Elisa Bracher's 'Formas vivas' at Pina Estação explores space and material accumulation

Elisa Bracher presents 'Formas vivas' at Pina Estação, marking 25 years since her first solo show at Pinacoteca de São Paulo. Curated by Pollyana Quintella, the exhibition features three installations in wood, paper, and lead that engage directly with the exhibition space, a hallmark of Bracher's practice. The artist emphasizes that her work is always shaped by the specific environment, creating dialogues in response to it. One installation, 'Novo corpo,' uses demolition wood from old farms in São Paulo's interior and stones from Cachoeiro de Itapemirim, Espírito Santo, mixing them with remnants from previous works in an ongoing process of accumulation. This piece, which originated from research shown last year at Galeria Estação in the exhibition 'Terra de ninguém,' now features significantly larger dimensions and incorporates black-and-white photographs of the Serra da Mantiqueira vegetation taken in São Bento do Sapucaí. In another room, an iron clothesline structure holds previously unseen drawings, forming a 'sculptural body,' alongside two videos showing liquid flow inside a tripe encapsulated in glass—a work developed eight years ago from the drawings. Bracher, who last showed her photographs in 2008 with the book and exhibition 'A cidade e suas margens' at Museu da Casa Brasileira, describes 'Novo corpo' as an optimistic work demonstrating possible compositions despite its reference to destructive processes.