The soil is the skin of the earth
Developed from long-term research
on clay pigments collected in Chapada Diamantina/BA and Rio Grande do Norte, the installation explores soil as the skin
of the planet. It brings together paintings made with clay and tapioca pigments, a hand-sewn textile composed of women’s nylon stockings inherited from generations of women in the artist’s family, and a self- portrait head molded from hair, clay, iron oxide, and beeswax.
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The work connect the mineralities of the body with the mineralities of the earth by taking the artist’s blood as a painting material deposited on clay. Emerging from the artist’s ongoing research into soils, it transforms earth into pigment and weaves together geological and genealogical memories — echoes of memory, migration, and embodied histories.
on clay pigments collected in Chapada Diamantina/BA and Rio Grande do Norte, the installation explores soil as the skin
of the planet. It brings together paintings made with clay and tapioca pigments, a hand-sewn textile composed of women’s nylon stockings inherited from generations of women in the artist’s family, and a self- portrait head molded from hair, clay, iron oxide, and beeswax.
The work connect the mineralities of the body with the mineralities of the earth by taking the artist’s blood as a painting material deposited on clay. Emerging from the artist’s ongoing research into soils, it transforms earth into pigment and weaves together geological and genealogical memories — echoes of memory, migration, and embodied histories.
2024
installation with five pieces 10.0 × 3.30 × 0.7 m
Clay, tapioca, blood, charcoal, graphite, iron oxide, wood, beeswax, hair, women’s
nylon stockings, yams, sweet potatoes, and true yams
Itau cultural, são paulo/br
installation with five pieces 10.0 × 3.30 × 0.7 m
Clay, tapioca, blood, charcoal, graphite, iron oxide, wood, beeswax, hair, women’s
nylon stockings, yams, sweet potatoes, and true yams
Itau cultural, são paulo/br
