8 Pinturas e 5 Desenhos

Clube de Desenho, Porto, 2022

The Tragic Tale of the King (2022) is a project composed by drawings, ceramics, collages, and paintings exhibited at Clube de Desenho in Porto, Portugal, as part of the 8 Paintings and 5 Drawings collective show, and at Cooperativa Árvore as part of its Pratos para que vos quero artistic residency.

Inspired by Roman frescoes, these works reinterpret modern human interaction rituals, evoking intimate, shameful, and sacred themes. This project aims to investigate contemporary communal life’s iconographical symbolism by decontextualizing and juxtaposing social and personal symbols.

The images in these works mix classical images of hunting, trading, and celebration with intimate depictions of actions, creating a hybrid between private and public actions. Through a fictional methodology, the works reflect on personal and public social contracts.