Ascensão em Queda

The title given to this exhibition, derived from the oxomorian rising and falling, radiates crystalline signs of an instability particularly characteristic of our time. A premonitory vision of the abyss.

Crises, artificiality, excess, or the bizarre are equally identifiable symptoms in the 17th century. Perhaps that is why several authors see in the designation "neo-baroque" a useful category to name an aesthetic sensibility that cuts across various modes of artistic production, and which has persisted through its timeless traits. — Background