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Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Beto Shwafaty, Contrato de risco, 2014 - 2015 Imagem Name: fmBeto_Shwafaty-3@Edouard_Fraipont.jpg

Beto Shwafaty b. N. 1977, São Paulo, Brasil
Vive e trabalha em São Paulo, Brasil

Contrato de risco, 2014 - 2015
ferro oxidado, silicone, borracha, madeira
[oxidized iron, silicone, rubber, wood]
119.5 x 50 x 42.5 cm
47 x 19 3/4 x 16 3/4 in
Edition of 3
© artista [the artist]
Duas mãos de ferro enferrujado unidas, uma aberta e outra fechada, fixadas em uma lancheira de alumínio cujo interior recebe borracha de silicone preta (em alusão ao óleo). O objeto é fixado sobre uma base que lembra uma caixa de mercado popular e todos os materiais e sua respectiva organização na obra - assim como a ação que as mãos realizam - podem ser lidos de forma simbólica: seja o punho das lutas políticas ou o famoso ditado 'mete a mão nas cabaças'... as mãos e suas possibilidades engendram atos ligados aos níveis mais básicos das relações humanas. Neste caso, o título confere a este conjunto de símbolos e materiais contornos alusivos aos vários ciclos de luta pelo poder, bem como à natureza e ao papel social dos seus atores. -- Two rusted iron hands united, one open and the other closed, fixed in an aluminum lunch box whose interior receives black silicone rubber (in an allusion to oil). The object is fixed on a base that resembles a popular market box and all the materials and their respective organization in the work - as well as the action that the hands do - can be read in a symbolic way: be the fist of political struggles or the famous dictum ‘stick your hand in gourds’... hands and their possibilities engender acts linked to the most basic levels of human relationships. In this case, the title gives to this assembly of symbols and materials, outlines that are allusive to the many struggle cycles for power, as well as to nature and social role of its actors.
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