Diver's Flight - Sara Bichão

Diver’s Flight, 2024

Fell Asleep II, 2024, fabric, gravel, acrylic paint, ink, pastel, graphite, vinyl glue, stainless steel, resin, 220 × 185 × 3 cm

Flight, 2024, fabric (various), wood, coconut fiber, rearview mirror, hose, fishing rods, aluminum and copper wire, cord, thread, gravel, lipstick, ink, pastel, 550 × 170 × 100 cm

Diver's Flight, exhibition view with the back of Flight reflected in the mirror

Home, 2024, fabric, cardboard, tile, wood, tile adhesive, aluminum wire, LED light, knife, quill, acrylic paint, 40 × 60 × 30 cm

Diver (she/they), 2024, circular installation in 10 parts / fabric (various), copper and aluminum wire, coconut fiber, thread, pastel, lipstick, 170 cm ⌀ (variable dimensions)

Outerspace, 2024, cardboard, cane, tile adhesive, gravel, acrylic glass, coconut fiber, acrylic paint, graphite, pastel, vinyl glue, 25 × 18 × 18 cm

Scarecrow, 2024, fabric, earth, wood, mirror, wire, cement, nails, screws, resin, acrylic paint, vinyl glue, 137 × 72 x 24 cm

Diver's Flight, 2024, exhibition view with Outerspace (left), Fall (center) and Gestation (right)

Fall, 2024, helmet, gravel, coconut fiber, chalk, stainless steel, aluminum wire, fabric (various), wood, acrylic paint, cord, thread, 105 × 25 × 20 cm

Gestation (front), 2024, fabric (various), wood, ink, graphite, colored pencil, pastel, nails, staples, thread, 88 × 68 × 12 cm

Gestation (back), 2024, fabric (various), wood, ink, graphite, colored pencil, pastel, nails, staples, thread, 86 × 60 × 10 cm

Fell Asleep I, 2024, glasses, cord, thread, acrylic paint, ink, graphite, charcoal, pastel, permanent marker, stainless steel, resin, 132 × 196 × 6 cm

Breath, 2024, fabric (various), rubber, plastic, gravel, cord, thread, cane, coconut fiber, acrylic paint, graphite, 77 × 35 × 22 cm

Transient, 2024, fabric, gravel, acrylic paint, ink, pastel, graphite, vinyl glue, stainless steel, resin, 10 × 170 × 10 cm

Diver's Flight, 2024, exhibition view with Throat (left) and In Between (right)

Detail of Throat, 2024, resin, cardboard, gravel, vinyl glue, fabric, iron, cotton, coconut fiber, copper wire, cord, thread, acrylic paint, 150 × 11,5 × 7 cm

In Between, 2024, fabric (various), gravel, cord, thread, aluminum wire, coconut fiber, cardboard, acrylic glass, spoon, stainless steel, acrylic paint, wood, 179 × 53 × 40 cm

Diver's Flight, 2024, exhibition view with the works of Armineh Negahdari, Diego Bianchi, Miriam Cahn and Sara Bichão

Diver's Flight, 2024, exhibition view with the works of Armineh Negahdari, Diego Bianchi, Gyan Panchal, Julien Carreyn and Sara Bichão

Diver's Flight, 2024, exhibition view with the works of Armineh Negahdari, Diego Bianchi, Gyan Panchal, Miriam Cahn and Sara Bichão

Untitled, 2023, aluminum spoon, ceramic, 7,5 × 10 cm

Untitled, 2022, Plywood, tile adhesive, aluminum, acrylic paint, 12,5 × 10 cm

Reflector (bird), 2022, wood, thread, metal, vegetal remains, acrylic paint, 35 × 58 × 60 cm

Diver’s Flight, 2024, watercolor, acrylic paint, graphite, 16,5 × 16,5 cm

Diver’s Flight, 2024, watercolor, acrylic paint, graphite, 16,5 × 16,5 cm

Diver’s Flight, 2024, watercolor, acrylic paint, graphite, 16,5 × 16,5 cm

Diver’s Flight, 2024, watercolor, acrylic paint, graphite, 16,5 × 16,5 cm

Diver’s Flight, 2024, watercolor, acrylic paint, graphite, 16,5 × 16,5 cm

Diver’s Flight, 2024, watercolor, acrylic paint, graphite, 16,5 × 16,5 cm

Diver’s Flight, 2024, watercolor, acrylic paint, graphite, 16,5 × 16,5 cm

Diver’s Flight, 2024, watercolor, acrylic paint, graphite, 16,5 × 16,5 cm

Diver’s Flight, 2024, watercolor, acrylic paint, graphite, 16,5 × 16,5 cm

Diver’s Flight, 2024, watercolor, acrylic paint, graphite, 16,5 × 16,5 cm

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Diver’s Flight, a collaborative project by Sara Bichão at Galeria Filomena Soares in Lisbon, curated by Noelig Le Roux.

“This new exhibition by Sara Bichão resonates with the artistic practice of an artist who evolves in a fruitful back-and-forth between solitary work and regular exchanges with fellow artists – which can lead to collaborative projects and co-creations from time to time. These oscillation movements that enrich Sara Bichão’s work and mark her journey have guided the construction of this exhibition, which is both monographic and collective, bringing together, alongside the artist, Armineh Negahdari, Diego Bianchi, Gyan Panchal, Julien Carreyn, and Miriam Cahn.

During our exchanges throughout the preparation of the exhibition, the figure of the diver from Paestum came to nourish our reflections until it imposed itself as the subject of the project. This nude character, painted on the internal wall of a slab covering a Greek tomb from the 5th century BCE, has jumped into the air and is diving towards the water. He is about to join the abyss and the darkness of death, while his image, through the painting, survives in the memory of the living.

The origin of the elements that compose a large part of the works in the exhibition is not far from the choice of this archaeological reference. Sara Bichão has taken them from a house inhabited by memories, and in her own way—like a graft—she prolongs the reminiscences of a home and its inhabitants into another, the one that her works themselves shelter.

(…) Like the diver, she intertwines flight with fall, pleasure with risk.”

Excerpt of the intro text by Noelig Le Roux, 2024

Full intro text and museum map, below:

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