Cabelo
[oil on paper]
[46 x 46 7/8 x 2 in]
11.8 kg
The drawings of Cabelo suggest the fusion between pictorial and poetic elements, an explosive mixture in which letters and words overlap with sketched images, clues and signs of stories never fully developed. A cult artist, who does not hide his sources, but averse to all types of cataloging, Cabelo is both polyhedral and volcanic. Figures emerge and disappear, fragments of phrases are repeated on the screen without the ambition to constitute a complete or coherent meaning. As in his performances, the artist does not give the viewer all the keys to reading, he keeps it suspended, always a step below understanding. His narration is an oracular and fragmented overlay of motives and ideas. Like any oracle, even the drawings of Cabelo need to be interpreted, and are suitable for a thousand readings, all different and all equally valid. But what really justifies the analogy, however, is not the existence of a hidden meaning, but the consideration that his drawings are intended, in the first place, for insiders…
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Art Basel 2023 | Basel | Suíça | 2023 [13-18.06]