Simone Marinho: Senhoras de Biquini
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About The Exhibition
Ao primeiro olhar, os retratos do ensaio Senhoras de biquíni da Simone Marinho aparecem como deliciosos cartões postais com uma estética que vem de uma outra época, com cores vivas, e com paisagens de praia e mar que enchem de tranquilidade. Com um olhar mais aprofundado, as mensagens políticas e antropológicas que esse ensaio destaca tornam-se evidentes: a relação entre velhice e modernidade - na sua polissemia, mas no contexto da revolução digital-, o uso do corpo feminino no contexto político-social, a “velhice” como forma de exclusão social, e assim por diante. As questões, claramente, se entrelaçam entre elas e com o tema da fotografia nessa época. |
At a first glance, the portraits of the Ladies in Bikini shot by Simone Marinho show up like delightful postcards with a once-upon-a-time esthetic, with vivid colours and landscape of beach and sea, able to transmit peacefulness. Yet with a closer look, the essay highlights clearly its politic and anthropological messages, such as the relation between elderliness and modernity - considering it in its polysemy, and in the digital revolution context-, the use of the female body in the socio-political context, the old age as a form of social exclusion. The issues clearly intertwine with each other, as well as with photography of this age |
Exhibition Curator: Lara Ciarabellini
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