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Show Abre Alas - croqui, 2022, ink on paper, 21 x 29,7 cm.

Show Abre Alas

Show Abre Alas consists of an installation with 5 items (2 plaques, 1 Polaroid camera, 1 triptych of photographs and 1 mosaic of photographs) and a performance, which arises from the encounter between the artist/passista [samba dancer] Mery Horta and the artist duo Amador and Jr. Segurança Patrimonial Ltda. The work is based on the intellectually stereotyped idea of the objectification of the female body, which differs from popular knowledge, especially in relation to the "mulata show” [mulata is a pejorative term to refer to a person of mixed African and European ancestry. In Samba culture, the term is subverted by attributing certain samba qualities to a woman] at the samba school. And on the relationship with what is considered a work of art, such as the way it is preserved and guarded by security guards in a museum or gallery.



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Credits

Artists
Mery Horta / Amador e Jr. Segurança Patrimonial Ltda

Title
Show Abre Alas

Date
2022

Technique
Variable time performance (1-hour maximum) and installation with: Triptych of photographs printed on Canson Rag Photografique 310g paper with pigment ink / Cork whiteboard with mosaic of snapshots attached / 2 easels with chalkboard signs / 1 Polaroid camera with built-in flash

Edition
Triptych photographers: Ramon Castellano and Everson Verdião / edition: Leonardo Lopes, Mariana Maia and Everson Verdião

Size
Triptych 1 - 86x60 cm, 2 - 10x15 cm each / Mosaic board 60x40 cm / Easels 60x100 cm each / Camera 54x86 mm

Support
Mó Coletivo, Cia. Líquida and G.R.E.S. Mocidade Independente de Padre Miguel.

Private collection

ABRE ALAS 17 [com Mery Horta] [seleção e curadoria: Pollyana Quintella, Deri Andrade, Maxwell Alexandre], 2022, A Gentil Carioca, Rio de Janeiro, RJ [vídeo: Rubens Takamine, Luma Lorezon / A Gentil Carioca]

Show Abre Alas

ABRE ALAS 17 [com Mery Horta] [seleção e curadoria: Pollyana Quintella, Deri Andrade, Maxwell Alexandre], 2022, A Gentil Carioca, Rio de Janeiro, RJ [fotos: Pedro Agilson]

Show Abre Alas

ABRE ALAS 17 [com Mery Horta] [seleção e curadoria: Pollyana Quintella, Deri Andrade, Maxwell Alexandre], 2022, A Gentil Carioca, Rio de Janeiro, RJ [fotos: Pedro Agilson]

Show Abre Alas

ABRE ALAS 17 [com Mery Horta] [seleção e curadoria: Pollyana Quintella, Deri Andrade, Maxwell Alexandre], 2022, A Gentil Carioca, Rio de Janeiro, RJ [fotos: Pedro Agilson]

Show Abre Alas

ABRE ALAS 17 [com Mery Horta] [seleção e curadoria: Pollyana Quintella, Deri Andrade, Maxwell Alexandre], 2022, A Gentil Carioca, Rio de Janeiro, RJ [fotos: Pedro Agilson]

Show Abre Alas

ABRE ALAS 17 [com Mery Horta] [seleção e curadoria: Pollyana Quintella, Deri Andrade, Maxwell Alexandre], 2022, A Gentil Carioca, Rio de Janeiro, RJ [fotos: Pedro Agilson]

Show Abre Alas

ABRE ALAS 17 [com Mery Horta] [seleção e curadoria: Pollyana Quintella, Deri Andrade, Maxwell Alexandre], 2022, A Gentil Carioca, Rio de Janeiro, RJ [fotos: Pedro Agilson]

Show Abre Alas

ABRE ALAS 17 [com Mery Horta] [seleção e curadoria: Pollyana Quintella, Deri Andrade, Maxwell Alexandre], 2022, A Gentil Carioca, Rio de Janeiro, RJ [fotos: Pedro Agilson]

Show Abre Alas

Show Abre Alas [com Mery Horta], 2022, Tríptico de fotografias impressas em papel Canson Rag Photografique 310g com tinta pigmentada, 86 x 60 cm. / 10 x 15 cm. cada, coleção privada [fotos: Pedro Agilson]