15. - 31. August 2024 Residency - ExhibitionGallery ATALcurated by Cecilia Stelini Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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| Paper Mural: 150 x 300 cm, gouache on paper |
Photo: Salossi-Fotografie, colour-editing: Eva Wal
VATA KATH Alter Ego by make up artist Sisi Can
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| Photographed by Salossi-Fotografie | |
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| Printed for Brazil | |
VATA KATH – Flecha e Pão
VATA KATH, a creature of pure fiction, gazes from one of Eva Wal’s large paintings. She calls these paintings, three meters or more in height or width, “paper murals”, painted with gouache on paper rolls.
In this exhibition we see originals as well as prints from the paintings that were too large to bring from Germany to Brazil.
Eva Wal’s colourful paintings show phantastic worlds inhabited by creatures that seem somehow outlandish. They present themselves quite self-conscious, curious, bearing wisdom and maybe some secrets in their strange or even weird appearances.
The paintings are not planned or constructed at all. They are created in a state of flow.
Each of them reflects an experience similar to a journey to an unknown land or continent: the subconsciousness, reached by brushes and colours instead of an airplane.
Likewise, Eva Wal’s poems are full of strange and mysterious creatures and happenings that represent sometimes obscure worlds. The poet tells about her exciting and unpredictable experiences while changing speed and perspective and transforming images. The inner and outer melt into a cosmos reflecting spirit and a somehow wayward mind.
For this exhibition Eva Wal brings a poem, Flecha e Pão, inspired by the photos of iconic Brazilian photographer Claudia Andujar who lived and identified with the Yanomami. The power of her authentic and poetic images struck Wal and triggered her imagination. For her the arrow is a symbol for leaving one’s origin, place of birth and family, but also for travelling, flying to another continent. Furthermore, a poem can be an arrow, reaching out to connect places, even poles in the sense of opposites and contraries.
In ATAL, the artist will combine the concept of painting and poetry.
She will create a visual of Flecha e Pão using writing and drawing as well as a performance. The poem is translated from German to English and to Portuguese, together with Mateus Stelini.
Eva Wal will also present a new painting she did during her short residency, inspired by an open mind entering a new world, as it is her first visit to Brazil.
The colours for this painting were chosen beforehand, being made of natural ingredients from the area.
We hope the show will inspire the viewer.
Flecha e Pão, see Posting June, Juni 2024
