Paula do Prado
You’re just too much, 2017
Fabric collage
131 x 73 cm
51 5/8 x 28 3/4 in
51 5/8 x 28 3/4 in
PDP 003
A reflection on the politics of being of mixed race and the trap of mestizaje. Do Prado centres the intersections of her Bantu- Kongo, Iberian and indigenous Charrúan Uruguayan ancestry,...
A reflection on the politics of being of mixed race and the trap of mestizaje.
Do Prado centres the intersections of her Bantu- Kongo, Iberian and indigenous Charrúan Uruguayan ancestry, in her mixed media fibre weavings, fabric sculptures and hangings. Her work references her experiences of diaspora as a migrant living on the unceded lands of Gadigal People of the Sydney Basin. Do Prado's works reference matrilineality and embody the spiritual and philosophical cosmologies of her aforementioned heritages to inform decolonial practice. Her woven forms and soft sculptures invite contemplation of the connections between nature, history, duration and space through the intricacies of knots, fissures, crochet loops, coils and beadwork. The exhibition will feature the works: Lenge (2023) Sorrow (2023), Abya Yala (2022), Habla con la Luna (2021) and Resonance (2018).
Do Prado centres the intersections of her Bantu- Kongo, Iberian and indigenous Charrúan Uruguayan ancestry, in her mixed media fibre weavings, fabric sculptures and hangings. Her work references her experiences of diaspora as a migrant living on the unceded lands of Gadigal People of the Sydney Basin. Do Prado's works reference matrilineality and embody the spiritual and philosophical cosmologies of her aforementioned heritages to inform decolonial practice. Her woven forms and soft sculptures invite contemplation of the connections between nature, history, duration and space through the intricacies of knots, fissures, crochet loops, coils and beadwork. The exhibition will feature the works: Lenge (2023) Sorrow (2023), Abya Yala (2022), Habla con la Luna (2021) and Resonance (2018).