Já estava assim quando eu cheguei, Group exhibition
Curated by Frederik Schampers and Sebastiaan Bremer
Galerie Ron Mandos, Amsterdam
25.11.2020 - 31.01.2021
www.ronmandos.nl
The Brazilian works by Sebastiaan Bremer, included in a group exhibition at Ron Mandos gallery were started when Bremer found old slides in his father-in-law’s office. They showed the Seven Falls of Guaíra, or Sete Quedas – a submerged waterfall, which was replaced by the largest hydroelectric dam in the world. The only color of the slides which remained was orange, all the other layers of color of the slide emulsion having been erased by time, not unlike the waterfalls. The contradictions inherent in the dam project mirror the development of civilisation, in Bremer’s view; in harnessing energy to provide for themselves and their industries, human beings take away the very nurturing qualities this earth has to offer. Thus, per Bremer, the solutions of today can become the problems of tomorrow. In his work based on these images, the artist brings the falls back to life with small marks of paint and ink, and reverses history.