In the series "Fragments of Joy," the attachment, construction, and fragmentation of oneself during the development of young minority individuals in contemporary society serve as inspiration for the creation of these portraits of fictitious superheroes from popular culture. This series depicts children struggling, abandoned, and marginalized by society, thus becoming the true superheroes of the real world. Emblematic faces of the anti-racist struggle, such as Gianna Floyd, the daughter of George Floyd, and Assa Traoré, a symbol of the black struggle in France, are also represented in the roles of Wonder Woman and Green Lantern, thus contributing to the fight against discrimination.

These works offer a new face to the iconic characters of comics, with superhero t-shirts giving their name to the work. These found objects are transformed in the workshop and then temporarily reintroduced into the street or elite locations to spark a debate on the inclusion and historical repair of individuals experiencing social injustice by a system that pushes them to the margins of society. This multidisciplinary artistic practice, blending photography, painting, and performance, reinvents the façade of the superhero and creates inclusive images that support social struggles.

The images are deliberately fragmented by the slats of the bed frame, thus leaving the viewer to mentally complete the rest of the picture.

At first glance, a cut, sliced, fragmented image. The object, a bed frame. Almost always, but not always, retrieved from the streets. An object that alludes to a place of rest, life, and love. A foundational object of the dreaming body. But also an object that reminds me of my birthplace due to its construction and architecture. This composition made of iron and wood, often sourced from the forests of South America, recalls the brutal and urgent constructions of the favelas of Rio de Janeiro, the place where I was born.

These faces painted on the bed frames are either people encountered, reworked images using the faces of activists, or my own portrait.

I begin to take an interest in attachment as an instinctive process aimed at ensuring the survival of the species following several visits to children's homes and slums in my hometown. The object-canvas first came to me as a support for painting these hand-drawn faces. It only takes a big bed for all the colors of the world to find rest.

Works presented in several public and private collections.

acrylic, oil and market over adult-size bed frame, boat varnish, steel frame

2014 - 2024