Cirúrgicos 04, 2013
Photography , mineral pigment printed on canvas
138 x 100 cm
3 + 2AP
Series: Cirurgicos
Cirúrgicos presents an inventory of instruments used in medical and surgical procedures, objects designed to intervene directly on the human body.
Cirúrgicos presents an inventory of instruments used in medical and surgical procedures, objects designed to intervene directly on the human body. Isolated against dark backgrounds, these tools acquire an almost sculptural presence, revealing the precision and coldness of the technical gesture.
The series expands when portraits undergo processes of fusion between different individuals. Real faces become composite identities, figures that belong to no possible biography. These hybrid presences inhabit an ambiguous territory between recognition and estrangement.
Produced in 2013, the work anticipates a debate that has since intensified in contemporary culture: the growing transformation of appearance into a project. Between intervention, construction and the desire for correction, Cirúrgicos observes the moment when the body begins to be treated as a surface for editing.
Exhibitions
Atemporal, Cirúrgicos series, Espaço Atemporal, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil