In Anthea Hamilton’s 2018 Duveen Commission, The Squash, a gourd-like figure dressed in couture struts around a newly tiled Tate Britain, but what does it mean asks Gonçalo Birra? After exhibiting her Project for a Door (After Gaetano Pesce)...
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Gonçalo Birra
Ana Mendieta: Body Tracks at the Starr Cinema, Tate Modern
In this beautifully reflective piece, Gonçalo Birra responds to the work of the Late Cuban Artist and questions our need to censor the true, lived experiences of the female body. There’s a lot to say about Ana Mendieta’s work and legacy (or even the...
Alfredo Jaar’s The Garden of Good and Evil at Yorkshire Sculpture Park
In this review, Gonçalo Birra contemplates the emotional dynamics and politics at play in Alfredo Jaar’s current exhibition, The Garden of Good and Evil. I believe that we have lost the ability to see and be moved by images. Nothing moves us...