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Plumule
Henrique Oliveira -
“An eternal beginning permanently interrupted by my awareness of beginning”
Clarice Lispector, A Breath of LifePlumule – the sinuous, lulling title of Henrique Oliveira’s first UK solo show – is a botanical term referring to the tiny rudimentary shoot of a plant embryo: its first true leaves. To our eyes, the plumule may look like a beginning but, in truth, it is nothing more than a point in the continuous cycle of life.
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Installation views
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Best known for his immersive, cavernous large-scale installations made from discarded materials found on construction sites, such as plywood boards, metal and foam, Oliveira will be showcasing a selection of his most recent body of work, including a site-specific installation, as well as drawings, sculptures, wall-reliefs and unfolded paintings.
Positioning his practice between the categories of painting, sculpture and architecture, Oliveira is interested in “acting under the skin of the real”, producing artworks that rely on an eerie organic materiality as a way of boldly challenging the division between the natural and the human-made, laying bare the inevitable cyclical continuity of all terrestrial matter.
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Please access the exhibtion essay by Adriana Francisco here.
