VALESKA SOARES

The show is composed of three distinct bodies of work. In the Blindface (2025) series, a development of her previous Doublefaces, Soares employs discarded images of female nudes, mounting them backward on frames and cutting the canvas to reveal glimpses of landscape and body fragments. The work tampers with visibility and concealment: what is shown always relates to what is hidden or erased. In the installation calling (2025), a bronze bell cast in the shape of an apple is suspended above a large wooden table. A hidden mechanism sets the bell in motion at irregular intervals, producing a soft chime that momentarily breaks the silence. The piece unfolds over time, suggesting a call or signal that remains unanswered. The transformation of the apple into a bell combines ideas of attraction and interruption, and marks time through sound rather than movement.

Elsewhere, bronze sculptures of domestic tools—like a broom, a brush, and a floor squeegee—are displayed in static, unlikely positions. These objects appear animated yet untouched, suggesting a break from their original function. In Upside-down (2024), a bronze vase is inverted, balanced on its flowers and leaves, subverting a familiar decorative object into a structure that resists its intended use. Together, the works in the exhibition point to subtle shifts in how we perceive labor, memory, and presence in a domestic realm.