https://www.foam.org/nl/talent/spotlight/depiction-existing-depiction-existing
The Black Chalk (detail), 2016 | 30 x 40 cm + 1,5 x 1,8 m | photograph
Short doc produced by FOAM about the experience of burning a large scale image for her solo show at the Fotografiemuseum in Amsterdam
The Absolute, 2016 | 1,5 x 2,3 m | photograph
Religare, 2016 | 2,4 x 5 m | photograph
Religare, 2016 | 2,4 x 5 m | photograph
The Original Myth, 2016 | 2,4 x 4,5 m | photograph
The Original Myth, 2016 | 2,4 x 4,5 m | photograph
Exhibition view | FOAM Fotografiemuseum | Amsterdam, Holland
The Black Chalk (detail), 2016 | 30 x 40 cm + 1,5 x 1,8 m | photograph
The Black Chalk, 2016 | 30 x 40 cm + 1,5 x 1,8 m | photograph
"THE BLACK CHALK WHITE CHARCOAL OR THE MYTH OF THE ABSENT MATTER is an exhibition of the monumental and mysterious work of Brazilian artist Sofia Borges. In her own intuitive manner, Borges photographs paintings, drawings, sculptures, maps, fossils, stued animals and dioramas. (…) Constantly In her photographs, the objects portrayed are freed from their specific meaning; they stand by themselves. As a result the photographs are not documentary records, but part of a poetic, surreal and somewhat gloomy whole. Questions about representation, abstraction and imitation play a major part in her work. More than interisting in capturing real, Borges is constantly somehow philosophically aproached to photography. This exhibtion invites us to contemplate how close we can come to history, to what is portrayed in a photograph, and therefore to the reality that came before the photograph. Borges tries to capture time and the connection between past and present by means of photography, and in doing so she poses the question of just what reality is. (…)
*excerts of text written by Kim Kinoppers, curator at Foam
full text in the museum website: https://www.foam.org/museum/programme/sofia-borges
to see more: https://sofiaborges.carbonmade.com/projects/6448612
Short excerpt from the performance of Barbara Elias | Pavilhão da Bienal | São Paulo, Brasil
Exhibition view | Kandlhoffer Gallery | Vienna, Austria
The Golden Shining Brown Horse, 2011 | 2,3 x 1,5 m | photograph
Sound, Shape and Meaning, 2015 | 1,5 x 2,3 m | photograph
No Sound, 2014 | 1,5 x 2,3 m | photograph
Download entire pdf here: https://tinyurl.com/yclwdcc9
Before Plato’s Cave, 2014 | 50 x 70 cm | photograph
The Tragedy, 2014 | 1,5 x 2,3 m | photograph
Exhibition view | Galerie White Project | Paris, France
Exhibition view | Galerie White Project | Paris, France
Exhibition view | Galerie White Project | Paris, France
Exhibition view, video projection | Galerie White Project | Paris, France
Experimental video exhibited at Galerie White Project | Paris, France
Exterior view | Galerie White Project | Paris, France
Download entire pdf here: https://tinyurl.com/ybaxtctk
S, 2012 | 80 x 120 cm | photograph
Download entire pdf here: https://tinyurl.com/y862rs26
Exhibition view | Museu Berardo | Lisbon, Portugal
La Tête du Cheval, 2012 | 2 x 1,5 m | photograph
Cave, or Elephant, 2013 | 1,5 x 2,3 m | photograph
Exhibition view | Museu Berardo | Lisbon, Portugal
Exhibition view | Museu Berardo | Lisbon, Portugal
Exhibition view | Museu Berardo | Lisbon, Portugal
Exhibition view | Instituto Itau Cultural | São Paulo, Brazil
Escrita II, 2013 | 70 x 105 cm | photograph
Skeleton, 2012 | 1,5 x 2,3 m | photograph
Exhibition view | Galerie White Project | Paris, France
Exhibition view | Galerie White Project | Paris, France
Exhibition view | Galerie White Project | Paris, France
Maybe She Knows Everything, 2012 | 1,5 x 2,6 m | photograph
My Sister or The Portrait of My Sister, 2011 | 1,5 x 2,1 m | photograph
