Statement Célio Braga, 2021:
My practice is supported by a very well defined method that involves long processes and specific techniques such as collages, perforations, layering, mending, stitching, embroidery and weaving.
Through those typical mediuns that somehow are related to feminin tasks and labour I reflect on gender conventions and stereotypes on the roles of man, women and everything in between. It is also my intention to create a constant friction between the femine versus the masculine, heterosexuality versus homosexuality, high art versus low art aesthetic, sacred versus the profane, art versus craft, beauty versus ugliness...
In my recent works elements such as scars, wounds, marks, vulvas, phallus, eyes, tears, blood tears, mouths, and thorns proliferate in rich compositions within the topics of sexuality, homoeroticism, religion, gender, violence, birth and death.
My work is also a personal testament to the inevitable passage of time.