Ana Teixeira's solo exhibition explores word exchange and feminist solidarity at Centro Cultural Maria Antônia

Ana Teixeira's solo exhibition 'É tarde, mas ainda temos tempo,' curated by Galciani Neves, runs until February 2 at Centro Cultural Maria Antônia in São Paulo. The show features works where language functions as a medium for exchange, from an audio intervention mimicking street vendors to participatory pieces like 'Em Contato,' which uses buoyant adverbs for sentence formation. Teixeira's practice, influenced by Guimarães Rosa, treats words as provocations generating emotional and experiential trades. 'Troco Sonhos' involves exchanging candies for personal dreams, while 'Cala a boca já morreu' presents over 40 drawings of women holding protest signs, created through a feminist barter of representation for participation. Other works like 'Outra Identidade' trade fingerprints for fictional IDs, and 'Empresto meus olhos aos seus' swaps memories for visual records. The exhibition frames communication as a social exchange, referencing Lévi-Strauss and Mauss, with Teixeira emphasizing the other as her primary material.