The song Kukukaya, which partly inspired Beatrice Arraes’s solo exhibition, speaks of a game meant for four, but “Jogo de Mesa (Table Game)” feels purposely solitary, quiet—a slow reckoning with time, where winning was never the point. Her paintings, saturated in deep hues, exist almost entirely in shadow, at times broken only where she carves into the wood panel. The act isn’t violent; it’s tender, like learning a secret, peeling flower petals. Her landscapes of Northeastern Brazil, untouched and wild, are small but pulse with raw energy beneath their stillness, turning solitude into something shared and desired.
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