Still(H)e(a)ven by Sérgio Braz d’Almeida
The Arte Institute suggests the show “Still(H)e(a)ven” by Sérgio Braz d’Almeida in Montemor-o-Novo, Portugal.
Still(H)e(a)ven
Galeria Municipal de Montemor-o-Novo
Largo São João de Deus
7050-128 Montemor-o-Novo
19th January to 15th February 2019
Still(H)e(a)ven is the deconstruction of the word “Stilleven”; Dutch word used to describe a very popular genre during the 16th and 17th centuries, in English : “Still Life”.
Since then, to this day, different artists have focused on this genre. Although it is not possible to observe the human figure in these pictures, they end up having great anthropological value. They allow us to observe and reflect how the objects that we use (or care about) have evolved over time.
STILL + HEAVEN
STILL normally used as an adjective (what does not change), but also used to refer to a picture taken from a film.
If on the one hand a photograph or a frame crystallise an image in time, making it so perennial, on the other hand the inevitability of time and the change of human habits ends up highlighting the ephemerality of objects.
It is in this idea of HEAVEN that we often get lost. Are we the ones who possess these objects? Are these objects that possess us, and end up representing us?
Don´t miss it!