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Apenas depois da chuva

2024

Ferro retorcido
Comissionamento IInhotim 2024

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From the geological memories found during a research trip to the Serra da Capivara National Park (Piauí State) to the sketchbook with her observational drawings, artist Rebeca Carapiá proposes the sculptural installation Apenas depois da chuva for one of the lakes at Inhotim. Starting from that arid territory, that was once water, the pieces trace the movement of the wind, capable of bringing what came from the past to a time that opens to the future.

In Apenas depois da chuva, Carapiá unites the waters of the deep Northeast, which today is recognized as the celebrated archaeological site, with the waters of Cidade Baixa, an area on the outskirts of the city of Salvador and the artist’s natural territory marked by floods. This large-scale installation commissioned by Inhotim marks a unique moment in her production by bringing the everyday work of iron twisting into the museum’s metalworking workshop.museu.

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Thinking of the artwork as a laborer’s work and the bodies socially allowed to inhabit these environments of creation and force are central points in Carapiá’s investigation. From working with iron, her artistic production occurs at the intersection of language, conflict, geography, and their various narratives. Her research interests materialize into sculptures, copper on canvas, drawings, installations, engravings, texts, and objects.

In line with the studies of the body in transit and its belonging in the world, Carapiá offers a valuable critical reflection on the debates involving issues related to gender, environmental racism, as well as the power relations between discourse and the word. Thus, Rebeca Carapiá’s production establishes itself in a *cosmology with the territories she travels through, making her work the house that holds the memory of the water.


Beatriz Lemos
Coordinating Curator

Deri Andrade
Assistant Curator

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