The third edition of Hello.Again presents Paloma Bosquê’s ‘O Incômodo’ (The Unsettling). The artist occupies Pivô’s ground floor with a series of sculptures made of brass, lead and rosin – the residual vegetable resin obtained after the distillation of turpentine. Bosquê has been working with this resin for a while, studying its handling and testing its limits. Rosin is classified as an amorphous solid, that is, a variation of a solid state without a defined geometrical form and with a random atomic arrangement. Taking the material’s physical presence as a departure point, the artist takes on an unfathomable challenge: to propose certain geometry to the rosin’s internal lack of order.

 Heated rosin can be easily shaped so the artist experimented with different moulds, organising the material in rectangular blocks scattered around the space, supported by brass structures and under heavy lead sheets. These materials, with such distinct properties, continuously negotiate with each other and with the venue’s architecture.

 Over time, the rosin blocks settle – or unsettle – onto their supports, reacting to their weight, taking on their contours and delicately shaping themselves, and – in due course – onto each situation proposed by the artist. The friction between the organisation of brass and lead, gravity and the rosin’s instability places these sculptures exactly where stillness meets movement: in a silent restlessness that can only be observed through time.

 ‘O Incômodo’ unfolds in its duration. The subtle movement of the rosin blocks challenges the dimensions of space and is only revealed to an attentive gaze, such as in Heraclitus’ famous fragment: ‘changing, it rests’.

Paloma Bosquê was born in Garça, Brazil, in 1982. She lives and works in São Paulo.
The artist’s practice develops around the investigation of materiality, structure and physicality in different medias. Her work results from the direct process of interacting with matter and researching its physical and symbolic relationships with space and the viewer. She had her first solo show “A Step Under” at Mendes Wood DM- São Paulo,2014. Participated in a number of group shows such as: “Building Imaginary Bridges Over Hard Ground” – Pan-Latin America. Art Dubai. Dubai, 2015 – “Ouro – Um fio que costura a arte do Brasil “- Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil – Rio de Janeiro, 2014. “Ultrapassado” – Broadway 1602 – Nova York, 2014. “My Third Land” – Frankendael Foundation. Amsterdam – NL, 2013. “Next time I would have done it all differently” – Pivô. São Paulo – SP, 2012. “Projeto Imóvel” – Edifício Copan. São Paulo – SP, 2011 e 7ª Bienal do Mercosul – Programa – Ao redor de 4’33” Porto Alegre – RS, 2009. Her works is included in public collections such as: Kadist Art Foundation Paris/San Francisco and Tullip Collection, London.