Publication for the solo exhibition Eros and Errors, by Andreia Santana, curated by Cathrin Mayer, showcased at Galeria Avenida da Índia from April 12 to September 8, 2004. Combining photographic documentation of the newly commissioned works with critical essays by Sara Antónia Matos and Pedro Faro, Cathrin Mayer, Ricardo Nicolau, and Serubiri Moses, the catalogue expands on the exhibition’s conceptual framework.
“Santana’s artistic production seems to convey the experience of bodies and their space, combining pleasure and pain in different nuances: clean and dirty, visceral and skin-deep, transparent and opaque, rigid and flexible gender and their ambiguity. These aspects are present in the artist’s research and in the queer, feminists, eco-feminists, transgender authors on which her work is based.”
– Sara Antónia Matos, Pedro Faro
“Eros and Errors encapsulates a dynamic exploration of desire, language, and artistic expression, blurring the boundaries between public and private, personal and political. Santana’s evocative works invite viewers to engage with the complexities of human experience, prompting reflection on the fluidity of meaning and the transformative power of desire.”
– Cathrin Mayer
“Let us put forward a second hypothesis: by using glass, and because Santana is a sculptor for whom fluidity is more important than essentialism, this exhibition may be understood using history and the characteristics of said medium.”
– Ricardo Nicolau
“Here, we consider Santana’s art practice’s attempts at relating glass work to feminist work and the body’s potential for transfiguration, which lends credibility to her view of the body and glass as holding some similarity in her aesthetic practice.”
– Serubiri Moses