Continuing cycle #2 of our ARTE+CARE program, we present in PDF on our website and also on the gallery’s profile page on Artsy, a set of new serigraphs on paper by artist Ana Hupe.
In this new series, named Let’s suppose we were in a free country, we find a variation in the use of the colors of the Brazilian national flag, with the “infiltration” of the red. The image of the two palm trees of the Atlantic Forest, produced by the artist – and which generated the prints – , is a synthesis of tropicality. The expression is an invitation to imagine other presents and futures for this colorful scenario. This work was initially conceived as part of the 12 silkscreen printings that comprised the installation From sailing to a supersonic return, presented in 2018 as part of the Ecos do Atlântico Sul exhibition (curated by Ines Linke and Uriel Bezerra), at the Goethe Institute, in Salvador, Bahia. In this exclusive series for our ARTE+CARE program, the print was removed from the original context of the installation to reach new meanings, amid the environmental and social destruction of the country, promoted by the extreme right currently in power in Brazil.
Click here to download the PDF file, which brings the full series and also more information about the ARTE+CARE program.
To see the series on our Artsy profile, click here.
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ARTE+CARE is a program to support our artists and to help people and organizations with relevant actions and projects in the fields of culture, health and primary care. Series of unpublished works at affordable prices (ranging from USD 250 to USD 900 each) were developed exclusively by our represented artists for the program, and each month, part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.
For this second cycle, we are supporting TOGETHER AGAINST COVID-19, an initiative coordinated by the NGO Move Rio, in partnership with other organizations, to help families from different communities throughout the city of Rio de Janeiro who do not have resources and need to stay home during this period of social isolation. The action is run by donations and distribution of basic-needs grocery packages, personal hygiene items and cleaning products. More information at: www.juntoscontracovid.com.br
In addition to the percentage allocated to the initiative of the month, part of the amount sold and received by the artist will be donated to quilombo Conceição das Crioulas, located in the inner state of Pernambuco, Brazil. Founded in 1808 by women (and led by women until today), the quilombo was part of a research led by Ana Hupe in 2017, during a residency at the Joaquim Nabuco Foundation (Recife), which resulted in her exhibition Much future for only one single memory.
Next Saturday, we end cycle #2, bringing new works by artist Carolina Martinez. Cycle #3 will start in July with a new group of artists and a new initiative assisted by the program, and so on. Stay tuned on our online channels!