Similar to cast-iron grates, with their geometric patterns, the electronically animated wings are graphic representations of traditional African blacksmithing work used to transmit knowledge and values. The ideogram named Sankofa encourages people to learn from the past to inform the future and means "go back and get it".
Zapata Gallery Miami
51x51x10cm
"Bete Esteves's work is an exercise in poetry. Each piece is visually and conceptually molded to generate associations of elements that evoke feelings and exert an imaginative force. Her pieces appear as visual rhymes, telling small stories through objects that come to life and redefine their functions, acquiring their own life and meaning.
A playful appropriation of icons and symbols evokes classic children's stories. The second needed to break the spell is trapped in the visual haiku 23 hours and 59 minutes. The simplest everyday objects, such as a plastic bag, a hair clip, or curtain tassels, undergo a morphological metamorphosis, transforming into hares, monsters, or ballerinas. Thus, they give wings to the imagination and create situations charged with lyricism.
ALADAS (Winged), the name of the exhibition, takes its reference from a group of pieces inspired by the security grilles of Old Havana. The Brazilian artist discovers an unexpected poetics in this ornamental element of the city's architecture and proposes that it take flight, like an iron butterfly tethered to the balconies. Two enormous drawings transform fragments of these railings into grandiose images, which in turn unfold across the room in the form of "winged railings." Similarly, the idea of imagining absurd mechanisms hidden within the functional elements of architecture is present in Mi Senti Ora and Clarinet Ensemble. This exhibition is a fable, an essay on delicacy and sensitivity.
Rodolfo de Athayde"
Winged
Charcoal on paper, 250x150cm
