Untitled #1, Oedipus Eyes series
Digital printing on photographic paper
120 x 240 cm
47,2 x 94,4 in
Edition of 5
Rio de Janeiro, 2018
Part of the solo show "Colisão Conluio " at LURIXS Gallery.
Digital printing on photographic paper
120 x 240 cm
47,2 x 94,4 in
Edition of 5
Rio de Janeiro, 2018
Part of the solo show "Colisão Conluio " at LURIXS Gallery.
Oedipus Eyes is a photographic series created
between 2012 and 2017 and takes as its starting point a fundamental element of
Gustavo Prado’s poetic thinking: the reading of
everyday life through metaphors and symbolic content. Here, we see a
photographic practice less focused on technical aspects (such as light and
composition) and more interested in positioning itself as a tool to collect and
archive occurrences from the world. For some time, the artist collected images
of cars with damaged headlights, randomly found on the streets during his
movement through the city. These images appear almost like portraits, giving an
anthropomorphic reading to an industrial object. A poetic metaphor reinforced
by the title. One of the most famous characters in Greek mythology, Oedipus
blinds himself in response to the unfolding of his fate, marked by the
encounter with the other. Gustavo Prado’s cars were damaged in accidents, also due to encounters with others. In
this sense, Oedipus Eyes points to the traumatic dimension of encounters with others and the social
dynamic of renegotiating identities. The series is structured by fragmenting a
regular grid, in which different photographs are mixed, juxtaposed, and
recombined, creating new images. In the exhibition space, these works are
presented with an installation logic, engaging with the architecture by being
positioned close to the floor or in the corners of walls.
Untitled #2, Oedipus Eyes series
Digital printing on photographic paper
120 x 240 cm
47,2 x 94,4 in
Edition of 5
Rio de Janeiro, 2018
Part of the solo show "Colisão Conluio " at LURIXS Gallery.
Digital printing on photographic paper
120 x 240 cm
47,2 x 94,4 in
Edition of 5
Rio de Janeiro, 2018
Part of the solo show "Colisão Conluio " at LURIXS Gallery.
Untitled #3, Oedipus Eyes series
Digital printing on photographic paper
120 x 240 cm
47,2 x 94,4 in
Edition of 5
New York, 2018
Part of the group show "Positions Matter " at Richard Gallery, July 2018.
Digital printing on photographic paper
120 x 240 cm
47,2 x 94,4 in
Edition of 5
New York, 2018
Part of the group show "Positions Matter " at Richard Gallery, July 2018.
Untitled #4, Oedipus Eyes series
Digital printing on photographic paper
120 x 240 cm
47,2 x 94,4 in
Edition of 5
New York, 2020
Part of the group show "Drawing on Likeness” at Hollywood Cultural Center in Miami 2020.
Digital printing on photographic paper
120 x 240 cm
47,2 x 94,4 in
Edition of 5
New York, 2020
Part of the group show "Drawing on Likeness” at Hollywood Cultural Center in Miami 2020.
Untitled #5, Oedipus Eyes series
Digital printing on photographic paper
120 x 240 cm
47,2 x 94,4 in
Edition of 5
New York, 2020
Digital printing on photographic paper
120 x 240 cm
47,2 x 94,4 in
Edition of 5
New York, 2020
Untitled #6, Oedipus Eyes series
Digital printing on photographic paper
120 x 240 cm
47,2 x 94,4 in
Edition of 5
New York, 2020
Digital printing on photographic paper
120 x 240 cm
47,2 x 94,4 in
Edition of 5
New York, 2020
Untitled #7, Oedipus Eyes series
Digital printing on photographic paper
120 x 240 cm
47,2 x 94,4 in
Edition of 5
New York, 2020
Digital printing on photographic paper
120 x 240 cm
47,2 x 94,4 in
Edition of 5
New York, 2020
Untitled #8, Oedipus Eyes series
Digital printing on photographic paper
120 x 240 cm
47,2 x 94,4 in
Edition of 5
New York, 2020
Digital printing on photographic paper
120 x 240 cm
47,2 x 94,4 in
Edition of 5
New York, 2020
Untitled #9, Oedipus Eyes series
Digital printing on photographic paper
120 x 240 cm
47,2 x 94,4 in
Edition of 5
New York, 2020
Digital printing on photographic paper
120 x 240 cm
47,2 x 94,4 in
Edition of 5
New York, 2020
Untitled #10, Oedipus Eyes series
Digital printing on photographic paper
120 x 240 cm
47,2 x 94,4 in
Edition of 5
New York, 2020
Digital printing on photographic paper
120 x 240 cm
47,2 x 94,4 in
Edition of 5
New York, 2020
Untitled #11, Oedipus Eyes series
Digital printing on photographic paper
120 x 240 cm
47,2 x 94,4 in
Edition of 5
New York, 2020
Digital printing on photographic paper
120 x 240 cm
47,2 x 94,4 in
Edition of 5
New York, 2020
Untitled #12, Oedipus Eyes series
Digital printing on photographic paper
120 x 240 cm
47,2 x 94,4 in
Edition of 5
New York, 2020
Digital printing on photographic paper
120 x 240 cm
47,2 x 94,4 in
Edition of 5
New York, 2020
Untitled #13, Oedipus Eyes series
Digital printing on photographic paper
120 x 240 cm
47,2 x 94,4 in
Edition of 5
New York, 2020
Digital printing on photographic paper
120 x 240 cm
47,2 x 94,4 in
Edition of 5
New York, 2020