Animals, 2012 | 1,5 x 2,6 m | photograph
Exhibition view | Galería OMR | Mexico City, Mexico
Still Life with a Hammer, 2012 | 1,5 x 2,25 m | photograph
Exhibition view | Galería OMR | Mexico City, Mexico
Exhibition view | Galería OMR | Mexico City, Mexico
Short interview with the artist about the show
Broken Trunk, 2012 | 1,5 x 2,3 m | photograph
Gold Nugget, 2011 | 1,5 x 2,3 m | photograph
Eighty Million Years Crocodile and Paper, 2012 | 1,5 x 2,3 m | photograph
Exhibition view | 30th São Paulo Biennial | São Paulo, Brazil
Morsa, 2012 | 1,5 x 2,25 m | photograph
The Monster, 2012 | 1,5 x 1,5 m | photograph
Exhibition view | 30th São Paulo Biennial | São Paulo, Brazil
Exhibition view | 30th São Paulo Biennial | São Paulo, Brazil
The Map, 2012 | 1,5 x 2,3 m | photograph
Download entire pdf here: https://tinyurl.com/y942kn5g
Estudo da Paisagem #20, 2010 | 1,1 x 1,65 m | photograph
Estudo da Paisagem #19, 2010 | 1,1 x 1,65 m | photograph
Exhibition view | Galeria Artur Fidalgo | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Exhibition view | Galeria Artur Fidalgo | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Exhibition view | Galeria Artur Fidalgo | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Estudo da Paisagem #9, 2010 | 40 x 60 cm | photograph
Exhibition view | Galeria Artur Fidalgo | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Exhibition view | Galeria Artur Fidalgo | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Exhibition view | Galeria Artur Fidalgo | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Download entire pdf here: https://tinyurl.com/y985fcak
Vampire, 2011 | 2 x 1,1 m | photograph
The Admiral, 2012 | 1,5 x 1,5 m | photograph
Camel Posing to Me, 2010 | 1,25 x 1,25 m | photography
Xavier, 2009 | 1 x 1 m | photograph
Exhibition view | Galeria Virgilio | São Paulo, Brazil
Exhibition view | Galeria Virgilio | São Paulo, Brazil
Exhibition view | Galeria Virgilio | São Paulo, Brazil
Exhibition view | Galeria Virgilio | São Paulo, Brazil
Exhibition view | Galeria Virgilio | São Paulo, Brazil
Exhibition view | Galeria Virgilio | São Paulo, Brazil
Exhibition view | Galeria Virgilio | São Paulo, Brazil
Museum, 2010 | 30 x 40 cm | photograph
Horse in the Bush, 2010 | 1 x 1,1 m | photograph
Self-portrait Thinking About the Portrait of My Sister, 2010 | 60 x 90 cm | photograph
Exhibition view | Galeria Virgilio | São Paulo, Brazil
Coelho, 2012 | 1,5 x 2,25 m | photograph
Exhibition view | Instituto Moreira Salles | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Exhibition view | Instituto Moreira Salles | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Exhibition view | Instituto Moreira Salles | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Download entire pdf here: https://tinyurl.com/yaspntk8
Study for Theme #2 (detail), 2013 | dyptich, 20 x 30 cm + 80 x 120 cm | photograph
Study for Theme #1 (detail), 2013 | dyptich, 20 x 50 cm + 80 x 120 cm | photograph
Study for Theme #2, 2013 | dyptich, 20 x 30 cm + 80 x 120 cm | photograph
Exhibition view | Museu do Estado de Pernambuco | Recife, Brazil
Study for Theme #3, 2013 | dyptich, 20 x 30 cm + 80 x 120 cm | photograph
Study for Theme #4, 2013 | dyptich, 20 x 30 cm + 80 x 120 cm | photograph
Exhibition view | Museu do Estado Pernambuco | Recife, Brazil
Exhibition view | Museu do Estado de Pernambuco | Recife, Brazil
Study for Theme #5, 2013 | dyptich, 20 x 30 cm + 80 x 120 cm | photograph
Exhibition view | Museu do Estado de Pernambuco | Recife, Brazil
Exhibition view | Museu do Estado de Pernambuco | Recife, Brazil
Study for Theme (detail), 2013 | dyptich, 20 x 30 cm | photograph