“There is another world, but it is in this one,” said Surrealist poet Paul Éluard. In this exhibition, artists look to the future, imagining how we move forward from the tumultuous events of the past year. [read more]
Art in the Plague Year is an online exhibition organized by UCR ARTS: California Museum of Photography and curated by Douglas McCulloh, Nikolay Maslov, and Rita Sobreiro Souther. UCR ARTS’s programs are supported by UCR College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, the City of Riverside, Altura Credit Union, and Anheuser-Busch.
All works in this exhibition are reproduced with permission of the artists/copyright holders. Works (images, video, audio or other content) must not be used or reproduced for any purposes other than fair use without prior consent of the artists.
(b. 1979, Lisbon, Portugal. Lives and works in Lisbon)
“Like a plowed field, the empty space and the absence.
In suspense, waiting to exhale.
Wondering what will rise from this dark shadow fallen upon us.”
That evocative verse accompanies Inês Oliveira e Silva’s photographs. But the artist has another side. A classic Hunter S. Thompson quote—“When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro”—heads Silva’s Instagram account, home to some of these images. 2020 has overflowed with weirdness. “When words become unclear, I shall focus with photographs,” states the artist. And she will wait and wonder with the rest of us what will rise from this dark shadow.
