Red thread explores the subjective re-ordening of a family narrative through intimate stories of a female universe. Three generations, mother, daughter, granddaughter, reconstruct the ties and spin fragments of past stories, choosing those that will make their memoirs. Like plaits, these images are interlaced and invite the viewer to interpret the stories they tell. "Family ties are visceral, ties of blood that weave an intricate plot, a confidential tale involving parents, children, grandchildren, creating stories that are passed down from generation to generation".
Clarice Lispector "Family Ties"

The mystery and passion in Solange’s photos reveal intense family stories. With her camera, she captures events that take place in the intimate architecture of her childhood home where the rooms recreate the family tree. Rays of sunshine inhabit the house little by little, and the tale of the golden locks takes us back to the frames in the greatest films by Hitchcock and Kaurismaki.

In this exhibition, the artist metaphorically sews photographs together, thus initiating a true metamorphosis of symbolic objects into images. It is the women in the family that mirror life-cycle events through these dreamlike images. The camera and the red thread describe the loving and complex relationship ties represented in the hug, the dresses, a cage, a rooster, and a portrait, with their back to us in a magical setting. She daydreams in a sea of red flowers. The beginning and the end are cyclical. These female characters are continuously reborn, blooming again and again.

This unique display is the thread, the sap that gives life to these human relationships, much like the artwork of Sophie Calle, Annette Messager, Elinor Carucci, Sally Mann and other well-known contemporary fine art photographers. Through the poetic look of the artist, the protagonists in this life story are reinvented and a bright new family tree is born.
September 2017. Curator: Fabiana Barreda .