Artists Solange Pessoa
Date April 4 – May 11, 2024
Venue Mendes Wood DM, São Paulo
Text Eduardo Jorge de Oliveira
Photography Gui Gomes
Along this path, from charcoal and genipap pulp to the green of patina, resembling stone and bronze, they pass through colors and form from new relationships of matter, like the fusion of silver with crystal. And in addition to the chromatic axis of these unique relationships, there are the notable orange bonds in the compositions of her paintings.


fuchsite stone and bronze, 42 x 32 x 9 cm
Courtesy of the artist and Mendes Wood DM, São Paulo, Brussels, Paris, New York
Photo credit: EstudioEmObra
Here’s a geology lesson from Solange Pessoa: Everything comes from the earth. Composing unusual environments, Pessoa unveils everything concealed underground, allowing the earth’s secrets to emerge in a dreamlike way through the affinities she creates. Through the creation of unique settings, Pessoa reveals hidden aspects of the earth, which manifest themselves in a dreamlike manner through the connections she establishes.




With her installations, paintings, drawings, ceramics, sculptures, and video works, Solange Pessoa constructs landscapes that belong to an underground realm – in so doing she welcomes elements that were once concealed from human perception to exist in the present and populate it with diverse artistic forms. The artist crafts a dream of the earth. This is the concrete matter of the oneirism she has produced over the years. Her works take decades to form and, in the most immediate dimension, attract visitors who come into contact with each part of the exhibition.


ceramic and wool, 75 x 50 x 30 cm
Courtesy of the artist and Mendes Wood DM, São Paulo, Brussels, Paris, New York
Photo credit: EstudioEmObra

genipap and charcoal on linen, 36 x 32 cm
Courtesy of the artist and Mendes Wood DM, São Paulo, Brussels, Paris, New York
Photo credit: Daniel Mansur

