Gentil Carioca is pleased to announce The sea has always been, solo exhibition by the artist Mariana Rocha in building 17 of A Gentil Carioca Rio de Janeiro. Inspired by the vastness of the sea and the mysteries of microscopic life, Rocha delves into a universe where the boundaries between science, myth and art dissolve. The exhibition brings together previously unseen paintings that move between figuration and abstraction, evoking organic forms such as roots, eyelashes, arms and membranes — elements that unfold as symbols of the origin and continuity of life.
In the words of the art historian and curator Renato Menezes, who wrote the text introducing the exhibition, “Mariana Rocha cheats on scale and, thus, painting itself seems to become, for the artist, a means of re-equating the essential minimums of life. Particle and whole, cell and organism, drop and ocean renegotiate their orders of magnitude right before our eyes. It is no coincidence that her research focuses on the sea: it was there, in this immense and profound vastness, that the simplest forms of life began to appear. But, as always, the minimum is also the maximum: baroque, dramatic, mysterious and vibrant, her painting metabolizes the world, to see, from its most intimate, obscure part, what is most superficial that it can reveal.”
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Exhibition | The sea has always been
From May 24th to August 09th
Monday to Friday, from 12 am to 18 pm
Saturday, from 12pm to 16pm (with prior appointment)
