Cristina Salgado's Felt Waves Fill Pinacoteca's Octagon
The installation 'A Mãe Contempla o Mar' by Cristina Salgado reimagines the Octagon at the Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo as a setting where the sea, body, and home are interconnected through wave-like movements. A large felt figure is positioned on a chair and drapes over a dining table, accompanied by a television displaying waves crashing on a shore. Strips of blue and gray felt hang from the ceiling, reminiscent of ocean surf. Since the 1980s, Salgado has focused on themes of the body and domesticity, with curator Renato Menezes highlighting the prominence of the female form. This installation, reflecting Freud's notion of the uncanny, will be on view until August 2 at Pina Luz, marking Salgado as the 80th artist featured in the Octagon, linking her to the Geração 80 movement in Brazilian art.
Key facts
- Cristina Salgado's installation 'A Mãe Contempla o Mar' is on view at the Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo.
- The work occupies the Octagon space with felt waves, a TV, and domestic furniture.
- The wave motif unites the TV image, felt body, and suspended strips.
- Salgado has explored body and domestic space since the 1980s.
- Curator Renato Menezes wrote the exhibition text.
- The installation evokes Freud's concept of the uncanny (Unheimlich).
- Emanuele Coccia's 'A Filosofia da Casa' (2022) is referenced.
- Salgado is the 80th artist to exhibit in the Octagon.
- The exhibition 'Fullgás – Artes Visuais e Anos 1980 no Brasil' contextualizes her work.
- The show runs until August 2 at Pina Luz (Praça da Luz, 2, Bom Retiro, São Paulo).
Entities
Artists
- Cristina Salgado
- Renato Menezes
- Raphael Fonseca
- Sigmund Freud
- Emanuele Coccia
- Ana Hortides
Institutions
- Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo
- Pina Luz
- Editora Ubu
- Companhia das Letras
- Arte 3
Locations
- São Paulo
- Brazil
- Praça da Luz
- Bom Retiro