inVISIBLES

"The project" inVISIBLES "(2021), by Marcelo Mendonça, the starting point is the censorship undertaken against the nude –also the artistic and creative, the one that in past times was a symbol of freedom- by the current government of Bolsonaro in his country of origin. This trend is sustained on the basis of a socially accepted religious neo-fundamentalism that led, among other issues, in 2019 to cancel exhibitions such as "Queer Museum. Cartographies of Dissidence in Brazilian Art", at the Santander Center in Sao Paulo, accused of promoting pedophilia or zoophilia. The images that make up the Brazilian's bet belong to anonymous models who on social networks show their body without prejudice. The artist pixelizes their contours and provides the viewer with some extra pixels to determine if the The final image must hide or not certain parts of the presented anatomies. The final montage, showing lights and "shadows", imitates the torrent of images that vomits all mobile screen. "

Text: @javierdiazguardiola / art critic ABC Cultural

Technique: illustration based on photo, metallic printing and magnetic cubes. 13x18cm