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Exhibition
Transmutation: alchemy and resistance
Paço Imperial · 2024
Marcela Cantuária’s solo exhibition highlights the struggle of women, linking it to the fight for female emancipation. Using painting and alchemical elements, the artist addresses social and political narratives of anti-colonial struggle in Latin America. With feminist methodologies and materials like wood and ceramics, Cantuária explores cultural resistance, critically reconfiguring social perceptions of identities and activism. Her works emphasize the importance of resistance against oppression and environmental exhaustion, connecting local struggles with global and border issues