Continuing with cycle #4 of our ARTE+CARE program, we bring this week “At the window”, a new series of small-format paintings by artist Solange Escosteguy. Like in her previous works, the words appear once again in a synthetic way, this time in connection with the social distancing we are experiencing in such uncertain times. Instead of catch phrases, what we observe is a poetic exercise driven by one or two words. Without the intention of creating manifestos, the 20 paintings that make up this new series seek to open new paths for ideas and thoughts, like small sparks of warning in response to new fascisms. In difficult times, less can be more.
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 Deborah Engel participates with a new series of works. Stay tuned on our online channels!
Click here to download the PDF file, which brings Solange Escosteguy’s 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 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 Series of unpublished works at affordable prices (ranging from USD 250 to USD 900 each) were developed exclusively by our represented artists for the program, and each month, part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.