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Self-declarations: Rodrigo D'Alcântara
Curated by Mariana Destro
11.12—12.6.2020

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“Self-declarations” emerges from the exercise of a dissident rescue of ancestry, which inevitably arises as Rodrigo D'Alcântara invokes the faces and presence of his ancestors seeking to subvert patriarchal genealogy. Through digital images and photo-collages that arise from Rodrigo's family personal archive, the artist acknowledges his syncretic roots in a series of bixa body gestures that emphasize historical erasure processes.

Rodrigo D'Alcântara. Matriarcal Emblem 2, 2020.

Rodrigo D'Alcântara. Matriarcal Emblem 3, 2020.

Rodrigo D'Alcântara. futuristic queer self-portrait of my childhood, 2018.

Rodrigo D'Alcântara. The Last Patriarch, 2020.

Rodrigo D'Alcântara. Neovitruvian #3, 2020.

Rodrigo D'Alcântara. Neovitruvian #2, 2020.

Rodrigo D'Alcântara. Neovitruvian #1, 2020.

Rodrigo D'Alcântara. Matriarcal Emblem 1, 2020.

GUAVA IS AN ONLINE ARTIST-RUN GALLERY. FOUNDED IN 2019, IT IS A CURATORIAL PLATFORM FOR EXHIBITIONS AND PROJECTS MADE ESPECIALLY FOR THE INTERNET. FOCUSED ON LATIN AMERICAN CONTEMPORARY ART BY WOMEN, BIPOC, AND LGBTQIA+ ARTISTS AND CURATORS, GUAVA AIMS TO BUILD CLOSER DIALOGUE BETWEEN ARTISTIC PRACTICES AND THE BROADER FIELDS OF SOCIETY, NEVER LETTING GO OF THE EPHEMERAL NATURE OF A WORLD IN CONSTANT CHANGE.