engrained in each community who share their unique story, and in turn helps emphasise human wealth above material. For Pestana, the greatest irony of globalization is perhaps the fact that it has served to increase the gaps that separate us. Her projects seek to create empathy by highlighting ideas that are universal: the fragility of love, love of our loved ones, suffering in the face of loss and the desire of a better life. ...

Silvana Pestana: Artworks

Silvana PestanaGold Flows Down The River Marañón, 2021Price on Request

Silvana PestanaSeeds Of Gold, Turn Fertile Land to Stone II, 2021Price on Request

Silvana PestanaSeeds Of Gold, Turn Fertile Land to Stone, 2021Price on Request

Silvana PestanaSilvana Pestana Untitled, 2021Price on Request

Silvana PestanaUntitled, 2019Price on Request

Silvana PestanaUntitled From the series Mother of Go(l)d, 2019Price on Request

Gallery

Madragoa

Lisbon

MADRAGOA is a contemporary art gallery founded in 2016 in the homonymous neighborhood of Lisbon’s historical center. Since its beginning, the gallery has been an early supporter of a number of international young artists such as Adrián Balseca, Rodrigo Hernández, Renato Leotta, Buhlebezwe Siwani, Joanna Piotrowska, and Yuli Yamagata, whose first productions and exhibition have been produced and promoted by the gallery and often presented for the first time in Portugal. Moreover, Madragoa launched the careers of young Portuguese artists such as Sara Chang Yan, Luís Lázaro Matos, Gonçalo Preto, and Jaime Welsh, giving them visibility on the international scene. From its peripheral location in Europe, MADRAGOA’s project focuses on how to set a deep conversation with the city and its extraordinary potential, setting a dialogue between global artistic practices and local craftsmanship and ideas. The gallery always created experiences of research and production for its artists locally and promotes its program also through the participation in a number of international art fairs, gallery exchanges, and exhibition projects. MADRAGOA is currently recognized as one of the most innovative realities in the Portuguese art scene, while it succeeded to obtain visibility internationally throughout its years of its activity. At the moment, the gallery actively represents artists from Portugal, Italy, Ecuador, Mexico, Poland, Spain, Brazil and South Africa. ...