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Mala’s presentation at Material Vol. 9 proposes a dialogue between Swiss-Canadian emerging artist Aurélie Blanchette Dubois and Portuguese emerging artist Sara Graça.
We will present works from the series Leaden Nights (2022) by Sara Graça, that portray nights of worry converted into memories, or thoughts that do not let you sleep. Through modeling the pieces in air-dry paste, the artist creates a light-shadow relationship that gives shape to the works distributed on the wall with a graphite finish, which gives them the appearance of lead.
By working with a material that pretends to resemble …