‘The madwomen’, by Carolina Deslandes
We invited the singer Carolina Deslandes to select a work from the exhibition ‘Paula Rego and Adriana Varejão. Between Your Teeth’. The work she chose was ‘Possession' by Paula Rego.
Reflections on ’Paula Rego and Adriana Varejão. Between Your Teeth’
We invited professionals from a range of fields to select a work from the exhibition ‘Paula Rego and Adriana Varejão: Between Your Teeth’ and share a personal reflection on their choice. This series of articles highlights the diversity of perspectives on the work of two artists who never fail to make an impression.
‘Crime is in the eyes,’ by Jamil Parasol Osmar
Based on Adriana Varejão's work Eyewitnesses X, Y and Z (Testemunhas Oculares X, Y e Z) shown at the exhibition ‘Paula Rego and Adriana Varejão. Between your teeth,’ curator Jamil Parasol Osmar reflects on colonial trauma. Seeing the work as a forensic archive, he fictionally reconstructs the crime scenes of these subjects.
‘Sleeper’, by Manuel Botelho
We invited the artist Manuel Botelho to select a work from the exhibition ‘Paula Rego and Adriana Varejão. Between Your Teeth’. His choice was the painting ‘Sleeper’ by Paula Rego.
‘Scratching’ by Bruno Pacheco
We invited the artist Bruno Pacheco to select a work from the exhibition ‘Paula Rego and Adriana Varejão. Between Your Teeth.’ The work he chose was ‘Scratching’ by Paula Rego.
‘The colour of which skin?’ by Gisela Casimiro
We invited the writer and artist Gisela Casimiro to select a work from the exhibition ‘Paula Rego and Adriana Varejão. Between Your Teeth’. The work she chose was ‘Polvo Oil Paints' by Adriana Varejão.
‘Paula Rego’s Monkeys’, by chef André Magalhães
We invited chef André Magalhães, from A Mesa do CAM [CAM’s Table], to select a work from the exhibition ‘Paula Rego and Adriana Varejão. Between Your Teeth.’ His choice was the painting ‘When We Had a House in the Country, We’d Throw Marvellous Parties and Then We’d Go Out and Shoot Black People’, by Paula Rego.
‘There Is Always a Woman in the Attic’, by Leonor Rosas
We invited anthropologist and activist Leonor Rosas to select a work from the exhibition ‘Paula Rego and Adriana Varejão. Between your teeth.’ Her choice was ‘Wide Sargasso Sea’ by Paula Rego.
‘The Intensity of Being a Woman’, by Vanessa Sanches
We invited Vanessa Sanches, co-founder of BANTUMEN, to select a work from the exhibition ‘Paula Rego and Adriana Varejão. Between your teeth.’ Her choice was ‘Green Tilework in Live Flesh’ by Adriana Varejão.
‘Could it be me, mother?’, by Paulo Pascoal
We invited actor, writer and curator Paulo Pascoal to select a piece from the exhibition 'Paula Rego and Adriana Varejão. Between Your Teeth'. His choice was Paula Rego's 'Mother'.
‘Pain and Glory’, by Clara Drummond
We invited Clara Drummond, a Brazilian journalist and writer based in Lisbon, to select a work from the exhibition ‘Paula Rego e Adriana Varejão. Between Your Teeth’. Her choice was ‘Wall with incisions a la Fontana (triptych)’, by Adriana Varejão.
«I invited myself», by Joana Barrios
We invited the true 'renaissance woman' Joana Barrios, whose work has spanned theatre and cinema, but also gastronomy and fashion, to select a piece from the exhibition 'Paula Rego e Adriana Varejão. Between your teeth'. She chose Adriana Varejão's ‘The Guest’.