Continuing with cycle #4 of our ARTE+CARE program, we bring this week new works by artist Deborah Engel. Given the current social/spatial/temporal context, Engel borrows from philosopher Saint Augustine the expression “Volu ut sis” to name her new series, “I want you to be“. Using photo collages of fragments of philosophical texts, she draws poetic labyrinths linked to our social condition, to the processes of isolation, of withdrawing ourselves from society to rethink our role, taking into account singularity (in the realm of private life) and equality (in the collective scope). This conflict, which started with the Greeks, opens space for a deeper reflection on the human condition and how we deal with our thought, with our body and our surroundings, whether in the social environment or in nature, and the importance to exercise our reason in multiple ways.
Part of the sales of these works will benefit another relevant initiative of public interest in the fields of culture, health and primary care. For this 4th cycle, we will support the project “Lanchonete <> Lanchonete”, a collective work organized and activated by artist Thelma Vilas Boas, which takes place in the ancestral territory known as Little Africa, in the downtown area of Rio de Janeiro. The project works as a cooperative / school of knowledge / community and political kitchen. Since 2016, it has been promoting and strengthening processes of collective learning, exchange and hearing among all its agents: children, youth, adults, artists, workers, teachers, researchers, neighbours, friends and other partners, all together for the purposes of social welfare and the experience of potentialities. The project currently benefits a network of 56 children living in the neighbourhoods of Saúde, Gamboa and Santo Cristo.
Next week, artist Claudia Hersz participates with a new series of works. Stay tuned on our online channels!
Click here to download the PDF file, which brings Deborah Engel’s full series and also more information about the ARTE+CARE program.
To see the series on our Artsy profile, click here.
——–
ARTE+CARE is a program to support our artists and to help people and organizations that aid, care, and protect those who are most affected during these difficult times: cultural workers facing economic strain, children and vulnerable communities. Series of unpublished works at affordable prices (ranging from USD 250 to USD 900 each) were developed exclusively by our represented artists for the program, and each month, part of the sales will be donated to a different initiative.