Lúcia Laguna

at Galeria Fortes Vilaça (Art 43 Basel 2012)

Jardim N. 2, 2011

It's hot summer day. The city is whited out by sun and dust. Narrow pathetic strips of grass on the sidewalks don't cut it(the green line from the lower left to the lower center). Everything looks like a big hot concrete box that is cracking under the heat.You feel like a fish in deep frying pan(the gray structure in the center). Then, you see a garden. It is full of trees, greenery and shadows. It is small. It is scarred with asphalt pathways. But it is a small patch of wild nature trapped in the urban center. It wakes something animalistic, wild in you. You feel an urge to run and to hide in the deepest shadows you can find.

Luiz Zerbini

Luiz Zerbini at Galeria Fortes Vilaça (Art Basel Miami Beach 2011)

Modernista Desconstruído Vertical, 2011

You are watching something that could be dangerous. But you are safe, the watched object is behind the bars. You feel empowered, so you get very very close. You can see every possible detail.Pixel by pixel.Getting so deep into the details prevents you from viewing the whole object. You can't recognize what the object is, because it is so pixelated. And still you don't want to move away, you are afraid to loose your "advantage". Information overload is as bad as lack of information.