Theodore Ereira-Guyer: The Thicket

Elizabeth Xi Bauer would like to take this opportunity to share with you our latest exhibition Theodore Ereira-Guyer: The Thicket as well as various exciting projects and events the artist has upcoming in 2022.

Elizabeth Xi Bauer is pleased to present Theodore Ereira-Guyer’s exhibition The Thicket, his first solo presentation at the Gallery. On this occasion, the artist is exhibiting a series of large-scale, never before seen etchings that continue his ongoing investigation into the subject of memory – what is kept and what is left behind.

The process of printmaking, especially the way in which Ereira-Guyer practices it, necessarily involves a loss of information between the plate and the paper. Even if it is a technique aimed at reproducibility, Ereira-Guyer favours single or a few compositions being generated per plate – every time a print is made, different aspects are emphasised whereas others are lost. Ereira-Guyer thus establishes a parallel between printmaking and the very mechanism of remembering. In this exhibition a selection of the etchings on show are hung on walls, in a more conventional manner, whilst others are displayed throughout the space, over structures that resemble screens. This maze-like architecture aims to create an immersive environment where viewers feel nested by the works, encouraging a sense of intimacy between person and object.

Theodore Ereira-Guyer: The Thicket (2022) installation shot. Photograph: Richard Ivey. Courtesy the Artist and Elizabeth Xi Bauer Gallery, London.

In The Thicket, the artist exhibits both a homonymous series and another titled The Pond. Both are magnanimous in size, nearly in the limit of what is possible to do with paper without tearing the material apart. Each series presents fundamental aesthetic differences. The Pond works are horizontal compositions with imagery, as the artist makes clear in the title, that addresses the mud-like vegetation that is typical from such environments. They are hung on the walls as individual works at a low height, close to the floor, emulating ponds as they exist in nature. These etchings are attached to wooden boards that are dyed in strong colours; each of the combinations aim to create a harmonious palette between composition and wood.

The exhibition is curated by Maria do Carmo M. P. de Pontes. More information here.

As part of ARCOlisboa 2022, Umbigo Magazine launched issue # 80 alongside a presentation of new works by Theodore with a cocktail reception held on 19th May 2022 at Umbigo Magazine (stand #20).

Also, as part of ARCOlisboa the artist exhibited a book work, entitled A Conversation, with Desapê. On 21st May, Theodore participated in the talk Do livro nasce livro, in which he presented this project and his oeuvre.

Further news regarding Theodore Ereira-Guyer's upcoming projects, including an exhibition and residency in São Paulo, will be shared in our next newsletter.

To learn more about the artists represented by Elizabeth Xi Bauer, please see here.

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