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2009-10-24 to 2009-11-06
Opening Reception: 2009-10-24, at 7:00 PM - 11:30 PM
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| | Category: abstract |
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| Genre: Abstract Expressionism |
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Exhibition ENTRE LACOS:
Colorida Art Gallery is hosting Gersony Silva's first solo exhibition to be held in Lisbon.
She has carefully selected certain series from her recent paintings and objects under the title "Entre Lacos". This term - translating to "between ties" or "inter-ties" - arises from the aesthetic representation of paintings interconnected by "ties" as objects, also referring to ribbon seen as guiding thread: again the term "tie" itself expresses a connection between various elements of a certain context. By extrapolating from the aesthetic and grammatical context, one may also expand the universe of this exhibition to the "ties" between Portugal and Brazil, in the sense of the shared political relations in the history of the two countries since the 1500s.
Rather than being restricted to political issues or grammatical terms. Gersony has focused her work on specific pictorial elements - well-honed color choices, creating motion in series, play on light and dark, and overlapping layers. The latter features recall Baroque artifices in their creating a certain depth revealed by the layers that all but hover over the support. Her painting uses few elements but is not yet pure abstraction. Clearly visible in both series, "Dobras em Vermelho" and "Dobras em Azul", is an upper surface of monochromatic shades of red or blue over an initial layer immersed in a dark tone in allusion to black. The use of primary lblue and red makes for a starker contrast between hot and cold colors, on top of its own symbolism. In many cultures, blue is sacred color related to eternity, or the infinity of the sky, or deep oceans.
Although the colors contrast, red also involves magical powers since it refers to vitality, blood and fertility, and so to eternal life. Whereas the black discreetly shown at the top of the paintings would be an allusion to chaos, emptiness, or even death. However, Gersony covers over this dark context with her bright, monochrome layers, with a drape-like fall embracing and caressing the works created. Tereza de Arruda - Curator
Gersony Silva lives and works in São Paulo, Brazil.
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