Guias [Zero-Pedra] Guides [Zero-Stone]
2016
watercolor and dry pastel on cotton paper print


Guides [Zero-Stone] series consists of reproductions of hand-painted printed portraits of inspiring figures often labeled as defeated or outcasts in official history:

Aimberê, a Tupinambá warrior;

Emma Goldman and José Oiticica, anarchists;

Anna Spieckermann, a woman murdered after being accused of witchcraft;

Marietta Baderna, a ballerina who dared to dance alongside enslaved people.

The portraits were initially sourced online in low resolution. They were then given layers of background textures corresponding to their positions in the Mayan calendar, enlarged, printed, hand-colored, and finally framed.
1. Emma Goldman
(1869, Kovno/Russian Empire - 1940, Toronto )

2. José Oiticica 
(1882, Minas Gerais – 1957, Rio de Janeiro)

3. Marietta Baderna
(1828, Piacenza - 1870, Italy)

4. Anna Spieckermann 
(+/- 1670, Sutum/Germany – 1706, Westerholt/Germany)

5. Aimberê
(?, aldeia de Uruçumirim – 1567, Rio de Janeiro)







group show
Lastro em campo: percursos ancestrais e cotidianos
curated by Beatriz Lemos
SESC Consolação, São Paulo, 2016
photos: Pedro Victor Brandão