Currently living and working in Barcelona, the work of Carlos Bunga (b. Porto, 1976) questions the fragility of human and material existence through his installations using ephemeral materials that evoke resilience.

Carlos Bunga will present one of his most complex and personal exhibitions to date, with the starting point being the  drawing, ‘A minha primeira casa era uma mulher’ [My first house was a woman], from 1975, which represents the artist’s mother: a pregnant figure with a house as her head and hands and feet rendered as both human and animal-like.

The nave space will feature a new site-specific cardboard installation, the largest to date in Portugal, which evokes the rounded edges and organic forms of the natural world.  The exhibition will incorporate artworks from CAM’s permanent collection, contextualizing them alongside archival materials, artist books, performances, and display objects. This arrangement will also include earlier works by Carlos Bunga and personal ephemera that illuminate alternative histories and realities.