On the occasion of EXPO CHGO ONLINE, Nara Roesler is pleased to showcase Sweet Spontaneous Earth, named after E.E. Cummings’ poem, presenting a selection of works that engage with nature, as an ever-evolving, indecipherable and untamable force. As the poet so shrewdly suggested, humanity has pruriently attempted to understand nature since the beginning of our existence, only to be met with nature's steady and periodic answer, spring. Perhaps it is nature's answer to our common and unrelenting unrest, forcing us to face and become engulfed by spring, as a useful ruse to assuage our longing and compel us to slow down through its grandeur, to stop and observe, listen, breathe. The works presented hereby, coincide in their strive to capture and contemplate the awe, the moment where we gasp at the overwhelming nature of Earth.
participating artists
brígida baltar
alberto baraya
paulo bruscky
cristina canale
marcos chaves
isaac julien
karin lambrecht
vik muniz
tomie ohtake
marcelo silveira
amelia toledo
cássio vasconcellos