Installation with three glass panels and drawings printed in ceramic ink
The work revisits a little-known episode in Pernambuco's history: the Cabanada Revolt, which took place between 1832 and 1836. On transparent glass panels, Liliane Dardot brings together figures of local residents and elements of the Atlantic Forest, alluding to the groups of Black people, Indigenous people, small landowners, and poor free men who found refuge in the vegetation of the Zona da Mata during the conflict. The transparency of the material makes the images appear and disappear as the viewer moves. In this installation, the landscape becomes a living document. The trees, shadows, and transparencies of the work lead visitors to sense the presence of stories almost erased by time, integrating their own image into the visual field where the cabanos emerge and fade away.
Liliane Dardot
Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, 1946
Lives and works in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais
At Usina de Arte: Cabanos em Matas de Água Preta (2019)
Drawing lies at the root of the practice of Minas Gerais artist Liliane Dardot. Her work is guided by the observation of nature, by social and ecological concerns and by an interest in history and literature. In her site-specific works, she expands the scale of her practice and creates connections with public space.
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